Hi all,My 3-yr old (out of warranty) GeForce 7300GS just died - fan completely seized up. FS9 ran well with the 7300, am just looking to replace it with an equivalent new. Am looking at the GTX 460 or similar. Would like to avoid fans, they always seem to be the weakest part, but seem most GC's use them. Any suggestions or practical experiences out there?System: Asus P5GC MX/1333 MB, 2 GB RAM, 1680x1050 single monitor, Vista Home Premium SP2, PSU: Regular PC capacity (not a high power unit).

Hi all,My 3-yr old (out of warranty) GeForce 7300GS just died - fan completely seized up. FS9 ran well with the 7300, am just looking to replace it with an equivalent new. Am looking at the GTX 460 or similar. Would like to avoid fans, they always seem to be the weakest part, but seem most GC's use them. Any suggestions or practical experiences out there?System: Asus P5GC MX/1333 MB, 2 GB RAM, 1680x1050 single monitor, Vista Home Premium SP2, PSU: Regular PC capacity (not a high power unit).

HelloThe GTX460 is a great card for the money but your cpu will be the bottleneckWhat is your power supply rated at? according to Nvidia the GTX 460 requires a 450 Watt or greater power supply with a minimum of 24 Amps on the +12 volt rail.It draws around 270 watts under full load,it will also need two 6-pin PCI Express power connectors.If your PS can supply those figures then you will be ok

HelloThe GTX460 is a great card for the money but your cpu will be the bottleneckWhat is your power supply rated at? according to Nvidia the GTX 460 requires a 450 Watt or greater power supply with a minimum of 24 Amps on the +12 volt rail.It draws around 270 watts under full load,it will also need two 6-pin PCI Express power connectors.If your PS can supply those figures then you will be ok

PSU is only a 400 watt model, max ~15 A on each of the +12V lines. Looking at the NVIDIA product guide, might go with GeForce GT 220.

Follow-up post - purchased a MSI card with a GeForce 210 GPU in Sept - running fine for a couple months now - not a high-end unit but quiet and fanless, runs fine with FS2004.T