what brand is best?

[kingkung]

I decided on getting a 6870 ati card, I am wondering which brand I best to get? Is there a differnce between brands? Main use will be gaming

 

[mnewsham]

Most brands are good, XFX is considered one of the best with a double lifetime warranty (You can die twice! :awe If you have any specific questions just ask.

 

[happy medium]

I had a few XFX cards and they were great.

 

[RavenSEAL]

Sapphire and XFX, imo.

 

[Necc]

Always bought Sapphire and never failed me, but also for the nice babe stiker that came with the reference cards

ps. stay away from Gigabyte!

 

[-Slacker-]

Always bought Sapphire and never failed me, but also for the nice babe stiker that came with the reference cards

ps. stay away from Gigabyte!

Plus one for sapphire an xfx too, but what's wrong with gigabyte?

 

[kingkung]

I'm in the market for a new gpu and I hear xfx is good too, but on newegg's website they have 4 different types of 6870 cards at different prices, what is the difference there? I'm sorry for being such a noob.

 

[mnewsham]

Plus one for sapphire an xfx too, but what's wrong with gigabyte?

Blue PCB

 

[Necc]

Plus one for sapphire an xfx too, but what's wrong with gigabyte?

Well friends of mine who bought gigabyte cards somehow always had problems with Gigabyte support, plus there cooling methods are not the best as I heard.

 

[Skunkwourk]

Well friends of mine who bought gigabyte cards somehow always had problems with Gigabyte support, plus there cooling methods are not the best as I heard.

Can't say anything about their support, but Im happy with both my Gigabyte MB and Silent Cell 5750. Temps for the GPU idle at 40-42C and usually max out 66-69C on a passive heatsink.

 

[Barfo]

Asus is ok too.

 

[Skurge]

The Asus DirectCU is a very good card imo, the dual fan XFX also has an excellent cooler. So does the Sapphire Vapor-X, but its a bit more expensive than the others.

 

[happy medium]

Blue PCB

:thumbsup::awe:

 

[kingkung]

will a this PSU be able to run a single 6870?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-030-_-Product

 

[mnewsham]

will a this PSU be able to run a single 6870?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-030-_-Product

That could run a single gtx 570 or AMD 6970 so yea.

 

[badb0y]

I'm in the market for a new gpu and I hear xfx is good too, but on newegg's website they have 4 different types of 6870 cards at different prices, what is the difference there? I'm sorry for being such a noob.

XFX has 4 different cards on the market for 6870s:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-506-_-Product
Blower Cooler No OC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-507-_-Product
Blower Fan with OC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-521-_-Product
Dual Fan Cooler with no OC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-520-_-Product
Dual Fan Cooler with OC

I would say get the Dual Fan Cooler with no OC. The dual fans do a better job of cooling than the blower fans and you can easily bump the speed up yourself if you want.