Planning to get a 7800GTX EXTREME EDITION

[whitepig]

Hi all, I am from Hong Kong....

there, we only have 3 brands of 7800GTX EXTREME ver. available, and I am choosing from 1 of these 2

1. XFX GEFORCE 7800GTX EXTREME GAMER EDITION (490/1300)

2. LEADTEK WINFAST 7800GTX EXTREME (490/1250)

XFX is the cheaper solution, but as long as I visited the XFX forum knowing many ppl. are complaining that the stuff is somehow overheating and cause artifact~

Is Leadtek the better solution with its better heatsink?

Thanks for your help

 

[Corporate Thug]

leadtek is one of the best manufacteres out there and they have the best thermal solution IMO

 

[Geomagick]

I've just ordered the Leadtek one, It will be my third leadtek card with their custom cooling solutions.

The first two have been great.
A 5950Ultra and then a 6800GT.

 

[videoclone]

Have you thought about waiting 20 days to see what these 7800GTX 512MB cards look like and how much the price's of the 7800GTX Extreme cards go down.

The 7800GTX 512mb is supposed to have 1800Mhz GDDR3 ram and a core of 530Mhz

The X1800XT 512mb will also be avalable to buy in 20 days too

You can get a 7800GTX extreme then for less money or one of the other two above.

 

[Polish3d]

20 days??

 

[videoclone]

Originally posted by: Frackal
20 days??

Dont quote me on that i like numbers

 

[Geomagick]

Well in my case I wanted to get something this week.

And also my monitor only goes up to 1680x1050 so I don't think I will really need that extra RAM till next upgrade.

 

[whitepig]

for my case, it's only a 19" LCD monitor....

256Mb is far enough for me...

BTW, I can't wait "20" days~

 

[whitepig]

BTW, have you guys visit the XFX forum?

http://www.xfxforce.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1804&tstart=15

they mention "XFX 7800GTX EE produces Artifacts!!"
and "529 clock problem "

Is XFX really provide good OC solution with just single stock cooling and that HS is exactly the same with the orginal one??(no modification), or just "picking the best quality GPU for their card" is enough for a 490 core?