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    Which GPU manufac. for radeon?

    I'm looking to buy a pair of Radeon 4770s for crossfire (tomshardware seems to have shining things to say about it, and you can't beat the price) but not sure which manufacturer to use, does it really matter? My current card is an EVGA and it works great but EVGA doesn't offer this chip. I was eyeing the XFX one simply because it has the lifetime warranty but not sure if that means they're uncertain about the product or what lol

    Here's the available manufacturers according to newegg, input appreciated

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    I've always had good luck with ASUS, Sapphire, and Diamond.
    My HIS and Powercolor cards have also sucked dongs, but that may have just been luck of the draw.

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    I also likey Asus cards

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    xfx will have the best warranty hands down. Right at the moment the HD 4770 are all exactly the same from every manufacturer so I'd go with xfx.

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    xfx and sapphire are the brands I tend to lean towards

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    HIS > SAPPHIRE > ASUS > Diamond

    And thats about it.

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    I usually go with diamond or sapphire, no problem so far. I've had about 4 cards each from them, still good, just outdated lol. I've been kinda interested at checking out the XFX manufacturer ones though. Anyone have any other input on those?

    I put in an XFX nvidia 8800gts on the gf's pc and been running great no problems for a little over a year.

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    I've had two Sapphire Radeons and they've both been great. I also have an XFX 8600GT in another machine and it's pretty good (loud ass fan tho).

    I hear great things about ASUS, HIS and Visiontek.

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    Before I switched to nVidia, Sapphire always worked great.

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    I've always used/loved Sapphire, but I wouldn't say no to an XFX model now that they make Radeons too.

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    XFX cards are black and look shiney.

    Black and shiney is good.

    Buy XFX.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blabj View Post
    XFX cards are black and look shiney.

    Black and shiney is good.

    Buy XFX.
    They have cool looking boxes too!

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    Haha sounds like XFX is a winner then, thanks guys

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    VisionTek, Sapphire, HIS would be my top three.

    XFX was just signed on during the HD4800 rage, I don't trust them much yet.

    ASUS is fine too.

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    I've done good with ASUS and so far my new Sapphire is doing great. MSI was ok, no complaints just kinda felt meh. My Biostar sucked arse, DO NOT WANT.

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