AMD GPG To Make and Break Partnerships With AIBs

eidairaman1 · Jul 11, 2009

Meizuman said:
I have the ASUS HD4850, non reference. I bought it because of its low price and back then I THOUGHT Asus=quality. But I haven't exactly liked this card. Should have got a card with reference board. I didn't do my research back then. I wouldn't care so much if asus would stop making Ati cards. But yeah, this particular card is most probably one of the most sold asus ati cards. I believe the major problems that some users have experienced, boils down to the non-reference board with the cheaper components.

im not a fan of asus myself, i had a board that wound up being garbage, and then a few other machines ive worked on were asus based. Never will i run their parts again.

Altered · Jul 11, 2009

Well I have no use for ASUS I would love to jump on them and talk smack but I wont. I did make myself buy the HD4870 DK TOP when it was by far the lowest priced 4870 around. It was only $135.00 when the rest were 185 and up. I looked at the 3 yr warranty and really that was not bad considering most "gamers" change cards more or less in a 3yr or less span. That averages to $45 a year cost. I can live with it if it died after that. One other note on the ASUS 4870, correct me if I am wrong but from what I read ASUS was the only one for quite some time that figured the BIOS out the best. Again I am no "fan" of ASUS but they are rather large and are willing to do some homework on their own my card has always ran quiet and cooler than most with a factory OC. I wouldn't mind keeping ASUS on board with ATI even if I never buy another product of theirs. It helps push other companies to make better stuff and helps keep costs down slightly.

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AMD GPG To Make and Break Partnerships With AIBs

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman

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