AGP video card ~100€, passive - Which one? (1 Viewer)

[Maschine]

Hi,

I'm looking for a new video card for my desktop PC and need some advice from you hardware gurus

Requirements:
-AGP slot
-Passive cooled
-DVI out
-TV (S-Video) out
-Don't spend much more than 100 Euro

From my first looks I think the NVidia GeForce 7600GS series will fit my needs pretty well. Any opinions on those cards? Asus for example has a passive cooled 7600GS for about 110 Euro which looks nice.

I found only a few passive cooled ATI cards. Does NVidia have more or do I just not find the ATI?

And a last question: I currently have an ATI Radeon 9800. How would a card from the above mentioned class compare to it? Better, equal, much worse?!?

Thanks for your answers!
Maschine

 

[Spragleknas]

I belive ATi cards are (ATM) more power hungry than nVidia, so there are few (noen?) passive ATi cards.

The 7600GS is a good choice, since it supports most PureVideo features:
http://www.nvidia.com/page/purevideo_support.html

You colud also buy this -->

http://vr-zone.com/?i=4692
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/downloads/Accelero_S2_PR_en.pdf
... and this way get your card passive .. probably cost you, though.

I am currently running 6200 (AGP) myself (barebone HTPC ) - and since I only got a 28"CRT (NO COMMENT PLEASE!!!) and STB->S-video , I currently see no need to upgrade ATM, but I have been following the AGP-marked.