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hobbes_fan · 2007-07-30, 04:11

EVGA, bfg, Asus. I prefer Asus stuff when possible, they're one of the biggest manufacturer of PC parts so you can pretty much rest easy with warranty issues. (I had a Voodoo Labs card circa 02-03 and went bust not long after I bought one of their cards with 1 year left on the warranty). They're all pretty much the same in terms of performance give or take 5fps on benchmarks so it's not too much an issue with performance. Just keep an eye out on which has better cooling solutions, some have better ones so just check reviews. Also the new round of video cards are out shortly so look out for price drops.

I'd also consider ATI HD2900xt, it "seems" to beat the 640mb 8800gts across most preliminary (anandtech and tom's hardware have yet to do a head to head) benchmarks and is a bit cheaper than the 640mb 8800gts. Although it looks to be a bit more power hungry than the 8800gts

But either will do, just a matter of preference.

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hobbes_fan You could say..... Join Date: Apr 2007	EVGA, bfg, Asus. I prefer Asus stuff when possible, they're one of the biggest manufacturer of PC parts so you can pretty much rest easy with warranty issues. (I had a Voodoo Labs card circa 02-03 and went bust not long after I bought one of their cards with 1 year left on the warranty). They're all pretty much the same in terms of performance give or take 5fps on benchmarks so it's not too much an issue with performance. Just keep an eye out on which has better cooling solutions, some have better ones so just check reviews. Also the new round of video cards are out shortly so look out for price drops. I'd also consider ATI HD2900xt, it "seems" to beat the 640mb 8800gts across most preliminary (anandtech and tom's hardware have yet to do a head to head) benchmarks and is a bit cheaper than the 640mb 8800gts. Although it looks to be a bit more power hungry than the 8800gts But either will do, just a matter of preference.