9700: ATI or Somebody else?

[Henry Rollins II]

ATI has decided that no retail 9700 cards built by ATI is to be sold in Europe. Only those made by 3rd party manufacturers. I have these to choose from: Hercules, Sapphire, Crucial, Gigabyte, Inno3D, HIS and Xelo.

Are there any difference between those cards built by ATI or 3rd party manuf. like there was with the 8500 series? If yes, which one would be the best?

 

[Maximouse]

ATI has decided that no retail 9700 cards built by ATI is to be sold in Europe. Only those made by 3rd party manufacturers. I have these to choose from: Hercules, Sapphire, Crucial, Gigabyte, Inno3D, HIS and Xelo.

Are there any difference between those cards built by ATI or 3rd party manuf. like there was with the 8500 series? If yes, which one would be the best?

Check out this thread.
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=125340

If you look at the table in the first message there it will give you an Idea on how each card does

 

[Henry Rollins II]

Looks like Gigabyte is the winner?

 

[funnyperson1]

i would go with Gigabyte or Crucial