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Jeffs said:

Thanks for the recommendations.

What is the equivalent in the ATI world?

Here's a good one at a similar price. I might look into this....


Newegg.com - HIS H467QS1GH Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Jeffs said:

as for the vid card the only time you buy a card with out cooling is if you plan on doing liquid cooling

I never said the board did not have cooling. To clarify, the board doesn't have a fan, it has a massive metal heatsink instead which is about twice the size of the card and wraps over the front and back of it. When I said fanless, I wanted it to be "noiseless" and not be another point of failure (failing proprietary design fan - been there done that).

I STILL say 4.3 is way too low for my video based on other numbers I'm seeing here from other members with similar hardware. I'm sure it doesn't have anything to do with the i5, those scores are up in the high 7 range.

i fotgot that they even make the vid cards like that. so you are right you should have somewhere in the neighborhood of 6.3 to 6.6 or better. did you at least try to research video cards and i5 issues? one thing i have noticed going back through the tread is than on almost all users ratings their graphics and gaming graphics are within .1 to .2 points of each other. your are 4.3 and 6.3. a difference of 2.0. that is hugh compared to the average. i would go back and go through you mobo manual and see if there is anything in there. maybe move your other daughter cards around if you can.:):)

i found the following. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/266517-28-gaming-best

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InternetLord said:

Jeffs said:

as for the vid card the only time you buy a card with out cooling is if you plan on doing liquid cooling

I never said the board did not have cooling. To clarify, the board doesn't have a fan, it has a massive metal heatsink instead which is about twice the size of the card and wraps over the front and back of it. When I said fanless, I wanted it to be "noiseless" and not be another point of failure (failing proprietary design fan - been there done that).

I STILL say 4.3 is way too low for my video based on other numbers I'm seeing here from other members with similar hardware. I'm sure it doesn't have anything to do with the i5, those scores are up in the high 7 range.

i fotgot that they even make the vid cards like that. so you are right you should have somewhere in the neighborhood of 6.3 to 6.6 or better. did you at least try to research video cards and i5 issues? one thing i have noticed going back through the tread is than on almost all users ratings their graphics and gaming graphics are within .1 to .2 points of each other. your are 4.3 and 6.3. a difference of 2.0. that is hugh compared to the average. i would go back and go through you mobo manual and see if there is anything in there. maybe move your other daughter cards around if you can.:):)

i found the following. I7 920 vs i7 860 Gaming/OC which one is best?

if you read my post on the other page, i give my 8400gs HTPC WEI score, the two scores are not within the .1-.2 range of each other. this is probably because they are low end and old cards. i highly doubt it has to do with the mobo/cpu config. on the other hand, you cant really overclock a fanless card either due to temps.

I forgot about ATI cards, never used them, but i know they are cheap so maybe give an ATI a shot.

How can I get my rating higher? I have a decent laptop.

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