EN210 versus GT610 (performance and noise)

[halfbeing]

I have a machine with a GT610 graphics card which I use for video editing and working with audio. At the moment it is driving one full HD monitor, but I might possibly want to plug in an extra monitor at some point. Beyond that I don't foresee needing much from the graphics card since I don't play games or anything like that.

What I do need however is silence. The fan on the GT610 makes a slight whine. In another, less powerful, machine I have an EN210 Silent card. Would swapping the cards result in a significant loss in performance? If it would, and considering that the GT610 also has a silent version with a heat sink that looks very similar in photos to the heat sink of the EN210 Silent, could I simply swap the heat sinks around, putting the EN210's silent heat sink on the GT610 and the slightly annoying fan from the GT610 on the EN210?

 

[Petrossa]

Hi there
The performance of the 6210 is superior to that of the 210, but that card has about the same power requirements. So if you have decent ventilation in your system and the heatsink from the 210 will fit (mounting holes etc), then there is no reason not to switch to passive cooling.