Leadteck vs Foxconn vs eVga GTS-320

hey all, ive decided to buy a GTS-320, but im havin trouble deciding the brand. What do you think of these three?

Foxconn, $290 , after rebate
Core clock: 575MHz
Memory Clock: 1800MHz

eVga, $275 after rebate, (Stock speeds)
Core clock: 500MHz
Memory Clock: 1600MHz

Leadteck, $260 (after rebate)
Core clock: 540MHz
Memory Clock: 1680MHz

Notice that in terms of performance foxconn>Leadtek>eVga, but in price the cheaper one is Leadtek, then eVga, and then foxconn.

is Foxconn worth the extra $$? or should i stick with Leadtek and get a better deal from eVga, which is actually slower. Then again, the brand matters to me, so i dont want to be returning the Leadtek one because it was defficient.

PS- i dont plan to do evga's step up thing, since i dont live in the US


thanks for your comments

Leadtek.. ok thanks.

are you saying i wouldnt notice the difference from a evga wich has stock speeds and the foxconn oC'd version?

but oh well, i think ill get the Leadtek.

any1 else?

eVGA.
Best nVIDIA brand i believe.
Best Warranty.
And you can easily OC it above Foxconn.

Thanks for the replies.

I actually have zero experience on overlocking so i would prefer to leave the card untouched... but oh well, if the gain is worth doing it then i guess i would.

Why do you think evga's card is more expensive that leadtek's, even with slower speed?... prestige? lol

I think ill be gettin the Leadtek, i would like the Foxconn but its $30 more and it comes with a gamepad (which i would absolutely would not use, i just want the freaking card )

Leadtek wins..?

hehe.

i actually only checked on newegg.., since everything im buying is from that site.

i think ill be ok with leadtek..? :?

I know that evga is the most popular brand among those, and i know about the step up program, and i cant do it since i dont like in the US.

Can you explain be why do you think i should get the evga if i dont plan on overlocking, and im not using the step up progam? teh evga is costs more, and it has lower core and memory speeds than the Leadtek.

evga's reputation> Leadtek's higher speeds?

Im leaning towards the Leadtek

FTW. leadtek is s!tty, and its a terror to rma back to them


u mean MSI ftw? or leadtek..

Hehe.. it looks good, if i buy the Leadtek, should i leave the stock cooling fan or should i add something else?

for the CPU im allrdy gonna buy a Zalman 9500, so that shouyld help to the overall computer's temp.

Well to clear ur mind a little bit.

I have the leadtec 8800gts witch i only can recommend. The card is awesome and really is worth it. With my sistem i get 7500 3dmark06@stock and when i pull up my cpu to 2,9Ghz on stock cooling i get 8800 3dmark06. Didn't try to overclock the 8800, but will definitely do some other time (just to see how far it can go)...

Just make sure u have a nice PSU to fuel this baby up...

8)

I just orderd the MSI card from Zip Zoom Fly yesterday. Pre overclocked and only $275 after rebate with the game "Company of Heroes" and free shipping. When the Quad Core E6600 drops to under $250 I'll make the leap from my x3800 oc. Should scale very well If I get a good experience with MSI I'll post.

Stay away from Leadtek. I have the 640MB 8800GTS. I bought it from Newegg and there was a rebate going at the time so I cut off the UPC and sent it to Leadtek. I was dumb and waited 2 days to actually test the card in games and sure enough its got a bad thermal sensor and the fan never speeds up as the temperature increases, so eventually the whole PC hardlocks as the 8800 overheats. So I contact Newegg for an RMA and they can't help me since I cut off the UPC. So I try phone Leadtek... support number rings and rings and nobody ever picks up and there's not even a voicemail that picks up. So I email them 3 or 4 times with no response, so I call Newegg and they contact Leadtek for me via email and Leadtek emails me in broken engrish that since I bought the card from Newegg that Newegg is responsible for the first year of warranty. So I email another 3 or 4 times to get that straightened out and they say send the card in for repair. There's no cross ship and they won't give me a different card they'll only fix this one that I bought brand new about a week earlier. So I say screw that and just use NTune now to manually boost the fan to 100% before I game. The other part of the story.. .they never sent the rebate check either. Avoid like the plague. Get an EVga card.

Look we are all telling you that leadtek does not make good quality cards. Theres a reason that EVGA MSI ASUS etc. are known better than leadtek, better reputation, better service, quality, assurance and less chance of a breakdown, would you really cheap out by a few bucks and get a huge upset by getting a leadtek? or save yourself that pain and just get an MSI or EVGA whatever you want just not Leadtek.

If I was you, I'd avoid MSI nVidia cards. Why? For starters, check here:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1071342

Anyway, I am interested in eVGA and Foxconn cards. Could someone advise and recommend?:

eVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB ($365) or nVidia Foxconn 8800 GTS OC 640MB ($465) or nVidia Foxconn 8800 GTS OC 320MB ($365)

note: Those are Canadian prices (i.e. Cdn funds).

i was about to say... lol.

The foxconn and MSI's 320 version are allrdy aout of stock in newegg, i guess ill go for evga.

i will be checking temps too. So do y ou have the vid cards fan at 99% all the time?

i doubt you would be able to tell the performance difference of the card betweeen 90° and 60°, though.

i dont think ill OC either, but if the temps get too high, ill look for that program.

thanks