Video Card Brand

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Jordo

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Basically to finish off my computer build I'm looking at getting an ATI HD 5770.

My question for the community is, which brand is best... and does brand make a difference in performance.

These two cards are on sale at my local shop:

XFX Radeon HD 5770 850MHZ 1GB 4.8GHZ GDDR5 2XDVI HDMI PCI-E Video Card
http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=48038&vpn=HD577XZNFC&manufacture=XFX&promoid=1061

Powercolor Radeon HD 5770 PCs 875MHZ 1GB 4.9GHZ GDDR5 2XDVI HDMI DP DIRECTX11 PCI-E Video Card
http://ncix.com/products/index.php?...1GBD5-PPG&manufacture=PowerColor&promoid=1061

Now, i've never heard of powercolor so I'm a bit biased to the XFX... but does it make a difference which I go with. Clearly the powercolor one is cheaper, but is it worth spending the extra for the XFX brand?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
I myself would go with the XFX brand. I don't like off brands which is what powercolor is.
 
XFX, plus xfx's come with a double lifetime warranty, which is great if it breaks or you ever want to sell it
 
i have the xfx hd 5770 (fully enclosed one, not sure of the difference). i definitely like it. would recommend it. xfx's warranty is great. i do not have experience with powercolor but i have heard that they are an ok brand.
 
According to specification, powercolor should run faster.
I would personally go for powercolor for its price, unless you want the warranty from XFX
 
in a lot of cases its good to just buy for warranty. Especially, if it's a reference card as the brand isn't going to matter as far as quality. Unless of course it's not reference then you may want to do some research.
 
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