5870 Sapphire OR Diamond

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Sat, 08/21/2010 - 14:14
terorvlad
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I am thinking of buying a 5870 for my next pc and I don't know what brand to choose between diamond and sapphire.
Sapphire has a different fan and looks differen't but i don't know if that is a good thing or not because I can't find out which runs cooler.
If you have diamond of sapphire 5870 but you have no idea which is better, please post the temperature at idle.

thx

CPU: I5-760 @3.4 Ghz | MoBo: Msi H55M-p31
GPU: 5870 Sapphire | Ram: 8 Gb @1333Mhz
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Sat, 08/21/2010 - 14:53
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I would go with Sapphire because you get 2 year warranty and with Diamond it's only 1.

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Sat, 08/21/2010 - 23:23
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k1llg0r3
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Diamond always just uses the reference design, and thats it, sapphire has made a custom cooler, I think the custom one alctually helps keep it a tad cooler.

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