First post, by feipoa
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What is the best fanless graphics card for,
A) 2D acceleration
1) PCI 2.1/2.2
2) AGP 2x/4x/8x
B) 3D acceleration
1) PCI 2.1/2.2
2) AGP 2x/4x/8x
Assume Windows 98SE through Windows XP. Graphics card with 64 MB+ RAM (128 MB+ preferable). For the CPU, let's assume limitless, however my main interest is a dual Tualatin PIII-S 1.4 GHz.
I couldn't find a past thread with a focus on fanless graphics, so I have started a new thread. If this thread has already been started and my search skills stink, please post a link.
The idea for this thread was somewhat inspired by reading this massive 2D graphics benchmark comparison,
http://www.512bit.net/crystalmark09.html
And similarly for 3D,
http://www.512bit.net/3dmark2001se.html
While I originally thought the GeForce 6200 64-bit was a pretty decent fanless card, even the GeForce 440MX SE beat it in the 2D benchmarks links shown above. On the other hand, the GeForce 6200 128-bit seems pretty good. Does a fanless unit exist and are they easy enough to find?
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