Which card is the quietest and which is fastest under $200?

[Jay-T]

Hello all,

I've read so much reviews that I'm starting to develop this big headache so I thought I'd just post here. Right now I am in the process of building a rig for my brother and perhaps upgrade my BFG 8800GTS G92 with something faster.

Budget: $200 and under

Most important factors: noise and speed

Basically, I shun noisy cards and want the quietest card possible, followed by how fast it is. I am looking at these two cards:

I can get this card down to $125 after tax and rebate at Microcenter and could even go SLI as well. Would SLI match the power of a GTX 580?
EVGA 01G-P3-1373-TR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked EE 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16


I can get this down to $160 at Microcenter after tax and rebate:
EVGA 02G-P3-1386-KR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16

It doesn't have to be either one of these two cards; any other suggestion is welcomed. I've heard of the MSI 460 Hawk Talon but it's not available at Microcenter so I can't use their coupon.

The new card will go with this board + an i5 2500K:
GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 LGA 1155 Z68 mATX Intel Motherboard

 

[borden5]

sub $200 would be gtx 560 non-ti or hd 6870 after rebate, sometime you might find a good deal on gtx 560ti and hd 6950 1gb on sale with that price, for hd 6870 i think xfx dual fan model would be cool and quiet.

 

[Jay-T]

Thanks, borden5. A follow-up question to you or anyone who knows.

I currently use an ip35-pro board with a Q9450 and a BFG 8800GTS G92. If I get a newer card, say anything from a 460 on up, would I experience any bottleneck with using the new card to it's maximum potential? I will add an SSD as well.

 

[jyjjy]

Here is a passively cooled HD6850;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131442
Should make no noise at all.
A Q9450 might bottleneck a card of this caliber slightly in the more CPU intensive games that only use 2 cores but it shouldn't be a big deal. OC the processor up past 3ghz(very easy to do) and it won't be an issue at all.

 

[Jay-T]

Hi again,

I decided on the EVGA 560 TI Maximum Graphics Edition:
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0360328

Got it down to $200 after tax and rebates.

My question now is, will this card run on this power supply:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341010

 

[borden5]

that psu should able to run gtx560 without any problem

 

[Jay-T]

Thank you borden5 and everyone else for your input. It is much appreciated. I almost went out and bought another psu. Saved me some money.

Thanks!

 

[Jay-T]

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