hi im looking to purchase a 6970 sometime in the near future since the release of the 7000 series will drive the price down.
my question is what brand should i buy there are lot of different choices on new egg and i was hoping to get some input from people who have owned a card from these brands or if people have information based on sources and not hear say?
sorry if this is in the wrong place i couldnt find a tech section
I have always went with Visiontek or ASUS. Have an ASUS 6970 now and it runs excellent. As the above poster stated, tho, HIS is a good one, too. Any of these 3 and I don't think you can go wrong.
I just bought a HIS 6970 from newegg.... the price dropped to $300 for me and I couldn't be happier... Factory OC'd to 900 & 1400 MHz (Core & Memory), and despite the gawdy cooler, the CPU cooler I got is easily the loudest component in my computer. It took me almost 2 weeks to go through scrutinizing every component of the new build, going back and forth between HIS, Asus, XFX, and Sapphire, and when this card went on sale, the price sealed the deal for me.
Had I had an additional $175 to spend, I would have gotten a 7950, but oh well.....
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Posted 2/3/2012 5:50:44 PMhi im looking to purchase a 6970 sometime in the near future since the release of the 7000 series will drive the price down.
my question is what brand should i buy there are lot of different choices on new egg and i was hoping to get some input from people who have owned a card from these brands or if people have information based on sources and not hear say?
sorry if this is in the wrong place i couldnt find a tech section
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Posted 2/3/2012 8:02:04 PMI have religiously used HIS for my radeon cards. Haven't had any issues.
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Posted 2/4/2012 11:00:57 AMI have always went with Visiontek or ASUS. Have an ASUS 6970 now and it runs excellent. As the above poster stated, tho, HIS is a good one, too. Any of these 3 and I don't think you can go wrong.
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Posted 2/6/2012 4:41:03 PMI just bought a HIS 6970 from newegg.... the price dropped to $300 for me and I couldn't be happier... Factory OC'd to 900 & 1400 MHz (Core & Memory), and despite the gawdy cooler, the CPU cooler I got is easily the loudest component in my computer. It took me almost 2 weeks to go through scrutinizing every component of the new build, going back and forth between HIS, Asus, XFX, and Sapphire, and when this card went on sale, the price sealed the deal for me.
Had I had an additional $175 to spend, I would have gotten a 7950, but oh well.....
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Posted 2/7/2012 10:04:00 AMI've got the Gigabyte 6970 with 2GB of Ram, and love mine; its not any louder than my CPU cooler.