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Originally Posted by Gutterz
nice comparison. I myself have not had any problems on the XFX XXX 5870 like all the reviews state on the egg. But I never ran the card with the XFX bios. Maybe XFX just has a chitty bios.
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I always game a bit with a new card to see how it does and temps..I had issues with there OCed 900-1300 bios...Freeze up's etc... As soon as i lowered the clockes to 850-1200 it was fine....
As far as the extra 18.00 for the XXX that could be worth it to some..If you are the type to sell your card after a year or so and move up the double Lifetime which means who you sell it to also gets the lifetime warranty can be handy...
Some companies don't honor there cards once sold....
As you can tell by most benches i did the core was over 1000 which even if you tryed to keep the XFX bios you would have to stay under 900...
Not sure how the vanilla XFX is..(what bios it has)...I was lucky to have a mate from my team help me change...
Asus always seems to be a step ahead when it comes to ATI GPU Bios's...
I did manage a 4.550 thanks to suggestion from 69 Goat and got my best 3D06 single GPU score ever..
I didn't compare this because i never ran 4.550 with the Asus with 3D06 or any other card as far as that goes... Thanks Goat..I am working on it....
