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On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 23:47:39 -0600, Tanzen <waldby...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On 7/1/2013 8:05 AM, Xocyll wrote:
>> Tanzen <waldby...@yahoo.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
>> the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>>
>>> Whoever said that is extremely prone to exaggeration.
>>
>> I said it, quoting hardware reviews I read online.
>>
>> It's 2.5 months away from being 3 years old (introduced Sept 13, 2010)
>> and it was aimed at the midrange market.
>>
>> See for instance
>> http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/NVIDIA_GTS_450/
>>
>> You don't get high performance cards for less than $200, that's the
>> midrange/budget area.  High end is going to run probably $400 and up
>> (can get a GTX 670 locally around $400 up to the GTX Titan at $1079.)
>>
>> You can get a lot of performance out of a modern midrange card, but
>> you'll never be able to max out all the graphic settings in a new game
>> (unless that game has graphics that aren't modern.)
>>
>> My current card is a generation newer than yours (GTX 550 Ti,)
>> outperforms your card in every way, and was a midrange card when I
>> bought it a couple years back.   It was designed as a midrange card,
>> just as yours was.
>>
>> Mine is still enough for me in most games simply because I don't use
>> FSAA and AF and if need be I can turn down/off shadows and not really
>> miss them, and I don't need more than 30FPS ever, giving me enough
>> performance for my needs.  In games that let you do it, reducing
>> particle count for physics stuff can also give a relatively huge
>> performance boost without changing the visuals much.)
>>
>> You might find this chart handy for comparisons when your shopping for
>> your next card.   (Not a substitute for reading reviews about the
>> specific card(s) you're considering, but will give you a broad overview
>> of relative power.)
>>
>> Xocyll
>>
>
>I wouldn't be so quick to think you know what my card does.  I've seen 
>pictures of the 450 on nVidia and they show a fairly usual looking card 
>with a fan.  Mine is a European model, and most of the card consists of 
>heat sinks.  There is no fan.  It's a GTS 450 Zone Edition Silent 
>Passive video card. Maybe the specs are similar to the one with a fan, 
>but I doubt they are identical.

I'd be surprised if the lack of fan on the card is the real issue as
much as the hot air is just not making it outside the case efficiently
enough (sometimes even seemingly innocent cabling can impede airflow).

As a cheap solution, you could try one of those dedicated fan cards to
divert air from the card.  Or go with liquid cooling for the CPU if
that appeals to you (less fans making noise).

One of the best ways to reduce noise is to have a powerful GPU.  It
will not be working as hard as your currrent one, running cooler and
having an easier time at it overall.  Alot of folks think bigger GPU
necessarily means bigger power draw and more heat but it's not the
case.