Biostar, Gainward and viewsonic

[tjecco]

Hello

What do you think of these brands....

I'm think of buying a T5 XE Board

And a 460 Graphics Card


oh and a viewsonic 3D Monitor VX2268wm

[Molean]

What kind of warranty do you get with each part? If its 2/3 years I would say thats fine as there is nothing wrong with those brands. Some people will have pro's and cons aboot them, but in the end it comes down to personal preference.

[tjecco]

It's 3Years for the Board and monitor

can the Card is 2 years

but i really wanna know what the groups opinion on these brands are!

[KALSTER]

I have a Biostar board. Haven't had any problems. Their T45 board had the world overclocking record IIRC, so they are good quality with solid state capacitors and other industry standards.

[Molean]

Well the warranty is a clear indication, more shoddier brands(on expensive parts) would come with a 1 year warranty.
2 - 3 year warranty is good. Where are you wanting to buy said parts from?

Viewsonic is a good screen brand and have been around for ages. So no complaints there.
Gainward too, have been around for quite some time and as far as I know have decent parts.
Biostar would be my least fav of your brand choices as I haven't had much experience with them, or know many people who own the boards.

How much is each part costing you?
As there may be alternative brands to buy, not to mention they could be cheaper...

[Stuart]

I'd think you can probably do with a better board (Gigabyte would be my choice), but there's nothing necessarily wrong with Biostar, or with any of the other parts you've mentioned.

[tjecco]

the board is about R1300

viewsonic only makes LED and 3D monitors now.

[StarBound]

I've moved to samsung for displays. Viewsonic is good but expensive to overpriced in my mind. LG is also on the acceptable list but not my favourite brand. Dont know if it is true but all LG displays are manufactured by samsung.

[KALSTER]

the board is about R1300

viewsonic only makes LED and 3D monitors now.

By 3D monitor you mean for NVidia gaming, no? That is, 100HZ? The new Viewsonic 3D LED monitors are not that expensive.

[KillerByte]

I like both Gainward and Biostar.

[StarBound]

3D displays are 120hz and up. Think its because the HD standards are only 60hz and so on.

[KALSTER]

3D displays are 120hz and up. Think its because the HD standards are only 60hz and so on.

Ah, that is what I meant then.