Which card in your opinion will perform better? The gigabyte seems to be OC'd from the description from the site I would be buying it from. By buying pre OC'd does that enable the card to reach speeds unatainable by the Asus? Any reason to pick one over the other on specs alone? Thanks for your help!
Neither. Go with EVGA. Best warranty out there. You can overclock, and add an after market cooler without voiding the warranty. Heck if you fry your card due to overclocking, EVGA will still replace it. I have a Giga-Byte only because I was too impatient for the EVGA's to come back in stock back in December. I regret that because Gigabyte does not warrant overclocking or adding an after market cooler.
Thank you for replying. I live in Switzerland and newegg isn't an option for me. I would also go with an EVGA but that card is $295 swiss francs. The swiss franc is even stronger than the dollar at the moment so that card is more than $100 more here. My 2 options are the cards I listed above. I was more questioning which of these 2 brands would be best. Would there be a reason to OC the gigabyte card since it is already OC'd? Thanks again.
At that price why wouldnt you get the 8800GTS 512? The EVGA GTS was on sale for $199 a few weeks back... The MSI version is only $187 right now. Correct me if im wrong but isnt the GTS better than the GT, especially when it is the same price, if not cheaper?
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Oh ok, I didn't know Newegg wasn't available. Although I have had no problems with my Gigabyte, I can't find any Information on their warranty. I think you would be better off with the Asus since Their warranty is good for three years.
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Thank you for your reply Ajonesfan. I live in switzerland. The prices here are for the most part nothing similiar to the US. The cheapest 8800GTS 512MB card I can get here is the PNY for $296. The EVGA 8800GTS 512MB isn't even available to be purchased. And this is looking at around 30+ companies.
So again, unfortunately my options are limited to the 2 cards referenced in my original post. Can anyone shed some light onto those 2 cards specifically to help me out?
Thank you for your reply Ajonesfan. I live in switzerland. The prices here are for the most part nothing similiar to the US. The cheapest 8800GTS 512MB card I can get here is the PNY for $296. The EVGA 8800GTS 512MB isn't even available to be purchased. And this is looking at around 30+ companies.
So again, unfortunately my options are limited to the 2 cards referenced in my original post. Can anyone shed some light onto those 2 cards specifically to help me out?
Yeah, sorry for the confusion. I guess i was typing my reply as you were posting that next thread. Didnt see it before i make the comment. Good luck!
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That Gigabyte looks cool and it seems to come with a better cooler than the reference design. I would jump on that one. Cards are more resistant to overclocking today then they were in the past so there is not much need of worry when OCing GFX, unless using voltmod.
Gigabyte has a much better cooler (zalman) and a very nice stock oc, i doubt you could push it much more 30mhz maybe and a company really doesn't know when you overclock a card. Gigabyte is a good company and it also comes with a 3yr warranty. Choosing asus when it comes to a company is a good idea but gigabyte clearly has the superior product at a lower price.
amd_fanboi: LOL it's alright. I ended up taking yours and others advice and went with the Gigabyte. I ordered it this morning and should be here tomorrow with the rest of my new system. SHould be fun putting it all together
I'm talkin about warranty. They might have the same chips but they use different coolers and thermal paste. I had 2 Galaxy Video Cards that had only 1 year manufacture warranty. While my BFgs have Lifetime. They Are build using the same components but tested and sold differently. Why else do you think they cost so much?
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Again, thanks for the replies. I ended up ordering the Gigabyte yesterday afternoon. I decided on it for a couple reasons already stated by others in this thread. It was the cheapest, already OC'd, and comes with a pretty decent Zalman cooler. The card also apprently comes with a 3 year warranty. Lifetime warranty isn't that big of a selling point with me since I don't mind having to upgrade this card by then and probably would do so anyway.
MrsBytch: That same PNY card here is $235 - $10 more than the Gigabyte.
L1qu1d: The XFX card isn't for purchase here. The EVGA card is just over $300 and the BFG is over $315. Just too much for my wallet
Message edited by krane78 on 04-15-2008 at 11:03:46 AM
