Asus V7100 32 MB Retail - $145 shipped -OR- Guillemot 32MB MX OEM - $126 shipped-- what would you do??

[Billy Blanks]

What would you do? The V7100 is retail and has 6ns chips but the Guillemot, since it is OEM, can have anything from 5.5 to 7ns, right? What would you do? This will be running in win2k.

 

[NFS4]

If they have the same features, I'd go with the cheapest b/c it really doesn't matter. If you're into overclocking, maybe the Asus is a safer bet since you know what kind of memory you will be getting.

I don't even overclock my SDR GeForce anymore (it does 150/200 perfectly stable), just isn't worth it IMHO for a few frames here and there when I don't even play games that much anymore.

 

[SUOrangeman]

I'd go two-screen with this for only a few bucks more.

-SUO

 

[Leo V]

It does matter. If you want quality, go with Asus. I've had to replace my uncle's Guillemont GeForce SDR because a memory chip on it just died! (During regular web browsing, nothing intense). Bitter experience confirms what the English say: we're too poor to afford second-hand things.

 

[NFS4]

Come on, what are the chance of getting bad memory on a video card? The same thing could have happened to an Asus card just as easily. Asus is NOT God.

 

[hungrypete]

if your going for the oem guillemot whats wrong with the asus OEM that starts at $132 on pricewatch right now. Frankly I've heard that both cards are the some of the best MXs out. I sure like my OEM V7100, that just happened to come in a retail box anyways, with all the goodies. Then again the guillemots are nice and blue, which is pretty
<edit> scratch that, those are retail for 132, there are no OEM </edit>

 

[Drifter]

>There both nice cards..

>I bought the Asus because i'm overclocking 200/200 If your not overclocking the Guillemot is the way to go.

 

[Mule]

Guillemot 5.5ns or BUST

 

[glen]

NFS4,
Will you be playing games again once Tribes 2 comes out?

 

[NFS4]

Do you even need to ask that?

 

[glen]

<< Do you even need to ask that? >>


Hopefully we will see some previews soon!
I know the review sites already have their copies.
I am guessing within 2 weeks we will see some previews.

 

[Leo V]

&quot;Asus is NOT God.&quot;

NFS4, this is where we disagree Unlike Guillemont, Asus doesn't use shoddy brandless components (including memory), so the chances of accidents happening are definitely smaller. Asus earned a great reputation, and that counts.

Recently, I've paid a hefty price for getting a lousy-brand motherboard, which eventually died for no good reason. The time I wasted as a result was worth many times its cost. IMHO it simply isn't worthwhile to save on quality.

 

[Elbryn]

you probably dont want the guillemot oem, it has 7ns mem whereas the retail guillemot has 5.5. I'd get the asus retail since its not much a difference pricewise but you'd get better memory speed + whatever else asus packages with the retail. guillemot retail has no software, some demos but other than that its the same as the oem with better memory.