To buy, ASUS 5850 or a HIS 5870??? quality question

180SX

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Hello all, I am new here,

I live in Thailand and I have a generic question about Brand name and quality of product..

For 10,700 baht I can buy ASUS 5850 (EAH5850/G/2DIS/1GD5)
for 12,900 baht I can buy HIS 5870 (ATI Radeon HD 5870 Native 1GB DDR5 256-bit DP Dual DVI HDCP PCIe2.)

thats only 2200baht more for the higher spec VGA..
2200baht = $60 U.S.
can you tell me if HIS is crap compared to ASUS? or all VGAs use same hardware and only a brand name lable?

thanks
Shaun
 

welshmousepk

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pretty much yes. sometimes they put new coolers on, or overclock the chips. in this case though, both cards are the same.
 

uncfan_2563

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that and sometimes one will have better warranty. If that doesn't matter much for you, its just a sticker and cooler