Gainward GF2 450 Golden Sample or Leadtek GF2 Ti

[rivercom9]

What would you propose is better. A Gainward GF2 450 Golden Sample or a Leadtek GF2 Ti? A friend of mine recently got a Gainward GF2 450 GS for $96 from a computer show while other GF2's by Leadtek were being sold at much higher prices. Do you think he got a good buy?

 

[6502kid]

I havent seen a leadtec, but the Gainwards are great cards.
I would get one of those.

 

[rogue1979]

Go to pricewatch and look at the Inno3d Geforce 2 Ti for about $85 shipped. It comes with 5ns Ram and should overclock to 275/460 or so. I have a Gainward Pro 450 and it hits 240/468, and still costs more. I had an Inno3d Geforce Pro and the 2D quality was excellent, the 5ns Ram on that card hit 460MHz without ramsinks.

 

[Arkaine23]

GF2 Ti's

The leadtek card has 4ns ram, which should clock above 500. Just look at mine @300/535, it's in the sig. I think the ones without TV-out are less than $100 now, while ones with TV-out are about $115. I know Skip was selling one in the classifieds that's hardly been used for $110 shipped (within continental US). The leadtek card needs ramsinks, but at least you know it has good thermal paste on 'em if you do it yourself. I just used cheapo radioshack sinks ($6) for mine. I'm sure it could do better with big ramsinks.

IMO these cards are neck and neck. The Gainward comes with cooling gear, the Leadtek with hardware-monitoring. Both have high quality 4ns ram.

 

[6502kid]

I got my Gainward Gf2 Ti450 for 97 bucks, and it has 4ns ram.
Runs great at 221/515 with no artifacts at all.

If you got a couple of extra bucks, I got a Gainward Gf3 Ti450
Golden Sample card for 168 bucks from PowerUp a couple
of weeks ago. It also has the 4ns ram, with heatsinks on it.
Got it at 544 right now, but I think it will go higher !