I'm looking to build my own PC soon and have chosen the Radeon HD 4850 512MB for the video card. There are lots of different brands for these cards and I was hoping you could help me out.
At first I was looking at the MSI 4850 for its low price ($110 after rebate), but I'm looking again now and seeing that some reviews say it has some problems with drivers and other things. So I've been looking for a more solid brand that has good reviews, and have come up with these three cards:
HIS Hightech H485FN512P Radeon HD 4850 512MB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161259
XFX HD-485X-YDDC Radeon HD 4850 XXX 512MB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150348
ASUS EAH4850 MATRIX/HTDI/512M/A Radeon HD 4850 512MB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121295
They are all priced at $130 (after rebate for the XFX and Asus).
Which do you think would be the better buy? Are any of these cards too large for a possible crossfire setup? I don't know if that depends on the motherboard or not, but this is the one I'm getting: BIOSTAR TFORCE TA790GX. How do they stack up against each other cooling wise? Are these cards going to be more reliable than the MSI card or am I just paranoid? Anybody here have the MSI card running fine? Also, the XFX card has a lifetime warranty while the Asus is 3 years and the HIS is 2 years. Do you really need a warranty for longer than 2 or 3 years?
Help appreciated.
At first I was looking at the MSI 4850 for its low price ($110 after rebate), but I'm looking again now and seeing that some reviews say it has some problems with drivers and other things. So I've been looking for a more solid brand that has good reviews, and have come up with these three cards:
HIS Hightech H485FN512P Radeon HD 4850 512MB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161259
XFX HD-485X-YDDC Radeon HD 4850 XXX 512MB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150348
ASUS EAH4850 MATRIX/HTDI/512M/A Radeon HD 4850 512MB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121295
They are all priced at $130 (after rebate for the XFX and Asus).
Which do you think would be the better buy? Are any of these cards too large for a possible crossfire setup? I don't know if that depends on the motherboard or not, but this is the one I'm getting: BIOSTAR TFORCE TA790GX. How do they stack up against each other cooling wise? Are these cards going to be more reliable than the MSI card or am I just paranoid? Anybody here have the MSI card running fine? Also, the XFX card has a lifetime warranty while the Asus is 3 years and the HIS is 2 years. Do you really need a warranty for longer than 2 or 3 years?
Help appreciated.