“The HIS HD 5550/5570 are a trio of budget graphics cards that have good potential for silent cooling. Though not great for 3D performance, they are energy efficient and they are all equipped with fanless heatsinks.”Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 Ultimate @ Pro-Clockers
- ASUS Matrix 5870 Platinum @ Overclockers.com
- PowerColor 5750 Go! Green & Gigabyte 5750 Silent Cell Review @ HardwareHeaven
- Sapphire 5970 Toxic @ OC3D
- Asus EAH5670 HD 5670 1GB Graphics Card Review @ Tweaknews
- PowerColor 5770 PCS+ Vortex Review @ OCC
- ASUS Matrix 5870 Platinum review @ t-break
- i3DSpeed, July 2010 @ iXBT Labs
- MSI GeForce GTX 460 768MB Cyclone in SLI @ Tweaktown
- MSI GeForce N460GTX Cyclone 1GD5 Overclocked Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews
- Gigabyte GTX-460 768 MB (GV-N460DS-768I-B) @ Bjorn3D
- MSI N460GTX Cyclone 768D5/OC Video Card Review @ Hardware Secrets
- EVGA GTX 460 SuperClocked 1GB Video Card Review @ Ninjalane
- MSI N460GTX 1GD5 Cyclone 1GB Review @ KitGuru
- ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP/2DI/1GD5 @ Benchmark Reviews
HIS does silent Evergreen cards

HIS’ new Silent series has three new members, two HD 5550s in 512MB and 1GB versions and an HD 5570. Card of that particular series are a little less powerful than what a gamer desires, but there silence along with the size and output capabilities make them desirable for HTPC usage. The 1GB HD 5550 is a little different from its brothers being a half height card and using DDR2 or GDDR3 running at a lower speed, allowing the card to use 9W idle and 27W on loadthe lowest in SPCR’s testing. Overall the temperatures ended a little above what SPCR would like, even on a silent card but they certainly did the job.