HTPC graphics card - quiet please !
 

Any suggestions as mine sounds like a hovercraft. :(

Would like HDMI with 5/7.1 support, 1920x1080 TV used.

I usually blow around £200, ( 3 years ago !)

Is it currently all about the 5850 ?

TIA

dunx

Forget your current setup. You need to start afresh!

I just built a blu-ray capable HTPC based on:

Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H 785G Socket AM3 DVI VGA HDMI Out 8 Channel Audio MATX Motherboard - Ebuyer

AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.0GHz 1MB L2 Chche Socket AM3 Retail Box Processor - Ebuyer

LG CH08LS10 Super Multi Blu-Ray Reader & DVDRW with LightScribe SATA Black - Full Retail Box With Software - Ebuyer

Antec Fusion Remote Veris Black MATX Media Center Case - No PSU - Ebuyer

Coolermaster Silent Pro 500W Modular PSU - Ebuyer

Completely silent and cold to the touch. Processor stays below 40 degrees.

Flawless blu-ray playback with on board graphics!

Erm, noise is the only problem, as the GTS 8800 is three years old now.

Got an X2 @ 3.2 GHz, 2 Gb of DDR-1066 (?), blah blah blah.

JUST NEED SOME PEACE AND QUIET !

lol

dunx

If you want complete silence and to spend less than £200 quid buy the motherboard, processor & RAM.... reuse everything else (but bin the graphics card).... Rebuild it and keep it until Ultra High Definition forces you to upgrade again!

Or look at something like a passively cooled gainward 9500GT 426018336-0278 - 1GB Gainward 9500 GT, 800MHz GDDR2, GPU 550MHz, Shader 1400MHz, 32 Cores, D-Sub/ HDMI/ DL DVI-I - Scan.co.uk

Not as good as the on board GFX on the motherboard above though and will run much hotter.

Any of ATI's 4XXX range have 7.1 through HDMI.

Personally I run a 4670 - but the 4630 will do the job (as long as you're not gaming).

The new ATI 5XXX cards will have TrueHD support.

Cheers, some people seem to think I'm going to swap it all, not just wanting a QUIET graphics card.

Thanks,

dunx

Er, you have had 2 suggestions for graphics cards.

You are welcome!

/s