First post, by BoYan
Hello all,
The title says it all - I am looking for a (relatively fast), but cool and preferably silent AGP graphics card. Reason for such a request - I've decided to run a Shuttle SN95G5 SFF socket 939 system for retro win XP setup, and fit inside Athlon X2 3800+ Toledo and 2 x 1GB DDR400, SSD instead of HDD ofc, and an X-Fi Music sound card.
System is running happily cool at stock 2 GHz, instead of 200 x 10 @1.3 V it is at 250 x 8 @1.1 V (reading 1.06 in sensors), and memory synchronously with FSB, at 2.5-3-3-7.
However, XFX Nvidia 7900GS is too hot in my opinion for this setup - running @55C idle and almost 75 when running 3D Mark01, so it's heating up the whole SFF nicely. I tried just for fun to put in an XFX 7800GS, even worst - even if it has fan control, it goes all the way up to 90C. When I tried to remove it, almost scorched my fingers.
So what would be your suggestion for a relatively fast AGP card, keeping compatibility WinXP and preferably older games?
EDIT: PSU unit has 250W, howerever cool and powerhungry don't go together. Also, it needs to be a single-slot cooling solution, no space in the case for 2 slots.