Purchasing a New GPU

[sirlamchops25]

Hello all. The time has come for me to purchase a new GPU, and I have decided on getting a RTX2070S. The only question left is which card is the best?

 

In my current situation, the demand for these cards are very high, so I have limited options which I have narrowed down to the 2070S Founders Edition or the EVGA FTW 3 2070S, which is a whole $80 USD more. Personally, I am skeptical if it can perform $80 better, but I have read that it runs very quiet and cool, which is a pretty important factor, but obviously performance is the key reason why I am buying this card in the first place. Can someone tell me whether the FTW 3 is worth the extra money or should I tell EVGA to p*ss off and keep my extra $80. Thanks!

[SpookyCitrus]

Founders edition cards have better stock speeds and are better chips than the aftermarket cards however aftermarket cards have much better cooling and can be overclocked a lot higher. EVGA has some of the best aftermarket cards available. I personally would rather get the FTW3 version of a GPU over any founders edition card. In my opinion the FTW3 even for $80 more is the better purchase.

[sirlamchops25]

7 hours ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Founders edition cards have better stock speeds and are better chips than the aftermarket cards however aftermarket cards have much better cooling and can be overclocked a lot higher. EVGA has some of the best aftermarket cards available. I personally would rather get the FTW3 version of a GPU over any founders edition card. In my opinion the FTW3 even for $80 more is the better purchase.

I’ve heard that nvidia keeps the best chips from their manufacturing for their founders edition, which is why I was leaning towards that (price helps too). On the other hand, I’ve read that the FTW 3 have some of the highest binned chips that EVGA receive, so I’m assuming that there’s probably marginal quality difference between the two chipwise. According to what you have told me, the FTW 3 has a superior cooler, but in terms of quantifying the performance gap on the OC, how much higher performance would I really get?

[SpookyCitrus]

10 hours ago, sirlamchops25 said:

I’ve heard that nvidia keeps the best chips from their manufacturing for their founders edition, which is why I was leaning towards that (price helps too). On the other hand, I’ve read that the FTW 3 have some of the highest binned chips that EVGA receive, so I’m assuming that there’s probably marginal quality difference between the two chipwise. According to what you have told me, the FTW 3 has a superior cooler, but in terms of quantifying the performance gap on the OC, how much higher performance would I really get?

This will explain it better than I can.