Help me (which is good? - MSI or Sapphire for ati x1600 pro)

[acOlyte]

i really want to know the performance of this two video card.

-Msi rx1600 Pro 256mb PCIe
-Sapphire x1600 Pro 256mb PCIe

Can someone help me. Which is better for my PC.

i use

Pentium 4 631 (3.0Ghz) cedarmill
MSI ms-i945PL Neo-F motherboard
1Ghz corsair 6400c4 (Pair)
160Ghz Seagate SATAII

Please someone help me to find out which is better.
thank...

 

[prozac26]

All are good. There's little or no difference between brands. Warranty, and the contents of the package are usually little different. Personally, I would go for the cheaper one.

 

[kona]

I have had cards made from both of these companies and both are good, quality brands. However I will tell you that i currrently own a X1600Pro 512 Mb and its junk. I had a 6600gt agp that I "upgraded" from and it really was not much of a jump at all. Here is one thing to look for if you're going to buy this card....make sure that it has GDDR3 and not GDDR2. The GDDR2 is a bottleneck on this card even if you use ATI tool to overclock it. Personally, I wished the X800GTO was the same price as this card months ago when I bought it. But now you have that advantage and so should take it......but the X800GTO2 and specifically the one from saphire. Go to newegg.com and read the reviews, they will tell you if its the one that can be unlocked. Its the same price right now and will blow this thing away trust me.
Here I found this link..this will point you in the right direction as to what to look for and will show you how to do it.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=5215

 

[SciFiMan]

....but the X800 won't give you SM3.0 if that matters. Speed isn't always the most important thing.

I have a Sapphire X1600Pro 512 and it works fine. A nice enough upgrade from my 9600 Pro 128 (also a Sapphire card) for the $135 it cost me, and will last me the 6 months until the DX10 cards arrive and I move to PCI-e. But yes, read some reviews since I have no info on MSI cards.