Quick Question on these 2 Graphics cards

flynnlives

Whats the difference between these two cards?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-100-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=

http://www2.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=62369&agid=1165

and are they compatible with this motherboard

Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Monotype

The gigabyte is overclocked and running at a faster speed (this is something you could do yourself anyway). The sapphire probably has minimal extras in the box as it is labelled as "lite retail".

Wasn't there an issue with Sapphire 7850s, that they were faulty - it could be another maker and card that I am thinking of. The gigabyte has a few games, but the Sapphire might too as I think there's some AMD deal on where you get free games regardless of the maker if you are buying this generation of cards.

Both would be compatible with the motherboard - assuming that your power supply is up to it.

flynnlives

this is the power supply
http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=30069&agid=1628&lb

just thought that the gigabyte PCI-Express being 2.1 whilst the sapphire being 3.0 might be an issue with the motherboard?

IrishMetalhead

nope both pci-e 3.0 devices and slots are completely backward compatible so there should be no issue what so ever and only gives you a very loss in bandwidth

Monotype

You'll be fine with that PSU. Plenty of room.

IMH is correct. The only significant difference is more bandwidth available with a PCI-E 3 slot. A PCI 2.1 x16 slot still provides over double the needs of top end cards so you won't be held back either. It's a planning for the future thing.

flynnlives

thanks for that lads

will go with overclockers so

they have free delivery on all stuff until end of the day