Xfx 980

[KBergeron]

So I usually when I buy graphics cards I go nvidia or msi but this time when I bought a graphics card I went with Xfx I never heard of them and well I’m wondering if I made the right choice I believe I paid like 239.99 for it  Whats everyone’s opinion on Xfx cards  please share even though I cant get a new card again for along while but I figure I’d see what people have to say

[Tan3l6]

1 minute ago, KBergeron said:

I paid like 239.99

$?

A bit overpriced like all semi-new and new GPUs

[emosun]

xfx has been around for like at least 17 years

[Levent]

You got ripped off. I paid $130 for a ROG STRIX 970 and even that hurt (I should mention that I live in a shithole of a country and the price was good compared to the other ones for sale). I havent had a good deal of experience with any of their cards but they usually cater to value market rather than high end (thats why you got ripped off).

[SavageNeo]

4 minutes ago, KBergeron said:

239.99 for it

i would not  pay more than 100$ for 980.

 

Anyway XFX is a decent brand. but it depends on the gpu models and such.

[Seyrren]

23 minutes ago, KBergeron said:

So I usually when I buy graphics cards I go nvidia or msi but this time when I bought a graphics card I went with Xfx I never heard of them and well I’m wondering if I made the right choice I believe I paid like 239.99 for it  Whats everyone’s opinion on Xfx cards  please share even though I cant get a new card again for along while but I figure I’d see what people have to say

Ahm i seem to be the only one who noticed this but XFX has been making only AMD cards for years now... XFX stopped making NVIDIA cards in 2008 (well because of NVIDIA though) when it partnered with ATi (now AMD), so either that XFX is something else or that 980 isn't an XFX... Did you mean RX 580 XFX ?

[Vishera]

20 minutes ago, KBergeron said:

I paid like 239.99

Same price i paid for my GTX 1660...

And my GTX 1660 is faster,i overclocked it as well.

[Tan3l6]

2 minutes ago, Seyrren said:

Ahm i seem to be the only one who noticed this but XFX has been making only AMD cards for years now... XFX stopped making NVIDIA cards in 2008 when it partnered with ATi (now AMD), so either that XFX is something else or that 980 isn't an XFX...

Nice observation!

XFX is also Galax?

Maybe GPU-Z lies to OP or the card is something unimaginable...

[Seyrren]

1 minute ago, Tan3l6 said:

Nice observation!

I'm guessing its type and he meant the RX 580 though only the OP knows for sure...

[Vishera]

3 minutes ago, Seyrren said:

Ahm i seem to be the only one who noticed this but XFX has been making only AMD cards for years now... XFX stopped making NVIDIA cards in 2008 when it partnered with ATi (now AMD), so either that XFX is something else or that 980 isn't an XFX...

You are correct...

I hope it wasn't a 9800 GTX...

[Seyrren]

7 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

XFX is also Galax?

How did you find out that galax and XFX are related ? I tried looking it up but can't find anything...

[Tan3l6]

5 minutes ago, Seyrren said:

How did you find out that galax and XFX are related ? I tried looking it up but can't find anything...

My mistake (again), KFA2 and Galax are the same "brand", not XFX.

[Seyrren]

27 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

My mistake (again), KFA2 and Galax are the same "brand", not XFX.

NP, thanks for clearing it up since it didn't make much sense and i would be stuck in a limbo looking it up lol.

[KBergeron]

9 hours ago, Seyrren said:

NP, thanks for clearing it up since it didn't make much sense and i would be stuck in a limbo looking it up lol.

I’ll have to pull the box from my closet to get what it is but I was pretty sure it was a 980 but I’ll get back to you folks on that 

[Seyrren]

4 hours ago, KBergeron said:

I’ll have to pull the box from my closet to get what it is but I was pretty sure it was a 980 but I’ll get back to you folks on that 

You can't have something that doesn't exist, the last high performance NVIDIA series that XFX did was the Geforce 200 series, afterwards up to about 2012 the only nvidia gpu releases they did where XFX Geforce: 430 GT, 520,  630 GT and the last ever XFX Nvidia Geforce made card was the 640 GT.

[KBergeron]

9 hours ago, Seyrren said:

You can't have something that doesn't exist, the last high performance NVIDIA series that XFX did was the Geforce 200 series, afterwards up to about 2012 the only nvidia gpu releases they did where XFX Geforce: 430 GT, 520,  630 GT and the last ever XFX Nvidia Geforce made card was the 640 GT.

Yup you were right it’s the Xfx rx580 i don’t know why I thought it was a 980 ohh well my mistake anyways the question wasn’t about model it was about brand 

[Tristerin]

2 minutes ago, KBergeron said:

Yup you were right it’s the Xfx rx580 i don’t know why I thought it was a 980 ohh well my mistake anyways the question wasn’t about model it was about brand 

XFX has been in the market for a long while making good cards.  They dont make the GPU (NVIDIA or AMD makes the processor) they make the board and cooler (basically).  I have owned plenty of XFX in the past and have no issues with buying from them in the future.

[Middcore]

On 1/16/2021 at 9:29 AM, KBergeron said:

So I usually when I buy graphics cards I go nvidia or msi 

 

Gonna take this opportunity to clear up some confusion. 

 

As @Tristerinalludes to above, Nvidia and AMD are the companies that actually make the GPU chips that go in a graphics card. Companies like MSI, XFX, Asus, PowerColor, Sapphire, etc. then buy those chips from Nvidia or AMD to make complete graphics cards, sometimes with their own PCB and cooler designs to enhance the chip's performance. So saying "I go Nvidia or MSI" doesn't make sense. Every graphics card MSI sells has a GPU chip in it from either Nvidia or AMD. MSI is not in competition with Nvidia, they are a customer/licensee. 

[Seyrren]

1 hour ago, KBergeron said:

Yup you were right it’s the Xfx rx580 i don’t know why I thought it was a 980 ohh well my mistake anyways the question wasn’t about model it was about brand 

So ? We had no way of knowing if you posted wrong the model or the brand... Like others have said yes XFX is a good brand, in fact XFX, Sapphire and Powercolor are like the holy trinity when it comes to AMD cards.

[Middcore]

Just now, Seyrren said:

So ? We had no way of knowing if you posted wrong the model or the brand... Like others have said yes XFX is a good brand, in fact XFX, Sapphire and Powercolor are like the holy trinity when it comes to AMD cards.

 

Eh, some of XFX's Navi cards were notably bad, and in the Polaris era the only thing that set XFX apart was that they marketed the gimmick of their fans being really easy to replace... which is like, not much of a selling point unless you also expect your fans to fail really fast?

 

I've heard good things about the 6800 XT, the Speedster or whatever it's called, but I wouldn't put them on the level of Sapphire. They're fine. Just fine. 

[Seyrren]

7 minutes ago, Middcore said:

 

Eh, some of XFX's Navi cards were notably bad, and in the Polaris era the only thing that set XFX apart was that they marketed the gimmick of their fans being really easy to replace... which is like, not much of a selling point unless you also expect your fans to fail really fast?

 

I've heard good things about the 6800 XT, the Speedster or whatever it's called, but I wouldn't put them on the level of Sapphire. They're fine. Just fine. 

I actually forgot a line in my post i just noticed "well it depends on the model but...", i didn't meant though that XFX was better or as good as Sapphire there, but when it comes to AMD they are among the top brands, if i where to classify them from best to worst:

 

Sapphire

PowerColor

XFX

 

XFX doesn't quite make as high quality stuff as Sapphire but they did offer some pretty good quality stuff for nice budget options, i think that's what set them aside in the competition.