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Old 3rd Mar 2008, 15:21
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Finally come to the conclusion that I'm going to purchase the geforce 8800 gtx card, just wondered which manufacturer you guys would recommend I go for:

XFX
BFG
Gigabyte
Evga
Asus... etc.?

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Old 3rd Mar 2008, 15:26
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I would probably go with Evga, they offer a lifetime warranty and have a decent step-up program were you can trade in your old card with them for a newer model some time in the future if you like!
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Old 3rd Mar 2008, 15:59
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Depends on the spec, some manufacturers make faster versions of the same GPU card.

For example an EVGA 8800GT may be faster than a XFX 8800GT.
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Old 3rd Mar 2008, 20:52
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SocialWarfare is correct - unless the others have a much higher clock speed, go with EVGA.
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Old 4th Mar 2008, 00:35
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I wouldn't say that the clock speeds would vary that much anyhow, no more than a bit of manual overclocking would do to achieve the same
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