Help me choose a video card from Egg, quick

niko084 · Oct 1, 2008

Beh Sapphire dropped their lifetime warranty again.. 2 years..

But ya Copper vs Aluminum means next to nothing if you have decent airflow over it really.

I have found that Sapphire cards clock pretty amazingly.

PennySavre · Oct 1, 2008

I would probably save the $50 and get the 9800GT.

Fitseries3 · Oct 1, 2008

get the evga card. you can upgrade it later if you want and it has a lifetime warranty.

suraswami · Oct 1, 2008

fitseries3 said:
get the evga card. you can upgrade it later if you want and it has a lifetime warranty.

That model I am looking at doesn't have lifetime. It only has the standard 1 yr warranty.

suraswami · Oct 2, 2008

Thanks everybody, I took a chance and I ordered the Gigabyte 4850. Hopefully that runs cool in my case.

The_Real_DeaL31 · Oct 2, 2008

good luck on that suraswami, en]oy your new card.......

r9 · Oct 2, 2008

Gigabyte cooler looks better than Sapphire. Heat pipes + Copper + more fins (more cooling area). And if it is longer I would get Gigabyte.

niko084 · Oct 2, 2008

r9 said:
Gigabyte cooler looks better than Sapphire. Heat pipes + Copper + more fins (more cooling area). And if it is longer I would get Gigabyte.

Eh could have gotten an AC Accelro with $10 more after the rebate and had a more solid Sapphire card....

But either way, 4850 was the way to go!

suraswami · Oct 2, 2008

niko084 said:
Eh could have gotten an AC Accelro with $10 more after the rebate and had a more solid Sapphire card....

But either way, 4850 was the way to go!

Actually I thought about getting one of the openbox Asus 4850 and rip that crappy cooler and add AC, Zalman or Zerotherm, but then thought why bother. Asus never picks up the phone so why buy their products?

gigabyte is excellent in tech support and RMA. Same with EVGA and MSI. Don't know about Sapphire tho.

niko084 · Oct 2, 2008

I have had great luck with all of them... Asus I will admit can be a pain...

JrRacinFan · Oct 2, 2008

I voted Sapphire 4850 but as a second choice that eVGA is really nice too.

zithe · Oct 2, 2008

That was a good choice. Have fun with your new card!

SANEagent · Oct 2, 2008

Too bad I just saw this, but I think you did the right thing, 4850 and dont look back lol.

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Help me choose a video card from Egg, quick

Which video card should I buy

Sapphire 4850

Gigabyte 4850

EVGA 9800GT

MSI 9800GT

niko084

PennySavre

Fitseries3

Eleet Hardware Junkie

suraswami

suraswami

The_Real_DeaL31

New Member

r9

niko084

suraswami

niko084

JrRacinFan

Served 5k and counting ...

zithe

SANEagent

New Member

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