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I know very little about this brand, having mainly bought XFX in the past, are they any good and what is their rep like?
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HIS as a brand and rep.
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Soldato
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HIS are a very good company and produce some excellent custom coolers for ATI cards. I have bought many HIS cards and never had any issues with them.
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I'm using one now - made the decision on branding purely from their reputation.
Had no problems and am very pleased with the warrenty etc.
Had no problems and am very pleased with the warrenty etc.
Soldato
My first HIS card was a 3870X2, never let me down. You get a cool HIS tool thing with flashlight in some of their high end cards aswell! Bit pointless but fun none the less!
Soldato
HIS are one of AMD's biggest partners, they are alright.
I was slightly put off from HIS with their X1950 Pro range (years ago). But company seems to going strong.
My gripes included missing output cable listed on the packaging as being included (other members also reported the same on a OcUK thread). And the IceQ fan was disappointing for quietness, but it was probably more noticeable because of case I was using - card standing vertical, and case in close proximity to me.
My gripes included missing output cable listed on the packaging as being included (other members also reported the same on a OcUK thread). And the IceQ fan was disappointing for quietness, but it was probably more noticeable because of case I was using - card standing vertical, and case in close proximity to me.
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The ICEQ coolers were the best custom coolers you could get for the X1900 in terms of noise and temps.
The ICEQ coolers were very sought after.
Both my X1900XT and my 4850 ICEQ cards ran 20c lower than stock cards and were very quiet.
An HIS 4870x2 here and no problems with it. Never used their rma service though so no idea about that.
'Tis true about the cooling solutions provided, very good. Always did seem to notice quite a few other x2 users having mega high idle temps, so in that respect I was pleased I had chosen them.
'Tis true about the cooling solutions provided, very good. Always did seem to notice quite a few other x2 users having mega high idle temps, so in that respect I was pleased I had chosen them.
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my ICEQ X1900xt,used to rattle really bad they also had lousy warranty, but are the same as all the others now. Not sure if I'd get another but thats just me.