Best low-profile video card?

[heffe2001]

I've seen alot of low-profile cards, but so far most of them have been Nvidia 5200 based. What's the best low-profile card you guys have seen so far (PCI-E or AGP)? I'll be rebuilding my PVR machine that connects to my HDTV this winter, and really want to go with a low-profile case (I'm leaning heavily towards a Ahanix MCE302 case). Right now I'm using a v1 Antec Overture, but it has some serious cooling problems, and just doesn't look very much like the rest of my stereo equipment .

I've got a low-profile Ati x300SE in a Dell machine I may test with Sage (I have a component breakout cable for it, so I'll try it on my HDTV and see how it performs), but I'm going to guess it's about the same performance-wise as the 5200...

Any suggestions? (Or case suggestions, something about the same look & size as the MCE302, but using a riser card for use with a full-sized video card??)

[flashbacck]

Well for AGP, you can get a Radeon 9550. It's the same as a 9600, but runs at a lower clockspeed. Fortunately, it's easy to overclock it to near 9600 speeds.

As for case suggestions, one case I've looked at was the silverstone LC-11. It looks pretty slick, but supports 3 full length cards via a riser.

[sleonard]

http://usa.aopen.com/products/vga/Ae...00-DV128LP.htm

Nvidia 6600, PCI-e x16, low-profile.

[lovingHDTV]

I have the Aopen 6200 AGP 8x card and it work great with my HD recordings.

[heffe2001]

Wow, didn't know there was a 6600. Best I found on my own today was a x700 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131421). I'll definitely have to see if I can find one of these AOpen's...

[sleonard]

I've seen them at Newegg but they seem to come and go from their product listings. I could not find it there when I posted a few minutes ago otherwise I would have given you the Newegg link.