Sapphire or XFX?

[CFOShock]

i'm getting either a 4890 or a 5870 and a cant decide: XFX or Sapphire, thanks for the help :p

[saintjimmy]

Well, the 5870 is an obvious pick, but it may be too fast for the rest of your system, causing a bottleneck at the processor, memory, or hard drive. Also make sure your power supply is good enough (I would say 600 watts of a good brand, 700 watts of a no-name brand). Personally, I like Sapphire, but I've also heard plenty of good things from XFX, so it's kinda heads or tails (or which design sticker you like better).

Kyle

[-RK]

XFX has an excellent warranty. Both are good, xfx just has a better warranty.

[CFOShock]

Well, the 5870 is an obvious pick, but it may be too fast for the rest of your system, causing a bottleneck at the processor, memory, or hard drive. Also make sure your power supply is good enough (I would say 600 watts of a good brand, 700 watts of a no-name brand). Personally, I like Sapphire, but I've also heard plenty of good things from XFX, so it's kinda heads or tails (or which design sticker you like better).

Kyle
i doubt that the card is to powerful for the system im building:
CPU: AM3 Phenom II X4 965
RAM: PATRIOT 4G DDR3 1600
PSU: COLLERMASTER Silent Pro 850W
HDD: Seagate 500GB SATA2

[saintjimmy]

You're right, your system should be fine for that card. I just said that because some people might get a super fast graphics card and yet have an Intel Pentium processor or something like that.

[-RK]

Oh yeah, the 5870 is definitely the way to go.

[hdantman]

5870 and XFX rocks. Sapphire is a good one too--I have PCs with both 3870x2 Sapphire cards and 8800GT XFX cards that are still rockin'. Had to replace both too, and excellent warranty response from both, though Sapphire was slower than XFX.