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Board Mining
Re: Good Ati Card for mining and gaming under $200?
by
Dacm4n
on 06/07/2011, 02:45:59 UTC
I just sold my GTS250 and bought this 6870:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150521&cm_re=6870-_-14-150-521-_-Product
Highly recommend it too.
The dual fans are way quiet. Even at 100% they were still quieter then my GTS250 was at low speeds. You can easily OC this thing a bit with the stock cooler.

Its only 204.99 (free shipping) and its got a rebate, so it ends up costing 174.99. Killer deal

That one looks great and it might be the best buy, I just wish newegg didn't charge tax where I live it might push it out of my budget. The Xtreme edition 5830 also looks good for the price but it's out of stock. While I was looking I also came across this 6790. http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-DL-DVI-I-SL-DVI-D-PCI-Express-100316L/dp/B004VQECF8/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2LLCR1G79MVB8&colid=1W39N3GYB3CKM The reviews are good and they say the card runs very quiet plus the temps stay low under a full load. I'm not sure about the mining potential though, but I think it should be at least 200mhash.