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iancarnage   03-02-2008 at 10:15:33 PM

I am buying a new ATI 3870x2. I want to buy a good brand, that has lifetime warranty. I want to know from personal experience, who has had the best luck with which brand. thanks

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ScottyCFC   03-02-2008 at 10:19:51 PM
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Sapphire or... hang on, I've always had sapphire.

Sorry have nothing to compare it to.

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iancarnage   03-02-2008 at 10:28:18 PM
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not to sound retarted, but Sapphire cards always have those stupid graphics on them.....
I.E. http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggI [...] 723-03.jpg

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jerseygamer   03-02-2008 at 10:29:44 PM
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Sapphire or Asus. I go Asus for better warenty and great utilities. You can get a nice Asus at stock clocks with some extra love for OCing. The apps they give you make it super easy. Great monitoring, awsome fan controls, sweet OC options with as many methods of OC as you could hope for. OC on demand, full time, ect...


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ScottyCFC   03-02-2008 at 10:35:47 PM
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lol, it'll be inside your computer, here's mine.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/162/16022008008bg1.th.jpg

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iancarnage   03-02-2008 at 10:44:30 PM
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yeah i know, but still!! its got some fairy bi*** on it. LOL. Does anyone know where I can find an Asus HD3870x2? I have been looking for the one with two fans all night and still no go.

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ScottyCFC   03-02-2008 at 10:53:45 PM
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I dont think theres such thing as a card with 2 fans... I'm probably wrong. But heres a good Asus card.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech [...] ASU-3870X2

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ScottyCFC   03-02-2008 at 11:07:26 PM
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Bet its a noisy bastard

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Heyyou27   03-02-2008 at 11:48:24 PM
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I've had nothing but good experiences with PowerColor.

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iancarnage   03-03-2008 at 12:50:34 AM
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i have been hearing good things about power color

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ejay   03-03-2008 at 01:15:26 AM
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iancarnage wrote :

I am buying a new ATI 3870x2. I want to buy a good brand, that has lifetime warranty. I want to know from personal experience, who has had the best luck with which brand. thanks



VisionTek has a good reputation and a lifetime warranty.

http://www.visiontek.com/products/ [...] 70_x2.html

The XGE1950 Pro VisionTek I have has really proven to be a reliable workhorse and I would expect the VisionTek 3870X2 to perform likewise.

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randomizer   03-03-2008 at 01:49:08 AM
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Powercolor generally only give 1 year warranties though from my experience. The US generally gets better warranties (I am still working on a thesis as to why that doesn't make sense), so if you live there you may get something better. I find their customer support non-existent too, but the price is generally right.

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dev1se   03-03-2008 at 03:09:37 AM
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Sapphire have always been quality....

HIS were great overclockers with their I-Turbo software.... really easy to use (I remember getting 33% extra performance from my X800 back in the early days)

Sapphire tend to do the best overall package... HIS cards you get good software... and nVidia cards you get better performance and I'll like you more if you buy one :P

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iancarnage   03-03-2008 at 03:44:02 AM
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you will like me more if I buy nvidia?? rofl

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zpyrd   03-03-2008 at 03:54:19 AM
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Sapphire is the OEM for ATi.

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Pyros777   03-03-2008 at 04:36:31 AM
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Yeah Sapphire is your best bet. I personally prefer HiS' IceQ Turbo series of cards.

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blotch   03-03-2008 at 05:09:16 AM
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Sapphire and HIS get my vote

------------------------------ Q6600 @ 3.5Ghz(1.5V), Zalman 9700 as5, ASUS P5E , Crossfire 2X 3870xt ,8Gigs RAM (4x2) @ DDR2 800 4-4-4-12, Gigabyte Odin 800W PSU, 2X WD 640AAKS HDD Raid0, Vista 64-bit, XClio case, 24" KDS 1900x1200



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Sharft6   03-03-2008 at 05:41:38 AM
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i have a saphire right now and its great mind you i think i'd be happy with anything but prolink/pixelview.

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Iscabis   03-03-2008 at 06:02:57 AM
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I can vouch for Power Color as well. I owned an x850xt made by them for almost 3 years. Never had a problem. Sapphire is really good too i have heard. I think some friends of mine have used them, and they definitely rock.

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iancarnage   03-03-2008 at 07:47:33 AM
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SOo, I am forced to either get a power color or visiontek. Newegg has every other decent brand out of stock right now.

------------------------------ Core2Duo e8400 at 4.0ghz | HIS 3870x2 1gb | Asus P5E x38
Kingston HyperX 9600 2gb | Lian Li PC-A70 | Antec TPT 750watt
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Iscabis   03-03-2008 at 08:12:16 AM
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Or, you could wait for the 4000 series to come out....jk

I just checked, and they all seem to be in except for the HIS one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] rchInDesc=

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darthvaderkenneth   03-03-2008 at 10:05:30 AM
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HIS will be making a gddr4 version of hd3870x2 so i think it'll be better

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Iscabis   03-03-2008 at 10:16:03 AM
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I just got done finding a bunch of info on the R700 (the 4000 series), and it looks like they will be quite a feat of engineering if everything I read was accurate.

I can't wait to see what ATI has up their sleeves...

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dev1se   03-03-2008 at 10:18:12 AM
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XFX's stock will be plentiful :)

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bravo29   03-03-2008 at 04:43:16 PM
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Sapphire

I havent had one die yet(knock on wood).

I had a Asus die
I had a Diamond Die
I had a HIS die

All with 1 year of owning them. These were all either 1950 or 3850's.

My Sapphire
1650 (3 of them)
3850 (4 of them)
3870 (2 of them)
HD3870x2 no issues (1)

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