Best Radeon 9800 pro bundle?

[desertfox04]

I'm building a new computer for collge and after doing quite a bit of research, I've decided that the Radeon 9800 pro best suits my needs and budget.

The problem is choosing which brand to buy. The cards performances are probably all about the same, and besides the heat sinks, the only way to differentiate them is by the software bundle. MSI has an impressive bundle with Ghost Recon and Morrowwind. HIS has a very nice heatsink and a decent sized bundle. Unfortunetly, they don't list all the software.

Can anyone help me decide which brand to choose?



P.S. I plan to buy from newegg.com

 

[mynewrigissick]

I think you should go with the powercolor color 9800 pro because my friend has one and it plays everygame on High! plus at Newegg its only like $200 bucks! Ijust built my new pc and i got the GeForce 5900XT and that is a very powerful card! Hey what ever floats your boat man!

 

[Yanagi]

I thought about going 9800PRO aswell. Seems to be the best bang for the buck card out there right now. However I do not know which ones has the best bundle either. so if anyone would know please tell us.

 

[Gurck]

Curious myself. Since video cards follow manufacturers' blueprints, different brand names don't really offer much of a benefit over one or another, but bundled games.. now that's a different story Notable exception to the above is Sapphire's 128bit 9800 "pro"... :|

 

[kcbaltz]

bump because I'm curious too. I assume the HL2 voucher bundle is old history?

 

[desertfox04]

After I did quite a bit or research, I'm going to get MSI's version. It comes with a Ghost Recon and Morrowind, and a ton of apps. My only problem is that it's printed on a green board but it's got a nice fan and heatsink. Oh well, an ATi on a green board isn't as bad as a nVidea on a red

The voucher is now only available on 9800 xt, my guess is that it will only be avaible on the x800 soon.

 

[mrwxyz]

Originally posted by: Gurck
Curious myself. Since video cards follow manufacturers' blueprints, different brand names don't really offer much of a benefit over one or another, but bundled games.. now that's a different story Notable exception to the above is Sapphire's 128bit 9800 "pro"... :|

i almost purchased that sapphire until i noticed it was 128bit......the should have that in bold with the words "Crippled version"