I am having trouble deciding which 6850 to get, the Sapphire or the Gigabyte. The only differences that I can see are the coolers, and the warranty.
I am pretty sure the coolers do roughly the same job, so my real question is which brand has better warranty service? The Sapphire has 2 years and the Gigabyte has 3 years, but none of that matters if the company does not honor warranties very well. I was wondering if Gigabyte handles their warranties better than Sapphire as I plan to have this card for a while, and an extra year warranty would be nice. The 6870s are to much, and the XFX 6850 has no accessories/adaptors and charges an extra $20, which would be more with a dvi-vga adaptor.
Also do either support voltage control, as I could not find anything on it? (Sorry if I misread something)
Last thing, does anyone know if MSI is going to have 6850's for sale anytime soon as I NEED a graphics card within the week? (I have had good experiences with them, mobos only though)
Preferred site: www.newegg.com
Important specs:
CPU: Pentium G6950 @4.2ghz
MOBO: H55-E33
PSU: Antec Neo Eco 520w
Ram: 4gb Adata 1600mhz
Case: CM 690
Monitor: 1080p HDTV
PS: I had an nVidia 460 768mb, but sold it for more than I paid for it , and I would like something that supports multiple (3+, but not for gaming) monitors with only one card, as i have an MATX mobo, which also make xfire pointless.
Thanks.
I am pretty sure the coolers do roughly the same job, so my real question is which brand has better warranty service? The Sapphire has 2 years and the Gigabyte has 3 years, but none of that matters if the company does not honor warranties very well. I was wondering if Gigabyte handles their warranties better than Sapphire as I plan to have this card for a while, and an extra year warranty would be nice. The 6870s are to much, and the XFX 6850 has no accessories/adaptors and charges an extra $20, which would be more with a dvi-vga adaptor.
Also do either support voltage control, as I could not find anything on it? (Sorry if I misread something)
Last thing, does anyone know if MSI is going to have 6850's for sale anytime soon as I NEED a graphics card within the week? (I have had good experiences with them, mobos only though)
Preferred site: www.newegg.com
Important specs:
CPU: Pentium G6950 @4.2ghz
MOBO: H55-E33
PSU: Antec Neo Eco 520w
Ram: 4gb Adata 1600mhz
Case: CM 690
Monitor: 1080p HDTV
PS: I had an nVidia 460 768mb, but sold it for more than I paid for it , and I would like something that supports multiple (3+, but not for gaming) monitors with only one card, as i have an MATX mobo, which also make xfire pointless.
Thanks.