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haffeysucks wrote:

Naturn wrote:

So which is it?  XFX or Sapphire?  Sapphire is cheaper though.

1) can you overclock by yourself?
2) do you plan to switch cards before your 3 years are up?
3) do you plan to resell the card at all?
4) is cooling a factor?  (do you plan to overclock more?)
5) is the price difference a factor?

1. I don't like to mess with GPU overclocks.
2. Probably in 2 years.
3. Yes
4. I don't have central air just a window unit in my bed room of my apartment.
5. Around $225 is my goal.

Last edited by Naturn (2009-01-15 15:43:14)

by cooling i meant your case.  it looks like you're leaning more towards the XFX.  GREAT company.

Last edited by haffeysucks (2009-01-15 15:47:58)

Naturn wrote:

I have a 600W thermaltake toughpower w/ 3 6pin PCI-E connections.

that's perfect.  do you mind a fan that might be a little on the loud side?  the stock fans are known for being little leafblowers.  (that can easily be fixed with rivatuner though)

Naturn wrote:

Sound is not an issue but since you have a sapphire 4870 which one do you have?  And is it any good?

i have this one.  i love it, and it pretty much maxes every game out there right now.  (inb4crysis)

sound is definitely not an issue for me since as someone so eloquently put it, i have "strapped a car radiator" to my card.    i put aftermarket cooling on it.  you won't need to though, and i doubt the stock cooler will really be that loud.  i'm going to give a thumbs-up for either the Sapphire you picked or the XFX CrazeD posted, but judging by your intentions, i think the XFX might be a little bit of a better choice for you.

Last edited by haffeysucks (2009-01-15 16:04:58)

I've got a quick question whats after the 4870?  Whats next on AMDs list?  DX11?