How do you choose your gpu?

[SGTechGamer]

Normally when a person decides to upgrade/update their gaming rig we either start from a blank canvas or we do it part by part, the two most important parts are your cpu or gpu which dictates your system's outlook or performance. 

So here's my question : 

When you purchase a model of gpu you have decided on, what dictates your choice of that model? 

Brand? 

Cooling? 

Color? 

Design? 

Lighting? 

Price tag? 

Sound? 

Size? 

I usually go for the cheapest of the  model I want and try to get it in black. 

[Oalei]

I'm a budget person so price tag, cooling, coil whine and that's about it, oh yeah make the size fit in my case.

[SGTechGamer]

3 minutes ago, Oalei said:

I'm a budget person so price tag, cooling, coil whine and that's about it, oh yeah make the size fit in my case.

Same here

[eemunni]

I care about cooling and noise.

[Nocte]

While fanboying is bad, brand is underrated (in the current state of the votes) considering that usually brands also dictates warranty length and customer support quality.

[MeatFeastMan]

My top 3 are:

 

1. Price to Performance

2. VRAM (Basically longevity)

3. Cooler quality/design

 

I find those to be the most important. VRAM is arguably the most crucial to get right of those 3 because we've seen how well cards like the 290x lasted (They are still good even now), meanwhile cards like the 780ti have fallen off a cliff because of the lack of vram. Same thing for newer cards like the 1060 3gb, it's suffering badly especially on minimum fps.

 

 

[jiyeon]

The three I looked for were cooler, design, and price tag.

 

I settled on my Asus Dual GTX 1060 due to the above reason:

• It has a dual-fan cooling system
• It's white which will match my build
• It came in at under £250 which was my budget at the time