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03-11-2010, 02:45 AM
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Right Off the Assembly Line
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Powercolor or Sapphire
Hello Guys,
I want to buy Radeon 6850. I am confused about vendor - Sapphire or Powercolor.
Which one is good in your experience in terms of service/warranty, overheating problems etc?
Thanks!
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03-11-2010, 06:09 AM
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Fast 'N' Furious
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
Build quality wise they both are good brands.
For service check with your local distributor.
BTW, i prefer sapphire over powercolor.
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03-11-2010, 06:21 AM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
Go for sapphire +they are cheaper than other brands !
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03-11-2010, 06:23 AM
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Wise Old Owl
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
+1 for Sapphire.....
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03-11-2010, 08:43 AM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
vote to Sapphire.
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03-11-2010, 10:09 AM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
Powercolor is decent too. Just see the balance of warranty and price. If both are exact same configurations then choose the cheaper one. But I guess Powercolor will offer less warranty.
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03-11-2010, 10:12 AM
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Wise Old Owl
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
Sapphire!!
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03-11-2010, 10:53 AM
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Alpha Geek
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
Both are good quality wise.
Powercolor provides 2 years warranty and is backed by Tirupati Enterprises 
Sapphire has 3 years warranty and is backed by Aditya Infotech 
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03-11-2010, 10:55 AM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
@sunny: Go for Sapphire best brand....
how is th price of HD6850....
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Originally Posted by damngoodman999
Go for sapphire +they are cheaper than other brands !
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Nope....Powercolor is cheaper than sapphire.....
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03-11-2010, 12:36 PM
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Wise Old Owl
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
^^Cost of Sapphire HD6850 12.2k!!
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03-11-2010, 01:32 PM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
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Originally Posted by KaranTh85
@sunny: Go for Sapphire best brand....
how is th price of HD6850....
Nope....Powercolor is cheaper than sapphire.....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ssb1551
^^Cost of Sapphire HD6850 12.2k!!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by monkey
Both are good quality wise.
Powercolor provides 2 years warranty and is backed by Tirupati Enterprises
Sapphire has 3 years warranty and is backed by Aditya Infotech |
@Monkey Thanks for the info!
Btw....guys I am thinking to order one from Ebay Global Easy Buy
and Powercolor is appearing cheaper than Sapphire there.
@KaranTh85 - Yeah Powercolor seems to be cheaper.
@ssb1551 - Nope its not 12.2K in India.
Bitfang is selling it for 11.7K (With shipping) and Mediahome.in for 11.3K (without shipping charges)
http://www.mediahome.in/index.php?pa...mart&Itemid=80
Here is what i found at Ebay GEB-
Powercolor - 11,356
Global Easy Buy
Sapphire -12,241
Global Easy Buy
and after using 10% coupon for 1000 rs discount
Powercolor will cost approx 1000 rs cheaper - Rs 10,356 (with shipping)
What do you think guys? Please advise.
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03-11-2010, 01:56 PM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
^^the difference in price is huge
go for powercolor
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03-11-2010, 02:00 PM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
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Originally Posted by ssk_the_gr8
^^the difference in price is huge
go for powercolor
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Is Ebay GEB reliable? How fast they can ship from USA? What are your experiences?
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03-11-2010, 02:13 PM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
^^
Would be better if you got the parts from India within. GEB will deliver, but you would be charged courier+import. Price would shoot up.
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03-11-2010, 02:17 PM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
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Originally Posted by asingh
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Would be better if you got the parts from India within. GEB will deliver, but you would be charged courier+import. Price would shoot up.
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It's inclusive of shipping+custom costs.
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03-11-2010, 02:31 PM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
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Ok, I missed that. Then I think you should be fine. But do ask the seller how the warranty would be handled.
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03-11-2010, 02:45 PM
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Wise Old Owl
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
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Originally Posted by sunny155
It's inclusive of shipping+custom costs.
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U gotta b kiddin me!!U r importing an item from States without customs!!Is it even possible?
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03-11-2010, 03:02 PM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
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U gotta b kiddin me!!U r importing an item from States without customs!!Is it even possible?
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Dude ever heard of Ebay Global Easy Buy?
They include the shpping+custom on the product price.
Global Easy Buy
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03-11-2010, 03:49 PM
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damnbadman666
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
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Originally Posted by KaranTh85
@sunny: Go for Sapphire best brand....
how is th price of HD6850....
Nope....Powercolor is cheaper than sapphire.....
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Ya i know i am not comparing Powercolor , i dont want to recommend powercolor because of 2 years warranty .
Just compared with XFX,Msi
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03-11-2010, 04:09 PM
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Wise Old Owl
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
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Originally Posted by ssb1551
U gotta b kiddin me!!U r importing an item from States without customs!!Is it even possible?
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Err- yeah. Depending on the stuff you're getting its pretty feasible too. Even if you are importing a ROG board via newegg through iccworld, it ends up being significantly low cost. Before you say "how are you going to be RMA it, ROG's RMA procedure is different.
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03-11-2010, 08:17 PM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
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Err- yeah. Depending on the stuff you're getting its pretty feasible too. Even if you are importing a ROG board via newegg through iccworld, it ends up being significantly low cost. Before you say "how are you going to be RMA it, ROG's RMA procedure is different.
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What's ROG ? and RMA? I dont know these term.
thanks!
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03-11-2010, 09:56 PM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
RoG = Republic of Gamers. Branded gear developed by ASUS.
RMA = Return Merchandise Authorization.
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03-11-2010, 09:58 PM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
^^ ROG: Asus ROG lineup of items. usually graphics card, mobo & lappy too maybe. read Republic of gamers.
RMA: Return Merchandise/Material Authorization. another terms for claiming warranty.
Edit: oops, i a bit too slow. or maybe my net connection 
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04-11-2010, 05:27 AM
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Fast 'N' Furious
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
WoW! that was close.
As far as I know ROG laptops have global warranty and is it same for mobos and gfxcrads too ?
BTW, if OP gets his gfx card from the e-bay GEB then I don't think he will get local warranty - am I right ?
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04-11-2010, 06:58 AM
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Wise Old Owl
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
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Originally Posted by topgear
BTW, if OP gets his gfx card from the e-bay GEB then I don't think he will get local warranty - am I right ?
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Yep,u r right.....
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04-11-2010, 08:05 AM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
have been using powercolor 4850 for more than 2 years, still going strong
Do check the local service though..
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04-11-2010, 09:15 AM
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Wise Old Owl
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
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Originally Posted by Revolution
Yep,u r right.....
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Oh crap!!Thts a BUMMER!!
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04-11-2010, 06:42 PM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
Thanks all! Haven't ordered it yet. Called the few vendors - Techshop, Bitfang, Prime ABGB, Mediahome, TheItwares. All said they dont have it in ready stock. Will be available in 1 week. I think I should wait 1 week if there is 10.1-11k pricing here I would buy it from India. GEB will take approx 10-15 days to ship the product and after hearing your comments I got little worried about the warranty  .
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04-11-2010, 08:36 PM
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Wise Old Owl
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
^^How come techshop hs the card listed on their site?
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04-11-2010, 09:50 PM
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Re: Powercolor or Sapphire
guys i dont wanna spoil the party but is 6850 better than 460
i heard that that its somewhat lower performer in some benchmarks and in some i find that it has the upper hand
any pros and cons of the above two
thanks..
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