- Feb 23, 2008
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I've decided to go and buy a HD4850 and I'm not sure which brand to get. I'm leaning towards HIS because I can get a combo with 2GB of RAM and the total is only $10 more than the other brands except for Visiontek.
However, I've heard that VisionTek offers a lifetime warranty, but I'm not sure if I'll even be keeping it for more than a couple years. Also, I think as of a while ago Powercolor started offering lifetime warranties as well so I might go with that since its cheaper.
So, right now I'm either thinking of HIS unless it's somehow worse, then I'll probably be going with Sapphire or Powercolor.
From the benchmarks on Overclockersclub it overclocks much better than the PowerColor one. But I'm wondering if the difference might be due to the newer version of Catalyst on the Sapphire review. Also, since I'm thinking of changing the cooler I don't know how much of an issues that would be.
Are they all pretty much the same hardware wise or do some have better coolers or overclock better?
Which is the best brand out of these, would it make sense to pay extra money for it?
Also, I'm thinking that if I get a cheaper one I would just get the Artic Cooling AccelS1 for it because supposedly it makes it drop down to 30-40C. So, for the warranty I'm looking for something that will let me change the cooler w/o voiding it.
So, which brand would you go for, and why?
However, I've heard that VisionTek offers a lifetime warranty, but I'm not sure if I'll even be keeping it for more than a couple years. Also, I think as of a while ago Powercolor started offering lifetime warranties as well so I might go with that since its cheaper.
So, right now I'm either thinking of HIS unless it's somehow worse, then I'll probably be going with Sapphire or Powercolor.
From the benchmarks on Overclockersclub it overclocks much better than the PowerColor one. But I'm wondering if the difference might be due to the newer version of Catalyst on the Sapphire review. Also, since I'm thinking of changing the cooler I don't know how much of an issues that would be.
Are they all pretty much the same hardware wise or do some have better coolers or overclock better?
Which is the best brand out of these, would it make sense to pay extra money for it?
Also, I'm thinking that if I get a cheaper one I would just get the Artic Cooling AccelS1 for it because supposedly it makes it drop down to 30-40C. So, for the warranty I'm looking for something that will let me change the cooler w/o voiding it.
So, which brand would you go for, and why?