OP
gunners009
Broken In
hmmm
7800 will it come early??
7800 will it come early??
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OP
gunners009
Broken In
^^ Nope - not before January
keep an eye on this thread
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/graphic-c...ds-southern-islands-track-release-2011-a.html
thanks a lot mate ..
AcceleratorX
Youngling
Just my two cents: From the three brands you mentioned, Asus is the best but possibly the costliest (in terms of build quality). MSI is quite good.
Sapphire will be quite cheap, and has average build quality (contrary to Cilus, I've found Sapphire to have not so great build quality. The capacitors are of variable quality (some capacitors are really good, some are not so good, even on the same card), the cooling system looks very high quality but it really isn't a lot better IMO - I've seen Sapphire's copper heatpiped cards running at (almost) the same temperatures as cards from Powercolor with much cheaper looking coolers).
RMA is quite good, I can agree with Cilus on that. My advice is that if you can get something better, then forget about Sapphire. Sapphire is an "ok" brand, the kind that will work well but won't have anything about it particularly stand out.
Nobody even talks about XFX cards anymore, but they're out there somewhere. Anyone have any experiences to share, whether they have stepped up their game? Years ago they weren't very good quality products....."Well manufactured, but poorly designed" is what always came to my mind when looking at XFX cards back in the day!
Sapphire will be quite cheap, and has average build quality (contrary to Cilus, I've found Sapphire to have not so great build quality. The capacitors are of variable quality (some capacitors are really good, some are not so good, even on the same card), the cooling system looks very high quality but it really isn't a lot better IMO - I've seen Sapphire's copper heatpiped cards running at (almost) the same temperatures as cards from Powercolor with much cheaper looking coolers).
RMA is quite good, I can agree with Cilus on that. My advice is that if you can get something better, then forget about Sapphire. Sapphire is an "ok" brand, the kind that will work well but won't have anything about it particularly stand out.
Nobody even talks about XFX cards anymore, but they're out there somewhere. Anyone have any experiences to share, whether they have stepped up their game? Years ago they weren't very good quality products....."Well manufactured, but poorly designed" is what always came to my mind when looking at XFX cards back in the day!
A lot have been said about Sapphire's coolers, but let me tell they are actually very good, if you are not after achieving very low temps like MSI's TF coolers or HIS IceQ coolers. Build quality is good and they OC really well. I reached 900/1325 on my 6950, with a little voltage bump and it was stable in games and benchmark. On load, temps rise only 1-2C over stock, whereas idle temps remain same. Of course, its colder now, but temps in summer with 850/1300 (stock volts) was more or less similar.
Plus Sapphire's bundle is pretty good, if anybody needs them, and you get a chance to enroll for Sapphire Select Club on select cards for additional goodies.
Plus Sapphire's bundle is pretty good, if anybody needs them, and you get a chance to enroll for Sapphire Select Club on select cards for additional goodies.
Jaskanwar Singh
Aspiring Novelist
A lot have been said about Sapphire's coolers, but let me tell they are actually very good, if you are not after achieving very low temps like MSI's TF coolers or HIS IceQ coolers. Build quality is good and they OC really well. I reached 900/1325 on my 6950, with a little voltage bump and it was stable in games and benchmark. On load, temps rise only 1-2C over stock, whereas idle temps remain same. Of course, its colder now, but temps in summer with 850/1300 (stock volts) was more or less similar.
Plus Sapphire's bundle is pretty good, if anybody needs them, and you get a chance to enroll for Sapphire Select Club on select cards for additional goodies.
what sapphire dual fan cooler for?
and nice oc skud.