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<blockquote data-quote="Tech Geek" data-source="post: 148389" data-attributes="member: 18181"><p>First observations of the two cards:</p><p></p><p>The 1650 card has a fan but it's very quiet.</p><p></p><p>The 1950GT is clocked slower than a 1950 PRO which may make it perfect for a HTPC, however my 1950GT was loud out of the box. It seems some of the Sapphire cards have a bios with buggy fan control and they stay at the default fan speed after startup which is high. After flashing a new bios it is much quieter but you can here it running when you are close to it. Whether or not it will be too loud depends on the level of ambient noise of the room it's used in. The 1950GT recommends at least a 450 Watt power supply. I'm running it on a 380 but haven't done much to tax it yet.</p><p></p><p>Since I'm using a machine that apparently has some DirectX issues I can't do complete testing until I get my regular HTPC machine back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tech Geek, post: 148389, member: 18181"] First observations of the two cards: The 1650 card has a fan but it's very quiet. The 1950GT is clocked slower than a 1950 PRO which may make it perfect for a HTPC, however my 1950GT was loud out of the box. It seems some of the Sapphire cards have a bios with buggy fan control and they stay at the default fan speed after startup which is high. After flashing a new bios it is much quieter but you can here it running when you are close to it. Whether or not it will be too loud depends on the level of ambient noise of the room it's used in. The 1950GT recommends at least a 450 Watt power supply. I'm running it on a 380 but haven't done much to tax it yet. Since I'm using a machine that apparently has some DirectX issues I can't do complete testing until I get my regular HTPC machine back. [/QUOTE]
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