Difference between founders edition and normal gpu

[GeneralGusher]

Hi I was thinking about getting a new gpu and was wondering what the difference between an founders edition card is compared to a normal one. Any performance differences? I was also wondering if it would be a good idea to get a used gpu or if anyone k owe any good deals that there are for gpu’s?

[SavageNeo]

what are the rest of your specs? what country? what budget?

2 minutes ago, GeneralGusher said:

Any performance differences?

founders are more expensive and perform around 0-2% better.

 

[CPT_BEEMO]

6 minutes ago, GeneralGusher said:

Hi I was thinking about getting a new gpu and was wondering what the difference between an founders edition card is compared to a normal one. Any performance differences? I was also wondering if it would be a good idea to get a used gpu or if anyone k owe any good deals that there are for gpu’s?

Knowing your country of origin to narrow prices down to the correct currency and economy would be really helpful. Founders Edition cards are the cards that are released by Nvidia or AMD themselves, versus a custom one like an Asus ROG Strix or EVGA, MSI etc. same processors as the founders, but different PCB, different VRM and cooling solutions, different designs overall.

 

Used GPU's is a market where you really have to beware of what you are buying. Be sure to have the seller test it or provide you with test results, make sure its working and is not overheating or artifacting. Depending on the performance you want to have, you have a wide spectrum of options. For example, I live in Canada and bought my first GPU used. it was an RX570 Radeon card and I picked it up for about $150 Canadian (approx. $110 USD). Its important to ask the necessary questions of if its been refurbished, what the card was used for, take a look at the fine details like does it look clean, are there markings on the screws indicating it may have been taken apart, if so why, things like that.

[minibois]

1 minute ago, GeneralGusher said:

Hi I was thinking about getting a new gpu and was wondering what the difference between an founders edition card is compared to a normal one. Any performance differences? I was also wondering if it would be a good idea to get a used gpu or if anyone k owe any good deals that there are for gpu’s?

Since you used the term 'Founders Edition', I will assume you're talking about Nvidia.

The difference between an FE card and AIB (add-in-board) card is nowadays less relevant than it was in the past.

 

In the past companies like EVGA, ASUS, etc. were allowed to 'bin' their cards. Basically they purchases chips from Nvidia, they would test these chips and the best chips would go in their most premium cards.

Since they are now allowed to do this anymore, you have an equal chance of getting a high performing (or not as high performing) chip in any videocard you buy.

 

In that sense, the only thing that matters to a card is:

- Size (if it fits in your case)

- Power connections (some don't use the default setup)

- Noise (some cards are smaller because of a 1-fan design, but also louder)

- video connections (ASUS often has 2xHDMI, 2xDP, while others have 1xHDMI, 3xDP)

- Preference (what do you think looks best/support from any company).

- Watercooling compability (some cards use a different board design)

 

On AMD, this is largely the same story, except they don't offer a Founders Card through themselves. As far as I know, they don't have a ban on 'binning', so that whole thing is less relevant on the AMD side.

[GeneralGusher]

On 4/30/2020 at 2:23 PM, minibois said:

Since you used the term 'Founders Edition', I will assume you're talking about Nvidia.

The difference between an FE card and AIB (add-in-board) card is nowadays less relevant than it was in the past.

 

In the past companies like EVGA, ASUS, etc. were allowed to 'bin' their cards. Basically they purchases chips from Nvidia, they would test these chips and the best chips would go in their most premium cards.

Since they are now allowed to do this anymore, you have an equal chance of getting a high performing (or not as high performing) chip in any videocard you buy.

 

In that sense, the only thing that matters to a card is:

- Size (if it fits in your case)

- Power connections (some don't use the default setup)

- Noise (some cards are smaller because of a 1-fan design, but also louder)

- video connections (ASUS often has 2xHDMI, 2xDP, while others have 1xHDMI, 3xDP)

- Preference (what do you think looks best/support from any company).

- Watercooling compability (some cards use a different board design)

 

On AMD, this is largely the same story, except they don't offer a Founders Card through themselves. As far as I know, they don't have a ban on 'binning', so that whole thing is less relevant on the AMD side.

 

On 4/30/2020 at 2:23 PM, CPT_BEEMO said:

Knowing your country of origin to narrow prices down to the correct currency and economy would be really helpful. Founders Edition cards are the cards that are released by Nvidia or AMD themselves, versus a custom one like an Asus ROG Strix or EVGA, MSI etc. same processors as the founders, but different PCB, different VRM and cooling solutions, different designs overall.

 

Used GPU's is a market where you really have to beware of what you are buying. Be sure to have the seller test it or provide you with test results, make sure its working and is not overheating or artifacting. Depending on the performance you want to have, you have a wide spectrum of options. For example, I live in Canada and bought my first GPU used. it was an RX570 Radeon card and I picked it up for about $150 Canadian (approx. $110 USD). Its important to ask the necessary questions of if its been refurbished, what the card was used for, take a look at the fine details like does it look clean, are there markings on the screws indicating it may have been taken apart, if so why, things like that.

 

On 4/30/2020 at 2:19 PM, SavageNeo said:

what are the rest of your specs? what country? what budget?

founders are more expensive and perform around 0-2% better.

 

ok thanks guys! I really appreciate it