I know this has been beaten to death and i have been reading for the last three days (illness) and i have decided not to spend $500+ on a new Video Card and after long hours of reading i have settled in on the sweet spot of $150 - $190 including shipping and taxes (11% here in CA) so i have only a few questions. Just to clear up a few things i have more than adequate power, I have 4 monitors (don't plan to use 'em), I don't plan on O'Cing but the absolute main thing that makes my decisions is the options. I am not a fanboy of either Nvidia or ATI/AMD i have owned both without any sort of problems however as of late i lean more towards AMD Gpu's because of two reasons according to reports they run a bit cooler which is important to me also Eyefinity has my interest more than 3D.
I have for the most part narrowed it down to 2 models the HD 6850 and in specific the Asus Model due to a few things the ability to modify the voltage not saying that others can't, and the two reviews that i did find comparing 6850s vs 6850s and in both the Asus was on top also the fact that it uses 2x 6pin (not sure why but that makes me more comfortable) the other being the whole spectrum of 6870s the reason being is cause the percent of cost to performance is very near the 6850. The only thing i that i couldn't answer and the probably 50% of the reason i posted this is cause i see reviews and forums say "buy the 6850 because you can OC it 6870 levels" The part missing to that is simple the ability that the 6850 has to OC is obvious and very attractive but nothing saying that the 6870 is on par or less than a good OC as it relates to the 6850
I only shop at Newegg and i consider myself about a 4 as for as tech is concerned and have 4 builds under my belt and if you have any information that can help me with this i would greatly appreciate it. Not trying to pus anyone away but if you answer this post please give full answer not just a "go 6850" because this is counter productive. I plan to make a purchase in the next few days or even as early as today so the sooner the better!
I have for the most part narrowed it down to 2 models the HD 6850 and in specific the Asus Model due to a few things the ability to modify the voltage not saying that others can't, and the two reviews that i did find comparing 6850s vs 6850s and in both the Asus was on top also the fact that it uses 2x 6pin (not sure why but that makes me more comfortable) the other being the whole spectrum of 6870s the reason being is cause the percent of cost to performance is very near the 6850. The only thing i that i couldn't answer and the probably 50% of the reason i posted this is cause i see reviews and forums say "buy the 6850 because you can OC it 6870 levels" The part missing to that is simple the ability that the 6850 has to OC is obvious and very attractive but nothing saying that the 6870 is on par or less than a good OC as it relates to the 6850
I only shop at Newegg and i consider myself about a 4 as for as tech is concerned and have 4 builds under my belt and if you have any information that can help me with this i would greatly appreciate it. Not trying to pus anyone away but if you answer this post please give full answer not just a "go 6850" because this is counter productive. I plan to make a purchase in the next few days or even as early as today so the sooner the better!
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