which brand is better: asus or leadtek

[longhorn88]

I'm getting a gf6800 agp but i dont know which brand i sould go for. the asus one is AU$310 and the leadtek one is AU$299. so which one sould i get?

also, is unlocking the pipelines possible? if so, how do you do it?

thanks

 

[furiousV]

They're pretty much identical, based on the same board and all. I'd go for the cheaper option, not forgettin to check what warranty each offers.

And I don't think you can unlock pipelines at all on the newer cards, they cripple and sabotage them completely, unlike the older cards where they are simply disabled.

I hope I'm wrong

 

[hungryduck]

Personnaly, I'd go with leadtek, they do a real good job with cooling.....

 

[giant384]

They're pretty much identical, based on the same board and all. I'd go for the cheaper option, not forgettin to check what warranty each offers.

And I don't think you can unlock pipelines at all on the newer cards, they cripple and sabotage them completely, unlike the older cards where they are simply disabled.

I hope I'm wrong

accutlly ur wrong they still can unlock some of them just depends on if u get a card with pipes damaged or not

 

[bryanf445]

how exactly do they cripple the pipes?

 

[Shamrock]

I would recommend Leadtek for I have heard that Asus is terrible at videocards whereas they are awesome with motherboards and whatnot.

 

[bryanf445]

I would recommend Leadtek for I have heard that Asus is terrible at videocards whereas they are awesome with motherboards and whatnot.

but we love our msi dont we shammy

 

[EVIL]

Xfx Ftw!

 

[Shamrock]

but we love our msi dont we shammy

Of course we do. They own. They are such a great company. I haven't heard too much from them as of late.

 

[Qonfused]

Doesn't really matter, really... I prefer Leadtek, but eh...

 

[staticprimer]

Leadtek, they are a more reliable video card manufacturer. I have had an Asus card and I hated it, and I have read reviews of other Asus cards that were bad as well.

 

[furiousV]

accutlly ur wrong they still can unlock some of them just depends on if u get a card with pipes damaged or not

Thanks for clearing that up man

And leave Asus to the motherboards, where they belong. :E

 

[longhorn88]

thanks guys thats a great help. ill buy the leadtek one

 

[Asus]

Get the cheaper card.
IDK I had an Asus card and it was good. They seem to go for quiet on some of their solutions which I like. Leadtek have some pretty nice cooling on them, even if sometimes it's a bit loud. Good for OCing.

If you have an Asus video card, I will suspect you of cheating in CS! jk
(if you havn't played HL games that long then you won't get it)

 

[Lahire149]

meh. like the same thing, get which ever has a better software package