What make of 9800Pro?

[Finsta]

I am currently looking into a purchase of a 9800Pro. What make should I get?

 

[The Saint]

Sapphire....

 

[MemoryInAGarden]

Sapphire. They are the cheapest by far.

 

[ST|FFY]

Originally posted by MemoryInAGarden
Sapphire. They are the cheapest by far.

^^^ yes
they are the same thing as the BBA ones just cheaper

 

[bmartin]

Sapphires are really nice, or just go with the ATI one. I always buy ATI or Sapphire, because they seem to hold strong where the others always have some flaw or other. Stick with the big dogs.

 

[barubal]

hercules is the best 9800pro ive seen but it is quite expensive

 

[lil layzie]

Go with Sapphire. It's the cheapest (unless you can find a deal somewhere else on a different brand) and it doesn't dissapoint. I got one and I love it.

You can find it here at NewEgg.

 

[VIOLENCE FACTOR]

My VisionTek XTASY card is a great overclocker. 435/365 or so with zero artifacting. Stock cooling. No problems what-so-ever. It's a year old now so I can't comment on current cards available, or cards still coming off the line.

 

[ZigZagZeppelin]

Built by ATI retails are BEST. Their cores clock higher then all of them.

Don't let anyone tell u any different (they'd be lying or stupid)

 

[Master]

most of the time the retails are slightly clocked higher than say sapphire. Mine was, and it took 2 1/2 seconds to fix. Not worth the extra 100bux in my books

 

[haroldmeyer]

I have a FIC and it looks and works exactly like a BBA.

 

[ZigZagZeppelin]

Originally posted by haroldmeyer
I have a FIC and it looks and works exactly like a BBA.

Can it do 486/380 with the stock cooler?

I bet it can't.

 

[lostinms]

I have a HIS Excalibur IceQ 9800 pro 128meg. I got the last of the few that came with the Half-life 2 coupon at New Egg. I've read a lot of reviews and it seems Kyle has a lot of respect for this company too. They are hard to find in the US.

 

[M3ltd0Vvn]

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for great info. Thanks all.

-=M=-

 

[obyj34]

Originally posted by lostinms
I have a HIS Excalibur IceQ 9800 pro 128meg. I got the last of the few that came with the Half-life 2 coupon at New Egg. I've read a lot of reviews and it seems Kyle has a lot of respect for this company too. They are hard to find in the US.

I'm lookg at that cause I want a VGA Silencer but I dont have the money to take a chance of breaking my card. Whats stock spped and hows it oc?

 

[AmpCoder]

I have a BBA and never had any problems with it. Never had a Sapphire.

 

[lostinms]

In this Review they were able to overclock the core to 462 mhz and the Memory to 384mhz. I only got mine set at 400mhz core and 350 mhz memeory. I could go higher but I feel comfortable(sp?) at these settings. Oh and there is suppose to be a 256meg ver out too but I have not seen one.
Like I said these are hard cards to find.

 

[emorphien]

Originally posted by ZigZagZeppelin
Built by ATI retails are BEST. Their cores clock higher then all of them.

Don't let anyone tell u any different (they'd be lying or stupid)

So Sapphire should be good too, then. Since they build the cards for ATI.

 

[IYIENACE]

Originally posted by ZigZagZeppelin
Can it do 486/380 with the stock cooler?

I bet it can't.

True. So far this is my highest stable clock w/ stock fan and no volt mod. I'm sure it all depends on the individual card as well as test environment.
I think Hercules has the best card overall. When I watercool it I can just mount the waterblock and it's already got nice ram sinks and a large copper sink covering the back.