AGP 3850 - Does brand matter?

[jelifah]

Good morning,

Should I care what AGP 3850 brand I get? The Hightech is $25 more than the Sapphire and I wasn't sure it was worth the price difference.

With an OC'd Opty 170, 2.4GHz, 2GB of RAM, I'm confident my system can fill the 3850 needs.

Gameplay includes Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2, Civ4, and perhaps Oblivion.

 

[wwswimming]

the Sapphire had the better reviews at Newegg, last time I looked.

some of the reviews had gripes about drivers for specific video games-
Call of Duty.

i have the Sapphire 3870 PCI-E. works good !

 

[Denithor]

The only issue with Sapphire is they charge a fee for RMA service even for defective cards. Which I discovered last year when an x1900gt died on me. Fortunately it was three weeks before newegg's 1 year standard protection ran out and they covered it instead.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Nothing wrong with Powercolor.

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: Denithor
The only issue with Sapphire is they charge a fee for RMA service even for defective cards. Which I discovered last year when an x1900gt died on me. Fortunately it was three weeks before newegg's 1 year standard protection ran out and they covered it instead.

This.

Also is that HIS card one with the IceQ cooler?

 

[sgrinavi]

Originally posted by: BlueAcolyte
Nothing wrong with Powercolor.

Powercolor cards have been berry berry good to me.... The seem to clock higher and stay cooler.

 

[K31 Swiss]

SAPPHIRE 100225L Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102719

$89.99 after $10 rebate. Will give an 8800GT/9800GT a run for the money.

The 3850 isn't much cheaper than the 3870. The 3870 is a considerably faster card and overclocks better as well (due to DDR4).

K31 Swiss out....

 

[nemesismk2]

Originally posted by: K31 Swiss
SAPPHIRE 100225L Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102719

$89.99 after $10 rebate. Will give an 8800GT/9800GT a run for the money.

The 3850 isn't much cheaper than the 3870. The 3870 is a considerably faster card and overclocks better as well (due to DDR4).

K31 Swiss out....

I didn't know there was any 3870 which use AGP only the 3850?

 

[K31 Swiss]

Sorry, nemesis, I didn't see the part about AGP. Nevermind.

K31 Swiss

 

[nemesismk2]

Originally posted by: K31 Swiss
Sorry, nemesis, I didn't see the part about AGP. Nevermind.

K31 Swiss

Easy mistake to make because I was just about to mention something which isn't available on AGP too