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Radeon9800 Pro brand?

cmdrdredd

cmdrdredd

Lifer
Does the brand of 9800Pro someone buys matter? FIC, Hercules, ATI, Gigabyte, Visiontek?

Is anyone better then another? One better overclocker? better cooling?

FIC is pretty cheap ($325 newegg) while hercules is most expensive...Gigabyte is just below ATI's price (around $350)

Oh and what about Sapphire OEM for $306? Is it any worse than Retail?

I usually buy ATI's retail, but I'm looking for a deal
 
Some other builds just offer different features, or some accessories. The Hercules for example is all blue PCB with copper heatsinks and a blue LED fan on the GPU, which is a very nice touch. Some might have different fans as well, like the Hercules and Gigabyte, or different bundles.
 
They should be all about the same. I would just go with the one you likes the best. If I had the cash I would get the BLUE hercules one just because its cool. But if I were looking to save money id get the sapphire
 
that sapphire OEM has the small-type power connector like the 9700s...take a look at newegg's screenshot of it.

nobody's been able to tell me if that matters or not...but my guess would be that it doesn't...otherwise they wouldn't have made the card 😛
 
BTW: what is the average overclock of the 9800Pro? I've looked but can find no refrence to go by. I see some overclock on benchmarks, but no user results
 
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