What brand of 9800?

[johnnyboy]

So I'm about to sink for a Radeon 9800 pro. Trouble is, there are lots of brands, each calling their own praises. Which brand is best? I was looking at the 128Mb cards, and right now I have my eyes on the Tyan or High Tech cards, but if anybody has any other suggestions (preferably with justification, but hey, beggars can't be choosers), it'd help me get the most bang for my buck. Thanks.
-johnnyboy

 

[scottchen]

Tyan's sh*t, Powercolor and Gecube are also crap, the rest are fine.

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[pauldh]

BB ATI, Saphire, Asus, Gigabyte are ones I'd trust more than Tyan, PC, or Gecube.


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[Woodman]

What about Grandmars?

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[gossspel]

Grandmars is local Hong Kong brandname that use powercolor oem, what do you think?

 

[cryo]

or, if you hurry up, you might still find a Hercules forgotten on a shelf somewhere
Even if is not that much of an improvement, I really love the copper cooling system (GPU and memory, front and back), and the bright blue led of my 3DProphet 9800 Pro

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[sparky853]

Go <A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1955" target="_new"> here</A> and check out their review of various makers of graphics cards. very informative.

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