Powercolor or Sapphire

[sunny155]

Err- yeah. Depending on the stuff you're getting its pretty feasible too. Even if you are importing a ROG board via newegg through iccworld, it ends up being significantly low cost. Before you say "how are you going to be RMA it, ROG's RMA procedure is different.

What's ROG ? and RMA? I dont know these term.

thanks!

 

[asingh]

RoG = Republic of Gamers. Branded gear developed by ASUS.

RMA = Return Merchandise Authorization.

 

[coderunknown]

^^ ROG: Asus ROG lineup of items. usually graphics card, mobo & lappy too maybe. read Republic of gamers.

RMA: Return Merchandise/Material Authorization. another terms for claiming warranty.

Edit: oops, i a bit too slow. or maybe my net connection

 

[topgear]

WoW! that was close.

As far as I know ROG laptops have global warranty and is it same for mobos and gfxcrads too ?

BTW, if OP gets his gfx card from the e-bay GEB then I don't think he will get local warranty - am I right ?

 

[Revolution]

BTW, if OP gets his gfx card from the e-bay GEB then I don't think he will get local warranty - am I right ?

Yep,u r right.....

 

[rajan1311]

have been using powercolor 4850 for more than 2 years, still going strong

Do check the local service though..

 

[ssb1551]

Yep,u r right.....

Oh crap!!Thts a BUMMER!!

 

[sunny155]

Thanks all! Haven't ordered it yet. Called the few vendors - Techshop, Bitfang, Prime ABGB, Mediahome, TheItwares. All said they dont have it in ready stock. Will be available in 1 week. I think I should wait 1 week if there is 10.1-11k pricing here I would buy it from India. GEB will take approx 10-15 days to ship the product and after hearing your comments I got little worried about the warranty .

 

[ssb1551]

^^How come techshop hs the card listed on their site?

 

[Piyush]

guys i dont wanna spoil the party but is 6850 better than 460
i heard that that its somewhat lower performer in some benchmarks and in some i find that it has the upper hand

any pros and cons of the above two
thanks..

 

[rajan1311]

wait for the next driver release, performance will improve. Anyways, in most benchmarks i have seen, the 6850 is faster than both the variants of the GTX 460.

 

[sunny155]

^^How come techshop hs the card listed on their site?

They lie! I called them before ordering so if i can get it before diwali.

These vendors have the card on their site but not in stock.

Bitfang - Called them last week they said all are booked and the new lot will come on this Wednesday. I called they yesterday and heard the same answer.

Techshop.in - Some lady picked up the call and wasnt sure if they have it in shop. I left my number and she called after 20 mins saying cards haven't arrived to them.

Mediahome - Same answer like Bitfang but atleast they had specifically mentioned "Advance booking" on their site.


I also called SMC International twice on different days - Nobody picked the call. I wonder how do they operate their on-line business if they don't keep any human to answer the phone?

 

[topgear]

guys i dont wanna spoil the party but is 6850 better than 460
i heard that that its somewhat lower performer in some benchmarks and in some i find that it has the upper hand

any pros and cons of the above two
thanks..

Here is the summary : ( IMO )

1. HD6850 consumes less power than GTX 460.

2. Performance wise HD6580 performed better in most of the game benches and future driver release will optimize it's performance more.

3. GTX 460 768MB 192bit price is 10.9k and @ 11.3k you can grab one HD6850 1GB 256 bit edition.

4. HD6850 OCs well than GTX 460 768MB.

 

[vizkid2005]

Thanks all! Haven't ordered it yet. Called the few vendors - Techshop, Bitfang, Prime ABGB, Mediahome, TheItwares. All said they dont have it in ready stock. Will be available in 1 week. I think I should wait 1 week if there is 10.1-11k pricing here I would buy it from India. GEB will take approx 10-15 days to ship the product and after hearing your comments I got little worried about the warranty .

@ sunny .. Plz let me know (Send a message or post in any of my threads ) when Hd 6870 or HD 6850 is avalaible at Lamington road ... Also lemme know the price and where it is available ...

Thanx ...

 

[sunny155]

@ sunny .. Plz let me know (Send a message or post in any of my threads ) when Hd 6870 or HD 6850 is avalaible at Lamington road ... Also lemme know the price and where it is available ...

Thanx ...

Ok, I will let you know here.

I think it will arrive within next week. or I will get one from Ebay GEB.

 

[Piyush]

Here is the summary : ( IMO )

1. HD6850 consumes less power than GTX 460.

2. Performance wise HD6580 performed better in most of the game benches and future driver release will optimize it's performance more.

3. GTX 460 768MB 192bit price is 10.9k and @ 11.3k you can grab one HD6850 1GB 256 bit edition.

4. HD6850 OCs well than GTX 460 768MB.

thanks for that boost
i'm too thinking to go for 6850 instead of 460 but 11.3k is making me sad
well thats y i finalized to go for it in the beginning of the next year

 

[sunny155]

thanks for that boost
i'm too thinking to go for 6850 instead of 460 but 11.3k is making me sad
well thats y i finalized to go for it in the beginning of the next year

Yeah, 11K is a bit high price. I hope the prices will go down under 10K after December.

 

[Piyush]

^^lets hope for the best
6850 will be the most vfm card in 10k if that happens

 

[hdknitro]

^^lets hope for the best
6850 will be the most vfm card in 10k if that happens

Don't worry piyush the prices are going to crash soon

 

[Piyush]

^lets hope for d best