Need help deciding on a 6800 brand

[Vigilante]

Hi,
I've got $324.13 (exactly) and I'm going to buy a geforce 6800 regular. I need help deciding on which brand to get. Mainly, I want the one that will run the coolest (I dont care about noise).
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&DEPA=1
I can go up to the $285 eVGA. I'm thinking about going with the Leadtek, mainly cause it's only $270 and has 5 stars from voters, and runs pretty cool.

Which one do you all think I should go with?

 

[[Matt]]

Leadtek are good because they slap a huge heatsink onto thier cards. however that just so they can add slower spinning fans to reduce the noise. Don't expect better cooling performance.

 

[Kommie]

BFG tech has amazing support and is a fairly quiet card Mine has blue leds too! its teh purty!
But anyway BOT Leadtek's support is horrendous and my fx5900 overheated hourly, I had to buy a slot fan just to keep the bugger warm :frown:

 

[Washuu]

BFG would probably be the best bit overall, I have heard nothing but good about them.

 

[oni_666]

BFG tech has amazing support and is a fairly quiet card Mine has blue leds too! its teh purty!
But anyway BOT Leadtek's support is horrendous and my fx5900 overheated hourly, I had to buy a slot fan just to keep the bugger warm :frown:

I guess you meant keep it cold!
Anyways BFG or XFX, XFX usually make cards that overclock the best, and BFG have good support, like someone said.
Personally when I upgrade and probably get the 6800GT it will be by XFX, I've heard nothing but good things about that company, and thats good enough for me.

 

[Vigilante]

I think I'm going with the leadtek, mainly cause the BFG one is expensive. I need an extra $30 to last me for gas until next week.

 

[cschaef13]

I got gainward golden sample ****ing sexy

 

[Washuu]

Overall it is still a nvidia chipset, and different brands are still all very close to each other in performance, nothing noticable unless manufactured overclocked. I often get the cheapest card most of the time, usually if not the cheapest the next 2 dollar near.

 

[firemachine69]

Cheapest 6800 (ASSus excluded) with an NV5.

 

[J_Tweedy]

dunno about the 6800 regular, but gigabyte's heatsink on the gt is friggin huge, and looks cool too. Cooling is pretty dam good too

 

[frusion]

BFG is defenetly the best choice i have a bfg 6800 ultra and it is so quiet and very fast simply the best for the 6800

 

[MiccyNarc]

I think I'm going with the leadtek, mainly cause the BFG one is expensive. I need an extra $30 to last me for gas until next week.

Leadtek is a good choice, I really like mine and it stays pretty cool.

 

[Rotary]

I've only use the XFX series cards and have always been please with looks and performance.

 

[IRON_MAIDEN]

BFG. i have it, softmodded fully, 400/900, its beyond awesome. BFG uses 1.6ns memory on their 6800's instead of 2.0ns, l33t!

its only $270...

 

[holydeadpenguins]

You could try to find a cheap 6800gt, sometimes people sell them at around 350 dollars.

 

[J_Tweedy]

You could try to find a cheap 6800gt, sometimes people sell them at around 350 dollars.

you sure you're not talking about those asus "gt" cards that are actually regular 6800s, confusing everyone.