HIS x1900XT IceQ - good / bad, pro & cons?

[mikek753]

Hello,

any ane has good / bad exp. with HIS x1900XT cards?
How is HIS warranty / customer support? vs PowerColor vs Sapphire vs ATI

H190XTQ512DVN
at monarch for $400 A/R

is that good deal?

p.s. I don't want deal with 7900GT RMA

thanks for comments

 

[nitromullet]

If you do decide to go HIS, don't forget to add on the extra $50 for the Monarch 6-month warrantee... HIS doesn't do their own RMA should you have a problem, and if you don't give Monarch the extra $50 they won't take your card back either. If you get a defective card and don't have the warrantee, you will end up dealing with a company called Lexy Pacific Corp, who is Monarch's HIS supplier. My RMA for an X1900XTX has been going on for about a month now, and I still haven't gotten my card back. Personally, I don't recommend HIS.

edit: I haven't gotten my MIR yet either...

 

[mikek753]

thank you, I'll keep that in mind

newegg has better RMA terms, but will cost me $40 in tax
I'm thinking about HIS just for IceQ as I don't want to deal with ATI ref HSF

 

[josh6079]

What nitro said is true.

However, if you end up with a good card, you've already got one good air cooling method on it.

If you're going to overclock, then you might want to get a card that has better service.

Maybe Powercolor.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I got my HIS X1900XTX from Monarch and have had no issues w/ the card. But I would go w/ Newegg even if costs a little more for the customer support.

 

[Golgatha]

Nice find. I hadn't seen an X1900 series with the IceQ3 cooler yet. Let us know how the acoustics of the card are.

That's a very decent deal BTW.

 

[nitromullet]

Ya know... the topic of which manufacturer comes up very often, so I created a poll for people to share their experiences... I thought it was a good idea, but it died pretty quickly...

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=31&threadid=1863019&enterthread=y

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: nitromullet
Ya know... the topic of which manufacturer comes up very often, so I created a poll for people to share their experiences... I thought it was a good idea, but it died pretty quickly...

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=31&threadid=1863019&enterthread=y

Resurrected!

 

[Captante]

I have the HIS X1900XTX with the stock cooler & so far have had no problems, although I bought mine from Newegg back when they had the $50 rebate deal going & I still havn't gotten my rebate check either ... still even without the rebate it set me back only $439 (had a $50 apology-credit leftover from X'mas) so I can't really complain.
The card overclocks to the max settings in the ATI driver with no problems at all (havn't pushed it further) and despite all the horror-stories about noise levels from the stock cooler, in my well-vented full tower its not bad at all ... I'd say $419 is a really good deal for an XT with that cooler, but if you want the best warranty service I'd go with a Powercolor retail card for their lifetime warranty.

 

[gi0rgi0]

I have a HIS xtx that i bought from monarch and recieved my rebate a while back. The card is still going strong and the noise levels arent too bad either.

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: gi0rgi0
I have a HIS xtx that i bought from monarch and recieved my rebate a while back. The card is still going strong and the noise levels arent too bad either.

Nice to hear sombody got theirs at least, how long did it take for you to get the check after you sent it in?

 

[mikek753]

how about that Sapphire
for $369.99 after $30.00 Mail-In Rebate

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: mikek753
how about that Sapphire
for $369.99 after $30.00 Mail-In Rebate

Looks like a really good deal... I'd say go for it.