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Mar 23, 2005, 04:45 PM
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Leadtek vs Sparkle 6800GT's
Ok, the decision has been made to aim for the Nvidia arena! However there are some interesting things in re to the two brands that being Leadtek and Sparkle.
Sparkle come with 400/1100 speeds, were as the Leadtek requires a flash upgrade to hit the ULTRA speeds. But......... the Leadtek has a juicy heatsink setup, can anyone advise me here as tow hich one is best? The Sparkle is also around $100 AUD cheaper.
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Mar 23, 2005, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Warpy
Ok, the decision has been made to aim for the Nvidia arena! However there are some interesting things in re to the two brands that being Leadtek and Sparkle.
Sparkle come with 400/1100 speeds, were as the Leadtek requires a flash upgrade to hit the ULTRA speeds. But......... the Leadtek has a juicy heatsink setup, can anyone advise me here as tow hich one is best? The Sparkle is also around $100 AUD cheaper.
Leadtek 6800GT
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the sparkle is only 350/1000  and i'd go with the leadtek cause the cooling on that thing is very nice  |
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Mar 23, 2005, 10:07 PM
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Cooling is not EVERYTHING
but I would go with deadtek out of those 2 choices
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Mar 23, 2005, 10:23 PM
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get the sparkle, then get an arctic cooler. $100AUD is a lot more for just a copper heatsink. You could also get a Zalman or Jetart cooler instead.
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Mar 23, 2005, 10:42 PM
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Get the Sparkle. Same card, and as someone mentioned you can switch it up with a better cooler such as Artic Coolings NV Silencer 5. Not to mention the fact that you'd still have $50+ in left in your pocket too boot.
- Tip
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Mar 26, 2005, 12:00 AM
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Liver SUCKS!!!!
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I have the leadtek 6800gt and with stock cooling it o/c too 430gpu/1.16mem. I would recommend the leadtek but I have never owned sparkle.
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Apr 6, 2005, 10:52 PM
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I ended up getting a BFG 6800 ULTRA OC AGP for just $579.00 brand new 
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Apr 6, 2005, 11:10 PM
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thats a beefy looking card
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Apr 7, 2005, 02:19 PM
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Leadtek is very reliable.
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Apr 7, 2005, 08:11 PM
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Nice... where is your Benches!?  |
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Apr 9, 2005, 05:29 AM
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I love my Leadtek 6800GT. It OC'd without even blinking to Ultra specs and beyond.
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Apr 9, 2005, 03:28 PM
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Yeah, I gotta say the Leadtek is a real nice card. The WinFox OCer that comes with it works great.
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