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Gigabyte or MSI RTX 2070 Super

MenSuRx
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So I plan on getting a new graphics card and I am currently looking at two cards in particular, Gigabyte Gaming OC RTX 2070 Super ($635) and the MSI Gaming X Trio RTX 2070 Super ($680).

The MSI one does cost about $50 more but it seems to be a higher quality product. I want to know if Gigabyte and MSI makes quality, trustworthy graphics card.

I've read many reviews saying the Gigabyte Gaming OC are very good cards but I've also read many comments about them having issues with fans breaking, fan rattling, coil whine, just overall quality being poor. I've also read people warning to avoid Gigabyte 10XX series card in general.

I haven't seen many reviews of MSI though so I am confused. So I would like any thoughts, comments, opinions of these two GPUs. I wouldn't mind paying $50 more for a much more trustworthy, higher quality product, but only if Gigabyte cards aren't as trustworthy as people say they are.

 

Edit: Theres also the Gigabyte Aorus RTX 2070 Super for the exact same cost as MSI X Trio as well as EVGA FTW3 Ultra and ASUS Dual RTX 2070 Super for $30 more but preferrably choose between the Gigabyte and MSI. Gigabyte vs MSI. Which brand is better for GPU in terms of quality?

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I’ve had a very good experience with MSI’s customer support and a mediocre experience with gigabytes. From my experience gigabyte is slow to get the problem solved and MSI wasn’t. I also really like EVGA for graphics cards. 

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Comparing coolers, Gaming X Trio competes with the Aorus cards rather than the Gaming OC.

 

37 minutes ago, MenSuRx said:

having issues with fans breaking, fan rattling, coil whine, just overall quality being poor.

As far as I know they use the same OEM for fans. Maybe the cost is different idk

 

37 minutes ago, MenSuRx said:

I've also read people warning to avoid Gigabyte 10XX series card in general.

They're ok imo, apart from Gigabyte fans getting loud at a lower RPM. They seem to compensate for this with more fans considering Gigabyte's 2070 and above are all 3 fan cards while other brand's entry 2070, 2080 and 2080Ti models start with 2 fans only.

 

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Edit: Theres also the Gigabyte Aorus RTX 2070 Super for the exact same cost as MSI X Trio as well as EVGA FTW3 Ultra and ASUS Dual RTX 2070 Super for $30 more but preferrably choose between the Gigabyte and MSI. Gigabyte vs MSI. Which brand is better for GPU in terms of quality?

EVGA if you care about customer service. Imo MSI is better than Gigabyte, but none of them hold a candle to EVGA

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Desktop benching:

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16 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Comparing coolers, Gaming X Trio competes with the Aorus cards rather than the Gaming OC.

 

EVGA if you care about customer service. Imo MSI is better than Gigabyte, but none of them hold a candle to EVGA

Well I do care about customer service but I also question how useful it would be when I'm in Australia. Also the EVGA FTW3 Ultra has a price premium of $75 compared to Gigabyte and $30 compared to MSI. Just wondering if that price premium is worth it over something like the MSI Gaming X Trio. I've never used either Gaming X or FTW3 series so i have no clue regarding their build quality.

I'm mostly concerned about Gigabytes card as there seems to be many people reporting problems especially problems with its fans.

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I guess the better comparison is MSI Gaming X Trio vs EVGA XC Ultra. Both cost exactly the same.

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20 hours ago, MenSuRx said:

but I also question how useful it would be when I'm in Australia.

They do accept RMA in Australia... unless you mean you prefer the "accept my RMA or I'll send ginormous insects to your HQ" approach :P

 

20 hours ago, MenSuRx said:

Also the EVGA FTW3 Ultra has a price premium of $75 compared to Gigabyte and $30 compared to MSI. Just wondering if that price premium is worth it over something like the MSI Gaming X Trio.

Performance wise, no. If Gaming X Trio's asymmetric fan design triggers you, then yes.

 

20 hours ago, MenSuRx said:

I'm mostly concerned about Gigabytes card as there seems to be many people reporting problems especially problems with its fans.

I haven't got my RX 470 G1 Gaming's fans to fail before I sold it off, so no 1st experience on that

 

13 hours ago, MenSuRx said:

I guess the better comparison is MSI Gaming X Trio vs EVGA XC Ultra. Both cost exactly the same.

I like the XC Ultra more. Better looking front, 3 slot card carrying 3 PCIe slot covers (rather than 2 on many other cards that are clearly more than 2 slots thick), shorter so less sag

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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