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Epoch on 09 February 2010
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Squilliam said:
Epoch said:

Yea I keep going back to that and looking at the differences.  It is awfully tempting to just pay out the extra $100 for the card, but I'm trying to keep it under $1500 with taxes and shipping. The current list totals $1450, taxes and shipping inclusive. 

However, some components appear cheaper on this the Canada Computers site.  Can someone tell me the difference between these three cards?

MSI (R5850-PM2D1G-OC) ATI Radeon HD 5850 Chipset (765Mhz) 1GB GDDR5

HIS (H585F1GDG) ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB GDDR5

Asus EAH5850/2DIS/1GD5/A ATI Radeon HD 5850 Chipset (725MHz )

 

Other than the manufacturer, obviously.

Some of the other components are cheaper as well, but not the CPU =(.  Might have to buy from 2 different sites to save a bit

Actually Saphire makes almost all Radeon cards. The difference is that one has a factory overclock and whatever differences there are in support, warranty and box contents (aside from the card).

I didn't see any availability for the HD 4890 at that site. The card has been discontinued so its not surprising.

 

Ah, so the chipsets are basically the same, just some overclock them before you buy them? Then why is XFX 5850 $70 more than some of its competitors? Better warranty and packaging? Seems a bit funny, but Branding is powerful.

 

Jkimball, I have come to the conclusion that it probably wont be a whole lot cheaper than what I could buy in store, but the components will be better than the ones they use in a lot of the models I have looked at. Hopefully this leads to a longer lifespan. Sadly, the Newegg.ca has very limited pre-built PC options (There are only about 25... total) =/