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Which 5870 to go with?

piscian18

piscian18

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Which 5870 to go with?

I'm seeing all of thread about problems with XFX5870's and Gigabyte 5870's. Is there a Favored brand around [H]?
 
I've got an XFX 5870 XXX and never had the slightest problem. My XFX GTX 285 was trouble free, too. I wish XFX had the GTX 480.
 
Using a Asus 5870 V2 without any problems other than smartdoctor being a little pain to work with. Right now I'm at 1020/1300 oc, load 65-72c, fan 40 - 45% depends on the game.
 
All of the reference models are fine. I grabbed a Diamond because I got a good deal on it.
 
short version it doesnt matter.

long version, buy something shiny to tell all your friends about
 
Mr. Wolf said:
I've got an XFX 5870 XXX and never had the slightest problem. My XFX GTX 285 was trouble free, too. I wish XFX had the GTX 480.
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Why did you get the xxx version as apposed to the regular stock?

I'm looking at these 3

XFX HD587XZNFC
XFX HD587XZNDC Radeon HD 5870 XXX
XFX HD-587A-ZND9 Radeon HD 5870 XXX

Anybody know what the difference is? I see the stock is 850/4800 and the XXX is 875/5000. It's doesnt seem like youd see any difference from that.
 
piscian18 said:
I'm looking at these 3

XFX HD587XZNFC
XFX HD587XZNDC Radeon HD 5870 XXX
XFX HD-587A-ZND9 Radeon HD 5870 XXX

Anybody know what the difference is? I see the stock is 850/4800 and the XXX is 875/5000. It's doesnt seem like youd see any difference from that.
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You can go here, choose the cards you're considering and click compare at the bottom.

I'ma go with the ZNFC b/c it's PCI Exp 2.1...not that it matters much but it's something I can't change in the other cards as opposed to higher speed which I can.
 
piscian18 said:
Why did you get the xxx version as apposed to the regular stock?

I'm looking at these 3

XFX HD587XZNFC
XFX HD587XZNDC Radeon HD 5870 XXX
XFX HD-587A-ZND9 Radeon HD 5870 XXX

Anybody know what the difference is? I see the stock is 850/4800 and the XXX is 875/5000. It's doesnt seem like youd see any difference from that.
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Ordered it by accident back when Tiger Direct had an 8% Bing cash back promo. I meant to order the standard version but chose the XXX. By the time I realized my mistake the order had shipped. No prob, though.
 
DaMaDo said:
I'ma go with the ZNFC b/c it's PCI Exp 2.1...not that it matters much but it's something I can't change in the other cards as opposed to higher speed which I can.
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I'm pretty sure they are all the same PCI Express version. I highly doubt the vendor would have changed that.

@OP: Buy the cheapest one, of course :D
 
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