ATI GPU Manufacturer comparison? Diamond ok?

[nate714]

Hey I'm not particularly experienced buying ATI cards, the last ATI I used was the radeon 9700.

My question is which brands have the best warranty, upgrade programs, customer service, etc. I loved evga and xfx for nvidia cards.

I'm looking to buy a 5850 from a local retailer to take advantage of a quick easy return policy, unfortunately frys only carries a Diamond HD 5850 at the moment. Has anyone had any experience with them? I didn't even see their warranty info on newegg.com.

 

[Daza]

Diamond.

There up there with BFG, Asus, Gigabyte and the like in my books some of the cards they have released in the past have been mind blowing it's a shame they don't do them in the uk.

All diamond cards carry a 2 year warranty from the date of purchase if registered withing 30 days, as usual the warranty isn't transferable.

 

[Overslop]

Wow, never actually heard of Diamond!

 

[JN]

I used to have a pair of Diamond Voodoo2 cards