New shiney toy =)
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I'd suggest this[^] or if you're planning to overclock the card this[^] instead. XFX's warranties are lifetime; so for the cost of ~$10 shipping if it croaks 3 or 4 years down the road you'll get a free current generation low power card for a non-gaming box that will be about as fast as your old one. The only difference between the two XFX cards is that the cheaper on is XFX custom design that doesn't have the higher end VRMs needed for aggressive OCing.
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I'd suggest this[^] or if you're planning to overclock the card this[^] instead. XFX's warranties are lifetime; so for the cost of ~$10 shipping if it croaks 3 or 4 years down the road you'll get a free current generation low power card for a non-gaming box that will be about as fast as your old one. The only difference between the two XFX cards is that the cheaper on is XFX custom design that doesn't have the higher end VRMs needed for aggressive OCing.
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Hmm... the first is within my budget. Not planning to overclock the graphics card or the CPU, so no worries there. Decisions, decisions.... :-\ Flynn
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Hmm... the first is within my budget. Not planning to overclock the graphics card or the CPU, so no worries there. Decisions, decisions.... :-\ Flynn
after rebate and shipping both are cheaper the the gigabyte card; but there's no reason for you to go with the more expensive model if you aren't OCing. PS If you do decide to go nVidia, buy EVGA, again for the warranty.
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after rebate and shipping both are cheaper the the gigabyte card; but there's no reason for you to go with the more expensive model if you aren't OCing. PS If you do decide to go nVidia, buy EVGA, again for the warranty.
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Yeah, I was looking at this[^] one for nVidia as well as the MSI card. Though it does look like the MSI card has a slightly better warranty (3 yr/2 yr MSI vs. 2 yr/2 yr for the EVGA). The EVGA card does edge out the MSI card on features though. Still, hard to beat a double lifetime warranty for the XFX card. Especially for the same price as the EVGA card. Edit: Thanks for the links. I'll have some research to do tonight. :) Flynn
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Yeah, I was looking at this[^] one for nVidia as well as the MSI card. Though it does look like the MSI card has a slightly better warranty (3 yr/2 yr MSI vs. 2 yr/2 yr for the EVGA). The EVGA card does edge out the MSI card on features though. Still, hard to beat a double lifetime warranty for the XFX card. Especially for the same price as the EVGA card. Edit: Thanks for the links. I'll have some research to do tonight. :) Flynn
Apparently EVGA's started cheapening out on the waranty, lifetime only goes down to the 465 now. You don't want the 465 even if it was in your budget, it's a poorly performing power pig because it was cut down too far from the full size chip.
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Apparently EVGA's started cheapening out on the waranty, lifetime only goes down to the 465 now. You don't want the 465 even if it was in your budget, it's a poorly performing power pig because it was cut down too far from the full size chip.
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That was one of the reasons I skipped the GTX 220. The reviews were about the same - terrible performance for the power consumption. The reviews I've found so far give a slight performance edge to the GTS 450 vs. the HD 5770, but only marginal. SLI seems to scale better than Crossfire, but I'm not running dual cards, so that's not a factor. I'm really edging toward the XFX card. Flynn
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Apparently EVGA's started cheapening out on the waranty, lifetime only goes down to the 465 now. You don't want the 465 even if it was in your budget, it's a poorly performing power pig because it was cut down too far from the full size chip.
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After a little research I went with the EVGA GTS 450. Overall it had a slight edge on performance, cooling and technology. Thanks for all your help, Dan. :) Flynn