Search found 3 matches

by guiness
Thu Sep 30, 2010 9:40 am
Forum: Donate for Reviews
Topic: Price grabber and Canadian retailers?
Replies: 0
Views: 11943

Price grabber and Canadian retailers?

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but since it involved somehow getting money to SPCR, I figured it was the closest there was! I clicked on the 'affiliated retailer' link at the bottom of a page, but could only go to amazon com - who won't ship to me, I have to buy through amazon ca....
by guiness
Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:06 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: XFX GTS 250 Zalman edition or HIS Radeon HD 5670
Replies: 2
Views: 1953

Thanks for the thoughts. You're right, performance wise, the GTS 250 is better than the 5670. A look at some scores seems to put it around 30% faster for most apps. I also didn't realize how much more power the 250 drew, especially at idle. The 5750 looks interesting, I'm not sure I need it. Dual DV...
by guiness
Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:35 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: XFX GTS 250 Zalman edition or HIS Radeon HD 5670
Replies: 2
Views: 1953

XFX GTS 250 Zalman edition or HIS Radeon HD 5670

Has anyone had experience with the XFX Zalman series cards? I'm looking at the XFX GTS 250 Zalman edition and the HIS Radeon HD 5670. I know from reviews and comments here that the HIS IceQ series are quiet, and the XFX should be. It looks like they're using the old style flower form factor Zalman, ...