Any recommendations for good GPU for SD, that are silent or reasonably quiet? Also how big difference is there between the various GPUs and their VRAM?

Hi,

I'm looking for recommendations for graphic cards, where the sole purpose is to use with Stable Diffusion. My main concern is sound. Are there any completely silent, or at least reasonably quiet, cards out there? Cards that would work good for SD I mean. An acceptable middle ground might be a card that has fans that only are active when using SD, and that are completely still and silent during all regular computer work (ie anything that a built in graphics card can handle).

Also, how big difference is there between the different models and VRAM sizes? Is there some comparison chart or something, that would show something like how many images per second one can generate, of a certain size and quality, with different cards and different VRAM sizes? Because I might be willing to go for a high end card (like 4090 24GB), if the benefit would be noticeable enough.

Background:

My PC is 100% fan-less, and I would consider it to be completely silent (I can't detect if it is on or off even when listening with my ear just above the case). And I love it. I hate computer fan sounds and similar sounds.

But, until now I have not really had any need for a dedicated graphics card. But now as I'm discovering the fun world of AI image generation, I think I need to reconsider that decision.