Which one to choose!

[ryand52002]

I have 150 budget to spend a video card, and i think this is the best bang for my buck. But i have trouble deciding between the brands and such. Here are the cards.
Any advice would really help, thanks.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814150394
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814161269
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814131148
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102825
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814121291

 

[brblx]

vapor-x probably has the best cooler.

otherwise, brand just isn't that important, aside from the ones that offer lifetime warranties. besides that, i'd just go for what's cheapest.

 

[alyarb]

how's the airflow in your case? might want to get the XFX since it directly exhausts. the XFX is the only candidate that offers a lifetime warranty, also.

 

[ryand52002]

im getting the antec 300 illusion case with two extra front fans

 

[Face2Face]

Vapor X --No question!

 

[betasub]

OP: any chance of including the name of the product in the post instead of just a link? - Helps those who don't want to click through all the newegg links just to find one e.g. the Vapor-X.

 

[PM650]

Originally posted by: alyarb
how's the airflow in your case? might want to get the XFX since it directly exhausts. the XFX is the only candidate that offers a lifetime warranty, also.

This

 

[netxzero64]

go for the XFX 4870.. but if you have more budget go for the 4890... =D

 

[taltamir]

if you have xfire capable board... two of these:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2323371&enterthread=y

 

[alyarb]

we need to know resolution, CPU, and what games he plays before we can be certain that raising his costs and power consumption with a crossfire solution would be both noticeably faster and worthwhile over a single 4870.

 

[Spikesoldier]

when i ordered my 4890 last week i came to a deadlock between two cards.

sapphire vaporx 850/975
-or-
powercolor 900/1000

both had beefer than reference coolers and were the right price (the vaporx was $10 more than the powercolor) at less than 200.00 shipped.

i really could have gone either way, so i asked the magic eight ball, and it said yes to the vaporx.

i chose the vaporx for less noise and blowing the hot air out of the case, although i think the powercolor would overclock better.

 

[ryand52002]

according to the reviews from newegg the xfx was much quieter and the cooling was better so i went with that one. thanks for the advice guys

 

[solofly]

Originally posted by: taltamir
if you have xfire capable board... two of these:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2323371&enterthread=y

I personally wouldn't do XFire/Sli with only 512mb of memory in this day and age...

 

[RussianSensation]

OP, congrats on the purchase!

I just stumbled upon this MSI GTX 260 OCV3. It gives all 4870s a run for the money at $150 and even outperforms a 4890 when overclocked.