Which 6850 brand should I get?

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bwsx4xlyf3

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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 :D , 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.
 
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I'd go for the Sapphire, 'cos down our side they have a very nice customer service that's very prompt.....
You need to choose depending on serviceability and warranty issues....

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Go with ANY brand which is the cheapest, offers the most warranty, has any game bundles and YOU fancy the look of. :)

All are about the same in performance, power usage etc.. Very Minimual differences between each other if any.
 

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@alyoshka-Thanks for your reply, that was my biggest concern, so I ordered the Sapphire
@wa1-Thanks, I did not feel that the xfx was worth the $20+ so again I went with Sapphire
@reccy-Thanks as well-I went with the Sapphire and save about $0.20 :), also the box looked nicer :D and ran cooler (about 2ish degrees.)
 
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