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rflction   11-04-2008 at 01:39:00 AM


Trying to decide which 4870 1gb card to get from Newegg. I heard good things about PowerColor (Manufacture OC to 800 Mhz and runs cool), but I also heard that they recently changed to a newer, cheaper (runs hotter) design. Any suggestions?

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spidy   11-04-2008 at 01:44:18 AM
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if you check the website, the powercolor is only OC'd to 780, newegg is mistaken.

i'm also wondering the same question, though. only msi and powercolor have OC'd 1gb versions, unfortunately.

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rflction   11-04-2008 at 02:17:42 AM
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anyone buy a powercolor from newegg recently?

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murdoc   11-04-2008 at 05:00:02 AM
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I doubt there's a difference. I would say go for the cheaper one. If the other one cost 10 - 20 bucks more for a 30 mhz OC, I'd just buy the cheaper one and OC it to that state myself. The only ones that you would actually pay more for are the ones that run at 800mhz core clock since CCC only allows up to 790mhz for OC.

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urban_black_redneck   11-04-2008 at 05:46:24 AM
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Powercolor doesn't have a warranty but Sapphire has you covered for 2 years.

Sapphire warranty info
http://www.sapphiretech.com/us/support/warranty.php

Powercolor
http://www.powercolor.com/global/warranty.asp

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spidy   11-04-2008 at 07:01:08 AM
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i'm thinking i'll get sapphire, for the warranty and because i've actually heard of them before now.

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