Which 5850 ? PowerColor's PCS+ or Asus DirectCU

[KillBoY_UK]

I want to order one of these today. I can get the PCS+ for £233 with MW2 , MW2 which I already have so I could sell that for £20 or so knocking the price down to a nice £213.

The Direct CU I'm looking at £245 but comes with no games i think.

They both seem to OC about the same and both are quiet (replacing my faulty GTX 280) with the PCS+ being much larger but that is a non issue in my Aurora 570. which leaves RMA's and warranty what are Asus (3 years) and Powercolor (2 years) like on RMA's (time taken , were i have to send to card to etc.


So I need some help as I'm torn between the two and I rather not get a stock card.

 

[KillBoY_UK]

I would go Asus, better quality PCB and by all accounts a better clocker with eight and six pin power connectors for stability when overclocking.

but what are the RMA's like. If Asus has a UK based graphics card RMA that will be a real deal breaker with its 3years warranty. Never had to do a RMA with ether company you see (although I've plenty of each products).

 

[KillBoY_UK]

I be happy with 925/1200 sort of level as i would get very close to 5870 performance in a smaller neater card. and it would punch my faulty GTX 280 OC in the nuts some what