HEXUS can confirm that one of NVIDIA's strongest AIB supporters, XFX,
will be signed up as an ATI (AMD) card partner in the very near future.
What that means is that XFX, with its glitzy marketing and XXX Edition
cards, will be bringing all this marketing know-how to ATI's GPUs -
presumably encompassing the entire line-up of 2-, 3-, and 4-series SKUs.
HEXUS has learned that a formal announcement, detailing the exact
relationship between XFX and AMD/ATI, is expected next Tuesday.
What's important to note is that XFX will still be producing
NVIDIA-based cards, but it's interesting to see that XFX has chosen a
time when NVIDIA is in a strong position to drop brand exclusivity.
Perhaps it was a case of NVIDIA laying down the law one too many times,
or, more likely, XFX needed to diversify its interests a little.
How does this play out with the likes of Sapphire and HIS, time will
only tell, but XFX has just pulled on Santa's outfit - red, of course -
and will be doling out Radeon HD 4870s in the new year.
More info as we get it.
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So, Moogle, whom WOULD you buy from? I'm still considering a 1GB 4870 of some sort, but have no idea which manufacturer to go for, leaning towards Asus purely based on my luck with their motherboards.
Since Moogle didn't mention one ATI board partner I thought I might answer your question for him.
HIS, Gigabyte and Gainward are good manufacturers who make ATI cards. HIS is my favourite because of there ICEQ series custom coolers which are amazingly quite and efficient, plus they look really cool with the glowing plastic they use :D
Gigabytes new HD4870 with Ultra Durable 2 features seems like a solid performer(I say seems because I haven't tried one or know of anyone with that model, I personally have a Gigabyte 8800GTS which is fantastic).
And then the Gainward Golden Sample series is well known for its quality and performance so is a safe choice as well :D Unfortunately Gainward don't have a 1Gb version of the HD4870 :(Quote
Since Moogle didn't mention one ATI board partner I thought I might answer your question for him.
Oh my goodness I completely skipped that bit didn't I? :embarrassed:
I'm not all clued up on the ATi side of things when it comes to warranties and support. But just by having a sort of skim across the manufacturers if choosing an ATi card purely on support I would go for a Gainward card based on the fact that their RMA base is in Germany (PowerColour seems to report a California base, Palit a Hong Kong one and the others I can't get any sort of info from their site). These manufacturers really don't help ATi's sales do they :(
As for cooling or performance I really don't know any, but ExHail does and theres some reasons there :DQuote
Oh my goodness I completely skipped that bit didn't I? :embarrassed:
Yes, that might be because you were too busy venting about XFX! Methinks someone has too much time on his hands? :p
Since Moogle didn't mention one ATI board partner I thought I might answer your question for him.
HIS, Gigabyte and Gainward are good manufacturers who make ATI cards.
Thanks ExHail, I'll keep them in mind. Going to wait and see if there will be any on sale in the next month or so, first. I'd be interested to know if anyone else have any experiences with these manufacturers. I've had a few Gigabyte motherboards... in fact I still have a Socket 5 (!!) one housing a Pentium MMX 200 somewhere. Great for playing Realms of the Haunting and Blood. :cool:Quote
Yes, that might be because you were too busy venting about XFX! Methinks someone has too much time on his hands? :p
Nooooo I didn't :mrgreen:
Hey I like to know what I'm getting when I buy with "X" manufacturer, can you blame me for knowing all this? :heckle:Quote
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