MSI 6800GT or gigabyte 6800GT, HELP ASAP

[Salamandar]

Hi all,
I'm going to buy a new Graphics card tonight or tomorrow morrning.
After some research I came up with these two choices:

MSI NX6800GT
Gigabyte 6800GT with heatpipe

Help me chose.😎

 

[AristoV300]

the MSI is a good card, and I would personally want to have a VC with active cooling.

 

[Salamandar]

Originally posted by: AristoV300
the MSI is a good card, and I would personally want to have a VC with active cooling.

Gigabyte's 6800GT has an active cooling solution !

 

[jim1976]

I don't have good experience with o/c Gigabyte gpus. I think I've seen the particular model that you mentioned which seems like a quality card but nevertheless I had made my choice 5 months now. 😉
MSI NX6800GT is a very very good gpu with great o/c capabilities.

 

[Salamandar]

Originally posted by: jim1976
I don't have good experience with o/c Gigabyte gpus. I think I've seen the particular model that you mentioned which seems like a quality card but nevertheless I had made my choice 5 months now. 😉
MSI NX6800GT is a very very good gpu with great o/c capabilities.

How much did you push your card and how cool does it run ?

 

[jim1976]

Well I haven't decided to push it too far since there's no reason to do it IMO,unless you're a 3dmock fan...
I have sucesfully tested it @ 428/1150 without any problem whatsoever at 3Dmark05,DIII,Far Cry,HL2,RTHDRIBL etc etc...
It rans pretty much at the same temps of the good GT models

 

[Icepick]

I owned that Gigabyte card you're considering buying. I ended up returning it due to an overheating issue and purchased a BFG 6800GT (w/nVidia reference cooling solution) instead. With the Gigabyte card my 3dmark05 score was 3910. With the BFG card my score was 4668. The Gigabyte card was also much noisier than the card I have now. That fan you see embedded in the heatsink had a loud whine. However, the fan on the Gigabyte ard is a blue LED one and would look nice in a case with a window. Regardless, I'm happier with the card I have now. Just my 2.5 cents.