6600GT to 6800GT

[frank84]

I made a mistake by buying Leadtek 6600GT from eBay.

After a month I started to see flickering in the games.

so, I am going to get another card.
6800GT this time, to play games smoothly with my new 2005fpw and widescreen setting.

so, main question is..
what brand should i go for?
oh btw, I need PCI-e

thank you in ahead

 

[frank84]

bump?

 

[Dkcode]

Asus, MSI, Leadtek, XFX & Gigabyte are leading brands. Personally i would choose an Asus but the choice is yours.

 

[ddogg]

do not get XFX or PNY...get BGF, EVGA, Leadtek, Gainward or Gigabyte etc...all of them are good

 

[fstime]

BFG, plain and simple.

Life time warrenty.

 

[SleepWalkerX]

Originally posted by: BouZouki
BFG, plain and simple.

Life time warrenty.

as well as unrivaled tech support. i borrowed my brother's bfg 6800gt for like two weeks and i <3'd it. no problems whatsoever.

 

[keeleysam]

MSI or Gigabyte. Preferably the MSI as it has the copper heatsink and silent fan.

 

[jdogg707]

BFG

 

[Mrvile]

Get a BFG and slap a NV5 onto for maximum pwnage of teh fpwage.

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: wonho84

oh btw, I need PCI-e

Then you should instead get $270 X800XL. PCIe 6800Gt cards are about $100 more and are HARDLY worth that much over the x800xl cards.

Start Review Here

 

[Aisengard]

Lifetime warantees = nothing when you Overclock.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

bfg defualt oc'ed if you don't want to overclock. lifetiem warranty is nice.

 

[hippotautamus]

BFGs overclocks are really conservative and cost you extra money. MSI for nVidia, Sapphire or Asus for ATI.

 

[imported_DaveA]

nothing wrong with evga

 

[i1o0i]

What wrong with XFX video cards?

 

[rise]

EVGA

edit-btw, who really uses up a 2 year, never mind a lifetime warranty? if you do then i guess the premium for bfg is worth it. the "oc" can be had by any 6800gt by mistake and although i have never owned a bfg i am hard pressed to believe their service would surpass evgas.

 

[ddogg]

Originally posted by: i1o0i
What wrong with XFX video cards?

they suk....a lot of ppl have had horrible problems with them...their customer service is also bad

 

[ddogg]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Get a BFG and slap a NV5 onto for maximum pwnage of teh fpwage.

i would recommend the Zalman VF700 ALCU over the NV5...

 

[imported_DaveA]

Originally posted by: ddogg

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Get a BFG and slap a NV5 onto for maximum pwnage of teh fpwage.

i would recommend the Zalman VF700 ALCU over the NV5...

agreed.

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: DaveA

Originally posted by: ddogg

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Get a BFG and slap a NV5 onto for maximum pwnage of teh fpwage.

i would recommend the Zalman VF700 ALCU over the NV5...

agreed.

And I would recommend a x800xl instead of a 6800gt for pcie. Unless of course the $100 or so price difference means nothing to you, then go ahead and get a 6800gt.

 

[imported_DaveA]

Originally posted by: munky

Originally posted by: DaveA

Originally posted by: ddogg

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Get a BFG and slap a NV5 onto for maximum pwnage of teh fpwage.

i would recommend the Zalman VF700 ALCU over the NV5...

agreed.

And I would recommend a x800xl instead of a 6800gt for pcie. Unless of course the $100 or so price difference means nothing to you, then go ahead and get a 6800gt.

agreed x 2 lol. if the difference for a pci express 6800 gt and a x800 xl is greater than 50 bucks go with the cheaper one (usually the x800xl). but for agp 6800 gt is king right now.

 

[akshayt]

what abt 6600gt?
what is bad with xfx?