Sparkle is the best video card company.

[sparkle_ftw]

Sparkle is the best video card company. Fact. You disagree? Tell me why, and explain.

 

[Kari]

ok

 

[frozenlead]

I disagree because I think XFX is the best video card company. Fact. The moon is also made of green cheese. Fact. OP is trollin. Fact.

/thread

 

[shadow187]

Sparkle offers no non-reference designs, has no special warranties, and supposedly has indecent CS.

 

[Onyx2291]

Really think it's a matter of personal preference. Pros and cons for each.

Maybe in different tiers but none more so better than another.

 

[sparkle_ftw]

They use the best coolers, look at their gtx 285! Calibre series is super sweet. No special warranty, but all of their products are super reliable. Their fanless 9400 gt 1 gb ($40) overclocks like crazy without crashing; in an old Hewlett Packard case without good airflow (one 92mm exhaust), I got better fps than a xfx 9500 gt 1 gb, and a zotac 9600 gt 512 mb at standard clock speeds. All this was done in the same pc.

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

My favorite company for video cards is the one that gives me the cheapest card that performs as I like that is dependable.

 

[PsyKhiqZero]

The best video card company is the one that hasn't screwed you over YET...

 

[sparkle_ftw]

http://www.sparkle.com.tw/News/Tomshardwre_Recommened_Award/Tomshardwre_Recommened_Award_en.html

Tom agrees.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTmwy4MHQ5s

Michael Jackson.

 

[shubham1401]

Its a matter of personal preference.
For me its a company that provides cheapest gfx cards.

Though best according to me is Zotac.

 

[photonboy]

I don't know if it's the best, but I am impressed with Vapor-X.

I'm building a new system. I'm still waiting for NVidia's DX11 to compare but I'm looking at something like:

1) CPU-> Intel i7-860
2) 1156 Motherboard
3) 4GB DDR3 1600MHz
4) 2x HD5870 1GB Crossfire (Sapphire Vapor-X)

These cards run 10dB quieter which is really amazing. I was leaning towards the HD5850 but they went up in price. We'll see in a few months but I definitely want a cooling solution like Vapor-X regardless of the card I get.

 

[jsc]

Based on longevity, I'd have to say MSI. I have a 7 year old FX5700 in a system that runs 24/7.

Currently, I like eVGA. Both of mine (640 MB 8800GTS and 896 MB GTX260-216) are running fine.

I also have an E5200 system with an old, unknown brand S3-based PCI video card in it.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

EVGA FTW

4 in a row with no problems at all.

 

[JofaMang]

All my sapphires are still chugging along in different friends boxes (3 different cards across 4 generations, heh). My XFX 4870x2 died... twice. Holding on to the second dead card until I am sure that they will have to replace it with a 5850 or the like. I will buy XFX again (x2's reliability is substantially less than the single GPU cards regardless of the vendor, doesn't concern me) as they have pretty good CS, and the double lifetime warranty kicks ass.

 

[jaguarskx]

*** YAWN ***

 

[jonpaul37]

For me, i have had nothing but EVGA for Nvidia cards and Sapphire for ATI cards.

Both have served me well and i've not had one issue with either, even with overclocking.

I did use a Sparkle GeForce 8600 for a test machine once, but that's about it...

 

[sparkle_ftw]

I had a Sapphire that died. It lasted 4 years though, so it wasn't disappointing.

 

[jcha]

Sparkle 8400GS PCI card, fanless, large heatsink meant it wouldn't fit properly (3 video cards, 2 PCI slots, top slot didn't allow enough space for card on bottom slot, bottom slot didnt fit due to MB cables). No real complaints otherwise. Performs well in different machine and was cheap.

 

[Guest]

Hello,
I bought a Sparkle GEForce 8800 GT more than 230 euros ; It worked less than two years and impossible to obtain warranty exchange !!!
I will never buy other Sparkle card !!!
Pay attention : It doesn't happen only to another guys...

 

[obsidian86]

i have a liking for HIS and diamond but for some reason i've always seem to have been stuck with gigabyte nvidia cards

 

[paul mohr]

Never even heard of Sparkle before but I see tigerdirect carries them. Never seen one in a retail store though.

To me most of these companies its just the same basic card in fancy packaging though. Sometimes the heatsink an fan configurations are a bit different. And some might offer an overclocked version or something.

I looked at the sparkle 9800 gtx+ since I have one in a PNY model. I think the PNY version has a better heat sink and fan system from the looks of it.

I tend to end up with PNY, XFX, BFG and Visiontek depending on the card. Really boils down to which one offers me the specs I want at the best price at the time. They are all either going to be a Nvidia or ATI card though. Just sold under a different name is all.

I am big into Second Life so I tend to stick with the Nvidia though since Linden Labs client seems to hate ATI drivers lol.

Paul

 

[OvrClkr]

Sparkle = Cheapo GPU....

but there is a pro about having a sparkle.... it might sparkle on you one day =)

 

[Scotteq]

this is the same company that makes the chewing gum with the stupid commercials??

 

[OvrClkr]

yes indeed =)

lol......

 

[Scotteq]

...might explain where thermal tape comes from, anyhow...


(...wonders when his title will update... ruining an otherwise perfectly good session of focussed post~whoring here...)