PCIe Video Card Suggestion

neuralfx

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Hey guys. At the beginning of the year I bought a Leadtek 6600GT retail and had problems with heat and instability. The only way to make it stable and cool was to put a fan directly on it and even then it was pretty hot, I think the card came with a bit of space between the HSF and the GPU.

Also, I had a lot of trouble out of my Hauppauge card with artifacts in my videp, in my board the only option is to put WinTV card close to Vid card, I hope the problem was with the video card.

Nevertheless, I would really appreciate some suggestions on a replacement, Newegg gave me the money back awhile ago no problems whatsoever. I need a PCIe card and something decent, not a $500 card but you know something decent. It is a Supermicro board with EM64T chipset with dual Xeons 2.8Ghz. I think my main requirement is to have a good card but without the problems, I liked Leadtek but now I'm hesitant to go down that route again. Thanks in advance.
-neural
 
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MSI or Leadtek 6600GT. ;)
Any dual-dvi ATI x800XLs are very good too.
An x800XT (PE) or an x850XT (PE) if you get a good deal.
 

neuralfx

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Has Leadtek corrected any "overheat" issues? I seem to remember there were other people with the problem. Thanks for the reply.
-neural
 

Loki726

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my leadtek has been running for almost 6 months overclocked at 576/1150 with no heat problems...
 

neuralfx

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eVGA? Hm, I will take a look at them. Yeah, I have a Leadtek in another box that has been rock solid for years, a GTS. Maybe I just got a bad one. Thanks everyone!
-neural