ChainTech vs Aopen

[theMonster]

Going to get a new vidcard after the 5600 bit the dust. My choices are a ChainTech 6200AGP from TigerDirect or an Aopen from NewEgg. Any opinions on which card is better? I lean to the Chaintech because of the power connector, but really don't know much about either brand. Buying today, please respond!

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1221040&CatId=933

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=14-135-165&depa=0

[Blackmage]

I dunno, the chaintech is a heard of company, wheres as Aopen you dont hear much about and plus all them capitors dont look good on the a open imagin if you was add some ram sinks and you broke one of them off! but i guess they were put on the card so you dont need a molex, i say go for the Chaintech!

[paupton]

I have been building and selling computers for 12 years. Chaintech was a no name when I started. I stayed away from them because they were new. They have built a solid reputation over the years with a great product. Their pricing is attractive. I have two Chaintech in the computer I am on now. Aopen has been a company which has a decent product but not in the video line. This is a new venture for them. They have built cases, optic drives, floppys and simular hardware for several years. Go for the Chaintech.
Allan

[theMonster]

Well it looks like my mid has been made up for me, after further research the Chaintech card has a 64-bit memory bus, and I'm uncertain about the aOpen but it appears to be 128. The lack of information on this stuff is killing me, I'll be pissed if I order it and it's 64-bit. I'm going to hold off until afternoon to get some input from you guys.

[Blackmage]

iF ITS 64BIT dont bother make sure you get a 128Bit card

[theMonster]

yeah, I know but can only find specs for the PCI-E aOpen, assuming they're the same aside from interface.

[paupton]

The Chaintech SE6600G is a GeForce 6600 GT Video Card targeted at the gamer market. With 128MB of fast DDR3 memory and a PCI Express interface, the 6600 GT can handle just about any normal task including gaming. Standard features of the card include TV-out & DVI-I which is great if you want to display games to a larger TV screen or HDTV.

Interface PCI-Express supports. Chipset NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT. Memory 128MB DDR3 SDRAM. General features 0.11u process technology, 128-bit advanced memory interface, 256-bit graphics architecture, 500 MHz engine clock, 1000/1200 MHz memory clock, 400 MHz internal RAMDAC, 375 Million vertices/ sec, 4.0 Billion texels/ sec fill rate, 16.0/19.2 GB sec memory bandwidth, Full-speed 32-bit color precision, 64-bit floating point texture filtering and blending, NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU ready, 8 pixels per clock rendering engine, 16 texels per pixel with 8 textures applied per clock, Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0, NVIDIA CineFX 3.0 Engine, High dynamic-range (HDR) rendering, High-performance 2D rendering engine, UltraShadow II technology, NVIDIA Intellisample 3.0 technology, Digital Vibrance Control (DVC) 3.0, NVIDIA nView multi-display technology, NVIDIA ForceWare unified software environment, (USE) Unified Driver Architecture. (UDA) High quality video playback Dual 400MHz RAMDACs Blazing-fast RAMDACs support dual QXGA displays with ultra-high, ergonomic, refresh rates–up to 2048x1536@85Hz, Integrated NTSC/PAL TV encoder support resolutions up to 1024x768 without the need for panning with built-in Macrovision copy protection, DVD and HDTV-ready MPEG-2 decoding up to 1920x1080i resolutions, Support for single-link DVI for compatibility with

Hope this helps. I did a lot of research before I bought this card. But, its your money your spending, so make yourself happy with your purchase. No one else will have buyers regret but you. Make a decision and live with it is what I have learned to do.
good luck
Allan

[theMonster]

That's the 6600, not the 6200. It was either the aOpen or an ATI 9600XT, I chose the 6200, hoping to softmod to a 6600, we'll see if it turns out......... I guess I'll be the first to post the non-modded and modded (if successful) results.

[theMonster]

It'll be here by the 15th.....oh the agony of waiting........