HIS vs Sapphire HD 5850

I'm getting a HD 5850, this will be my first ATI card, and I've heard great things about both HIS and Sapphire. Are they both reference ATI HD 5850s? Which one should I get? Pairing with an i7 920, Asus P6T Deluxe V2, and 6GB Corsair Dominator 6GB DDR3.

Performance is going to be nearly identical so either one is fine. Maybe go with whichever one happens to be in stock.

do yourself a favor and spend the extra money for the 5770.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/for [...] ew-21.html

What's up with the XFX warranty?

Actually have everything already (besides the GPU), got the Dominator for under $150 after combo deals....seems to be up to $225 now...whoa

Strange comment, and that actually leads to 5750, not 5770...

Right now I'm sure everything is reference. HIS is famous for their coolers, but I doubt they have anything out right now other then reference. At this point I suggest getting the cheapest. They are all the same, so why pay more?

Lifetime warranties are nice, but who wants a new 5850 3 years from now? Would you want a 3yo card (x850?) to use today?

Newegg had it already, they just took it up since sometimes, im guessing, supplying and stuff like that is backed up so they take it off. Since after all, the 5000s are quite new. Cause, i remembered them having the HIS 5850s and 5870s when they came out on newegg.

I think all the 5000s series are this price. And if you want those fans i think you can take off the covering off the video card as the great TJharlow once said. I think.