Small gpu brands listed, tell me your experiences with them!

[Daniel123dk]

Im searching for people's opinions on small company graphics card manufacturers.

 

So, have you owned or own a graphics card from one of the following manufacturers, wont you write your opinions of the quality/experience using it and support from the manufacturer.

 

The following companies is:

 

- Manli

- Palit

- Zotac

- Inno3D

- Gainward

- PNY

- KFA2/GalaX

 

 

Thanks for taking the time to answer this :-)

[salecar3]

Some zotac/galax/inno gpus aren't bad. You can always find reviews of gpus

[jaffacakes]

From what I've seen Zotac and PNY aren't bad, Zotac especially. Gainward shouldn't be bad either.

Can't tell you anything about Manli (never heard of it), Palit, Inno3D and GalaX.

[MLG Doge]

Zotac, PNY, Palit are 100% good

 

Inno3D, Gainward are good too but im not 100% familiar with them.

 

never heard of GalaX or Manli

[tomaatvk]

Inno3d is for me.

 

Last May I got an Inno3d iChill gtx 970 HerculeZ Air Boss X3.

 

Here are my general experiences:

The minimal fan speed you can set is 40% which is already enough to keep it at 65°C fully loaded (non-OC). This isn't loud (the fans are pretty quiet if you stay below 60%) but it is still unnecessary.

After a small bios tweak as shown on the LTT channel I have been able to run it at 0% fan speed and non-OC, non-fully loaded it can maintain a 'cool' 64°C without ever spinning up.

Overclocking has sadly been full of problems for me but that's most likely because I got a bad ticket out of the silicon lottery. Even with the power level raised to 115% I haven't been able to go above 1450MHz stable. The temps are still fine being at 73°C with 40% fan speed fully loaded and 69°C with 0% fan speed at low load.

 

Also the mouse pad I got with the GPU is pretty damn nice IMO.

[don_svetlio]

Galax is very solid - on par with EVGA