MSI 5900 Ultra (256mb) v Creative v Gainward?

After 3 weeks of system lock-ups, re-boots etc I've returned the crap
9800 pro I bought at Xmas for a full refund. Have been using Nvidia
for years now, with no problems, thought I'd give ATI a chance. Bad
mistake, now corrected!
Anyway, sorry about the OT rant, just had to vent it! So, I'm looking
at an MSI 5900 Ultra to replace it- Dabs are selling it at £335.
Anybody care to comment on build quality/reliability? I couls purchase
a Gainward or a Creative 5900 ultra for about the same price, but from
what I can make out the MSI has a quieter cooling solution.

TIA

John

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:18:49 GMT John M meeped :

After 3 weeks of system lock-ups, re-boots etc I've returned the crap
9800 pro I bought at Xmas for a full refund. Have been using Nvidia
for years now, with no problems, thought I'd give ATI a chance. Bad
mistake, now corrected!
Anyway, sorry about the OT rant, just had to vent it! So, I'm looking
at an MSI 5900 Ultra to replace it- Dabs are selling it at £335.
Anybody care to comment on build quality/reliability? I couls purchase
a Gainward or a Creative 5900 ultra for about the same price, but from
what I can make out the MSI has a quieter cooling solution.

TIA

John


MSI have had excellent and quiet coolers on their cards for a while now.
They also have an excellent bundle...however..it's still the same bloody bundle
as a year ago ! (morrowind..ghost recon..duke nukem, and a load of other crap)

"John M" wrote in message
...
After 3 weeks of system lock-ups, re-boots etc I've returned the crap
9800 pro I bought at Xmas for a full refund. Have been using Nvidia
for years now, with no problems, thought I'd give ATI a chance. Bad
mistake, now corrected!
Anyway, sorry about the OT rant, just had to vent it! So, I'm looking
at an MSI 5900 Ultra to replace it- Dabs are selling it at £335.
Anybody care to comment on build quality/reliability? I couls purchase
a Gainward or a Creative 5900 ultra for about the same price, but from
what I can make out the MSI has a quieter cooling solution.

TIA

John

Very quiet cooling system on the MSI cards. Does the one you are looking at
have the big, copper HS on both sides? That is the one I have and it is
super quiet. When the fans spin up all you can hear is a very low hiss. It
is almost imperceptible.

Ed

Very quiet cooling system on the MSI cards. Does the one you are looking at
have the big, copper HS on both sides? That is the one I have and it is
super quiet. When the fans spin up all you can hear is a very low hiss. It
is almost imperceptible.

Ed

Yes, that's the one. But I'm beginning to have concerns about its size
v my motherboard. I've got a Soltek KT400c- anybody know if I'll be
OK?

TIA

John

I have a GAINWARD non ultra 5900 model ULTRA 1300 and it is very quiet,cant
even hear it at all. it overclocks very nice,mines at 850/950 and it can go
higher.
DOUG

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 07:58:32 -0600, "Ed Medlin"
wrote:

Very quiet cooling system on the MSI cards. Does the one you are looking at
have the big, copper HS on both sides?

The HS is copper colored. I recently got the MSI 5900 SP version. Come
to find out... it has slower memory and is clocked slower than the
non-SP version. It seems that SP=XT for MSI.

Have a great day,
Albert

"John M" wrote in message ...
After 3 weeks of system lock-ups, re-boots etc I've returned the crap
9800 pro I bought at Xmas for a full refund. Have been using Nvidia
for years now, with no problems, thought I'd give ATI a chance. Bad
mistake, now corrected!
Anyway, sorry about the OT rant, just had to vent it! So, I'm looking
at an MSI 5900 Ultra to replace it- Dabs are selling it at £335.
Anybody care to comment on build quality/reliability? I couls purchase
a Gainward or a Creative 5900 ultra for about the same price, but from
what I can make out the MSI has a quieter cooling solution.

TIA

John

There have been no issues with my graphics card and it's quiet and puurdy, too. Be ~very~ sure you have a PSU
with plenty of grunt, else there will be problems, as with any high-end graphics card.

Tony.

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On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:18:49 GMT, John M wrote:

After 3 weeks of system lock-ups, re-boots etc I've returned the crap
9800 pro I bought at Xmas for a full refund. Have been using Nvidia
for years now, with no problems, thought I'd give ATI a chance. Bad
mistake, now corrected!

No problems on my ATI... My last 6 cards were Nvidia. Not a peep from
my ATI9800Pro. Sounds like a PSU problem... which would be effected
by many of todays video cards.

Anyway, sorry about the OT rant, just had to vent it! So, I'm looking
at an MSI 5900 Ultra to replace it- Dabs are selling it at £335.
Anybody care to comment on build quality/reliability? I couls purchase
a Gainward or a Creative 5900 ultra for about the same price, but from
what I can make out the MSI has a quieter cooling solution.

My friend has a MSI 5900... It has the same fans as the Ultra
version... and IT IS SILENT! I mean SILENT... especially compared
to my Ti4200. I cannot hear the 5900 in action.

Here's screeen shots: http://ap.terrabox.com/rpc/fx

It's a beautiful and VERY HEAVY video card.

One bit of warning - If you have an AGP locking Lever - it could be
blocked by the HUGE heatsink! Remove the lever or when you have to
remove the card, you'll need a screw-driver and hand-eye skills to get
it undone.


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On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 08:53:30 GMT, Darthy
wrote:

No problems on my ATI... My last 6 cards were Nvidia. Not a peep from
my ATI9800Pro. Sounds like a PSU problem... which would be effected
by many of todays video cards.


I've got a 420w PSU- so I doubt very much if that's the problem.
Anyway, with a bit of luck my new card should arrive today and I'll
soon find out...

John

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:10:00 GMT, John M wrote:

my new card should arrive today

Don't we all just LOVE saying that!!
Have a great day,
Albert