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<blockquote data-quote="kiwijunglist" data-source="post: 639304" data-attributes="member: 76888"><p>Also don't forget the passive video cards are not always quiter than cards with a fan.</p><p></p><p>The reason being that you need a lot of air travelling over the gfx card heatsink in order to transfer the heat from the gfx card to the air inside the case, so in order to do this you need good case ventilation which might involve more system fans or running your fans slighter faster. So therefore sometimes its nice to get a gfx card with a good heatsink and a very slow or very quiet fan rather than a passive card. Not saying that a non passive heatsink card is going to be quiter, it is just something you should bare in mind. Also the passive heatsinks are often quite large and may take up additional pci slots and wont fit in same slim htpc cases.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kiwijunglist, post: 639304, member: 76888"] Also don't forget the passive video cards are not always quiter than cards with a fan. The reason being that you need a lot of air travelling over the gfx card heatsink in order to transfer the heat from the gfx card to the air inside the case, so in order to do this you need good case ventilation which might involve more system fans or running your fans slighter faster. So therefore sometimes its nice to get a gfx card with a good heatsink and a very slow or very quiet fan rather than a passive card. Not saying that a non passive heatsink card is going to be quiter, it is just something you should bare in mind. Also the passive heatsinks are often quite large and may take up additional pci slots and wont fit in same slim htpc cases. [/QUOTE]
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