It’s me, live with it

I had a disagreement with a friend of mine. He said that a graphics card’s brand will determine its performance. I think the opposite. I’m following dan’s must-be-cheap doctrine.

I think so because there are only a few board manufacturer, versus a helluva number of brands. This means that quite a few brands will share the same board, Maybe they put a custom heatpipe cooler, but that’s about it.

And as far as I can see, they perform pretty much the same, too. An example here at firingsquad. If you look at the boards which shares the same clockspeed, you can see that there’s no performance difference. Even when you’re comparing it with the highest factory-overclocked type, you can only see 13% difference. It is big enough to be noticeable, but not big enough for me to care. Besides, I like overclocking the card myself, so if I can save 40 bucks by buying a cheap brand, I will without hesitation.

The radeon 4670 I mentioned earlier, is finally available here in Indonesia. I can only find a Sapphire-branded one, which is currently priced at a little above IDR 1.000.000.

It is a little bit above my predictions, but I’m still waiting for the offerings from HIS, Digital Alliance, GeCube, and PowerColor. I can’t find any 4670 from Digital Alliance’s site, though, so I’m not entirely sure about their offering. I hope the price will go down as more vendors release it.

Now, though, I’m still waiting.