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From: SchoolTech on 7 Jun 2006 17:40
Looking at a couple of models available in NZ:

Asus EAX1600PRO Video Card, Radeon X1600 Pro, 512MB, DDR2, PCIe-16, TV
out, DVI Dual head NZ$272


Gigabyte GV-RX16P256DE-RH Video Card, Radeon X1600 Pro, 256MB, DDR2,
PCIe-16, TV out, DVI, HDTV, CrossFire Dual head NZ$275.85

Pricing from ascent.co.nz

Are these good brands, considering there is a lot of cheap and nasty
junk out there?
From: First of One on 7 Jun 2006 18:02
Yes. And given the prices I'd pick the Asus (twice as much RAM) over the
Gigabyte.

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"SchoolTech" <schoolcomputertech(a)education.nz> wrote in message
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> Looking at a couple of models available in NZ:
>
> Asus EAX1600PRO Video Card, Radeon X1600 Pro, 512MB, DDR2, PCIe-16, TV
> out, DVI Dual head NZ$272
>
>
> Gigabyte GV-RX16P256DE-RH Video Card, Radeon X1600 Pro, 256MB, DDR2,
> PCIe-16, TV out, DVI, HDTV, CrossFire Dual head NZ$275.85
>
> Pricing from ascent.co.nz
>
> Are these good brands, considering there is a lot of cheap and nasty junk
> out there?


From: Daniel on 7 Jun 2006 18:22
SchoolTech wrote:
> Looking at a couple of models available in NZ:
>
> Asus EAX1600PRO Video Card, Radeon X1600 Pro, 512MB, DDR2, PCIe-16, TV
> out, DVI Dual head NZ$272
>
>
> Gigabyte GV-RX16P256DE-RH Video Card, Radeon X1600 Pro, 256MB, DDR2,
> PCIe-16, TV out, DVI, HDTV, CrossFire Dual head NZ$275.85
>
> Pricing from ascent.co.nz
>
> Are these good brands, considering there is a lot of cheap and nasty
> junk out there?

I'm guessing your buying this for a wee bit of gaming (yes?).

Assuming your budget is in the $300 NZD range, and that you'd prefer to
buy from Ascent (which is entirely understandable), then would not
something like a 7600GS or 6600GT be a better option?
From: thingy on 7 Jun 2006 18:28
SchoolTech wrote:
> Looking at a couple of models available in NZ:
>
> Asus EAX1600PRO Video Card, Radeon X1600 Pro, 512MB, DDR2, PCIe-16, TV
> out, DVI Dual head NZ$272
>
>
> Gigabyte GV-RX16P256DE-RH Video Card, Radeon X1600 Pro, 256MB, DDR2,
> PCIe-16, TV out, DVI, HDTV, CrossFire Dual head NZ$275.85
>
> Pricing from ascent.co.nz
>
> Are these good brands, considering there is a lot of cheap and nasty
> junk out there?

I would be happy with Asus or Gigabyte.....gigabyte actually produced a
4 sli motherboard months back running 4 graphics cards.....so they are
serious players to my mind. So I would be happy with Gigabyte as my
choice as they seem to do hi performing kit and a good price point
beating Asus so for my myself....Gigabyte.

regards

Thing
From: thingy on 7 Jun 2006 18:29
First of One wrote:
> Yes. And given the prices I'd pick the Asus (twice as much RAM) over the
> Gigabyte.
>

Good point 512Meg is worth a wee bit more, all else being equal.....

regards

thing
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