I hate NVIDIA!

[Domestic_Ginger]

I like the look of the one on the left tbh. The one on the right does have a cruel mouth though.

[OilSheikh]

I have decided to go with CAT'S MSI HD 6850 CYCLONE

[Garrus]

Generally speaking, you could have problems with either Nvidia or AMD chips on any number of their board partners products. It is frustrating though when you spend a good chunk of money on a card and have it go wrong. I had a bad experience once with a PowerColor Radeon 9800Pro.

Can't say I've owned a PowerColor card since, but on the same token I can't see me refusing to have another if they were offering a product at the right price in comparison to the other vendors.

MSI are the Company that have come a long way in previous years with their progress on aftermarket choice and quality for me. The photo in a previous post has had no impact on this statement.

[looney]

I have decided to go with CAT'S MSI HD 6850 CYCLONE

You won't regret it, I bought one a few months ago when my 8800GT became faulty again, gonna stick with ATI from now on, the MSI build is top notch, gutted to see it's only £126, i paid £15 more could of had the 6870 for a tenner more.

[OilSheikh]

I "pre-ordered" it. God knows when SCAN will have it in stock. grrrr

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I "pre-ordered" it. God knows when SCAN will have it in stock. grrrr

This MSI HD6870 1GB is under £150:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-m...s-free-shogun2

[blueball]

I "pre-ordered" it. God knows when SCAN will have it in stock. grrrr

and probably neither do scan so why get so het up about it. You chose to pre order. chill!

[OilSheikh]

This MSI HD6870 1GB is under £150:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-m...s-free-shogun2

That's going towards the expensive side. Need to keep it around £100. Shogun II can be sold for £15-20

[OilSheikh]

Shogun 2 is given by AMD and doesn't come with the card
https://www.amd-promotions.com/shogun2/uk/index.asp

VTX3D HD6850 AMAZON £117
XFX HD6850 EBUYER £120
ASUS HD6850 CCL £130
MSI HD6850 EBUYER £140 [ CYCLONE EDITION ]

[RabidDeathGnome]

Why no love for XFX? When I bought my 88GT a few years back it was all about XFX, EVGA and BFG to a lesser extent.

[kalniel]

Why no love for XFX? When I bought my 88GT a few years back it was all about XFX, EVGA and BFG to a lesser extent.

We learned the lesson about XFX very quickly from cards like their 8800GT..

[jim]

XFX are probably one of the worst, they had a ridiculous policy with Scan a little while back whereby Scan would test graphics cards, find them to be obviously faulty, but XFX would then test the cards themselves, and sometimes find them to be functioning correctly.

So not only was there a huge delay, some people had clearly broken cards which then stalled, until Scan sorted it out and rejigged the system.

I still buy XFX cards because they're nearly always the cheapest, but I would never describe them as good.

[RabidDeathGnome]

We learned the lesson about XFX very quickly from cards like their 8800GT..

XFX are probably one of the worst, they had a ridiculous policy with Scan a little while back whereby Scan would test graphics cards, find them to be obviously faulty, but XFX would then test the cards themselves, and sometimes find them to be functioning correctly.

So not only was there a huge delay, some people had clearly broken cards which then stalled, until Scan sorted it out and rejigged the system.

I still buy XFX cards because they're nearly always the cheapest, but I would never describe them as good.

Wow, I was completely unaware of this. When I bought my 88GT they (XFX) were one of the priciest with EVGA. I must have been quite lucky then, my 88GT is still going almost four years on.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Both my HD5850 and HD5670 are made by XFX but they were second hand.

[OilSheikh]

Scan has now shipped my card and I am expecting it tomorrow. Ah, sweeeeeeeeet!

MSI OC Cyclone HD 6850 is the best HD 6850 in terms of silence and aftermarket cooling. SCAN also showing this as in stock.

[c.ruel]

I like my sapphire xtreme HD 5850 with the 8.25" PCB really quiet as well. Hope it lasts me a good few years!