"Less reputable" GPU brands

[blanco640]

I've always had this assumption with regards to potentially less well known/ less 'reputable' brands like Zotac, PNY and INNO3D; my assumption has always been that these brands will make lower quality cards in some way compared to bigger brands like MSI, EVGA and Gigabyte because of the lower prices. Is this me making an incorrect assumption or is there some truth to this? Just curious.

 

Thanks!

[MadmanRB]

Nah there is no harm in getting any of these brands though I would say out of all of them i would get a Zotac as they have been getting a good reputation in recent years.

I almost went with a Zotac GPU myself, but i got my EVGA for real cheap.

PNY seems to be more.... middly

Not good, not bad

Dont know much about INNO3D

[Bananasplit_00]

Some of what they make is worse, but some of the worst coolers tend to come out of the medium-large ones like MSI and Gigabyte

[Firewrath9]

They are not "worse", just different markets. All companies make "good" and "bad" cards.

 

The only thing bad might be warranty, as they often are based in other countries, and not have good service.

PNY is a great supplier of quadros, besides nvidia, they are the only 1 i think.

[WereCatf]

13 minutes ago, blanco640 said:

INNO3D

Both my boyfriend and I had INNO3D-branded GTX970's and there was nothing wrong with them or lower-quality than with any other brand. Cooling worked well, they were both very silent cards, overclocking worked fine -- there weren't any bells-and-whistles, but otherwise they were perfectly good cards.

[Aimi]

I use a PNY card, and it works great. Performance is amazing and temps don't reach very high despite the blower cooler.

[LukeSavenije]

11 minutes ago, MadmanRB said:

 PNY seems to be more.... middly

for both

 

pny is one of the biggest gpu makers

 

ever heared of quadro?

 

made by, you guessed it: pny

[duncannah]

Didn't know Zotac was considered "less reputable"

[MadmanRB]

1 minute ago, LukeSavenije said:

for both

 

pny is one of the biggest gpu makers

 

ever heared of quadro?

 

made by, you guessed it: pny

Its their lower end cards that seem to be getting mixed from my reading, not saying they are bad though

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, MadmanRB said:

Its their lower end cards that seem to be getting mixed from my reading, not saying they are bad though

yeah, but that's also true for some low end asus, msi and many more cards

[LukeSavenije]

2 minutes ago, ReggieGRS said:

Gainward

gainward=palit

[Sat1600]

The PCBs are usually pretty much the same. The coolers can be better or worse. Powercolor's "red dragon" is one of the best rx 580s on the market.

 

The main difference is usually in customer service and warranty. Evga warranty service is amazing they will cross ship and often even upgrade you. 

[eira]

The only things that are different between a well-known, reputable card manufacturer like EVGA or ASUS and a lesser-known card manufacturer like Palit is the warranty, support and sometimes the cooling solutions (and thermal performance by extension).

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, ReggieGRS said:

 

Right, right. My bad.

 

nods positively while having 0 clue who the fuck is palit

palit is the company that owns gainwald as a Daughter

 

the cards are almost the same

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, ReggieGRS said:

Are their cards good tho? Cuz they actually have pretty good deals on some cards over here.

some are, some aren't from my knowledge

 

one of my 4 projects i work in is a gpu tier list (bit like the new psu tier list (which i also work on))

[Ankerson]

1 hour ago, blanco640 said:

I've always had this assumption with regards to potentially less well known/ less 'reputable' brands like Zotac, PNY and INNO3D; my assumption has always been that these brands will make lower quality cards in some way compared to bigger brands like MSI, EVGA and Gigabyte because of the lower prices. Is this me making an incorrect assumption or is there some truth to this? Just curious.

 

Thanks!

 

Just have to really pay attention to what you are buying, read and or watch the reviews if there are any for the cards you are looking at.

 

ZOTAC is more of a budget brand currently so look at the reviews comparing to others etc before buying.

 

Haven't used a PNY card in a long time so I don't know how they are currently.

 

Don't know anything about INNO3D.

 

I stick with ASUS and EVGA personally.