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Who manufactures cards best? (7800GTX)

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cbns

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I'm looking to buy a 7800 GTX, but with so many manufacturers out there I cannot decide.
Most vary in prices and clock speeds, as well as bundled software.
Even if I suddenly decide I should get another card and not the 7, I'm still hit with the same problem.
There are barely any reviews out there that compare the several GeForce 7's.
AnAnd has eVGA, but it's not compared, just reviewed. Same goes for XFX from another website, and BFG etc.

So basically I am asking is what should make you decide who you will buy your next card
from?
Those who keep their cards clocks at reference should be easily overclockable to those who manufacture them overclocked. (buy a 430MHz card, clock it easily to 450-480; buy a 450MHz card and leave it) So I don't really think clock speed should be a big factor in deciding.
I'm guessing basically trust in the manufacturer, price and the software bundled.
What do you think?

 
BFG's warranty is great (lifetime, 24\7 toll free English-speaking tech support) and they overclock their cards from the factory.
 
seems alot of them are oc'ing the 7800gtx out the door. my evga came 450/1200 and i think they have a 480/1200 card packaged with bf2.

as for which is best, i'm partial to evga but i wouldn't hesitate buying any so long as their support is us based.
 
Originally posted by: xtknight
BFG, Leadtek, or eVGA. XFX and PNY should be avoided due to bad customer support and a higher failure rate.
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any evidence to back that up? what happened?

if you should really look for the best customer support and warranty, then how do you compare the performance?
 
I've been using MSI nVIDIA based video cards for quite a while, I haven't had a problem with a single MSI card.
The only cards other than MSI that I've used are a Sapphire radeon which was an excellent card.
And now my eVGA GeForce 6800 which I love and aren't having any problems with.

So, that's all on personal experience. MSI tends to draw me in with the insane game bundle, thoguh.
 
Originally posted by: Rock Hydra
I've been using MSI nVIDIA based video cards for quite a while, I haven't had a problem with a single MSI card.
The only cards other than MSI that I've used are a Sapphire radeon which was an excellent card.
And now my eVGA GeForce 6800 which I love and aren't having any problems with.

So, that's all on personal experience. MSI tends to draw me in with the insane game bundle, thoguh.
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I used to have a sapphire radeon, too. Sapphire is definitely the best for ATI, hands down.
I guess I will go with the EVGA, although it has a cold bug which really sucks.
Who's idiot idea was it to have the 7800 turn into a 6600 when the fan is unplugged?!!
 
Originally posted by: cbns
Originally posted by: Rock Hydra
I've been using MSI nVIDIA based video cards for quite a while, I haven't had a problem with a single MSI card.
The only cards other than MSI that I've used are a Sapphire radeon which was an excellent card.
And now my eVGA GeForce 6800 which I love and aren't having any problems with.

So, that's all on personal experience. MSI tends to draw me in with the insane game bundle, thoguh.
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I used to have a sapphire radeon, too. Sapphire is definitely the best for ATI, hands down.
I guess I will go with the EVGA, although it has a cold bug which really sucks.
Who's idiot idea was it to have the 7800 turn into a 6600 when the fan is unplugged?!!
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I believe they fixed the cold bug in the 77.76 beta drivers.
 
Originally posted by: MDE
BFG's warranty is great (lifetime, 24\7 toll free English-speaking tech support) and they overclock their cards from the factory.
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Why do people keep bring up this factory OC.

Dont any of you know its all marketing or are you trying to convince him to buy the card.

Either way, EVGA, Leadtek,and BFG all good.
 
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