PowerColor, Ati, Saphire which is best brand

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In article <9x4Qd.388218$Xk.288458@pd7tw3no>, RQ says...
> If buying the 9800 pro, does it make anydifference as to which brand a
> person buys?
>
Not really. Just watch that its a 256bit card.


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RQ wrote:

>If buying the 9800 pro, does it make anydifference as to which brand a
>person buys?
>Thanks for the opinions.

PowerColor is one brand I usually avoid. Heard too much bad things about
their products.
As for Sapphire: Before ATI went into making cards on their own it was
Sapphire who manufactured their adapters for them. You can't go wrong
with a Radeon from Sapphire.
HIS/Enmic is another fine brand if you're settling for a Radeon-based
card.

>rq

Thomas

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"Thomas Engler" <thomas.engler@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> RQ wrote:
>
>>If buying the 9800 pro, does it make anydifference as to which brand a
>>person buys?
>>Thanks for the opinions.
>
> PowerColor is one brand I usually avoid. Heard too much bad things about
> their products.
> As for Sapphire: Before ATI went into making cards on their own it was
> Sapphire who manufactured their adapters for them. You can't go wrong
> with a Radeon from Sapphire.
> HIS/Enmic is another fine brand if you're settling for a Radeon-based
> card.
>
>>rq
>
> Thomas
I`d disagree about the HIS....I`ve had 2 cards from them fail within a
month..While both were low end cards (MX440 and a 9550 ) I cant see
different production values within one factory. I would agree with the
Sapphire comment...I have never read anything bad about them. I wish I could
go back and kick myself for trying HIS the second time.
Jeff