Zotac or Palit?

[Ps_domingo]

A friend of mine is selling 2 of his 680. One is a zotac another is a palit. BOTH ARE REFERENCE DESIGN

here are my questions:

1) what are your comments on the brands?

2) What would you prefer?

3) why?

4) should I just wait for the release of the 770 here in the phils? I really like the vapor chamber design.

I'm no hardcore gamer by any means but I love gaming in full graphics.

THIS WILL BE A HUGE UPGRADE FOR ME SO PLEASE HELP! :((

I currently use a MSI 550ti OC Cyclone 2 card. soooooo yeah...

I max I can play with BF3 is med setting with 30-40FPS. :|

[fishymamba]

I would go with Zotac because they are a bigger brand compared to Palit. Also I have heard that Zotac is more popular in Asia, so support should be faster. 

 

I personally would just wait for the 770 because you already have a 560 TI which isn't really a bad GPU. Of course this depends on if your friend is giving you a good deal on the 680. 

I would most likely still go with the 770 because I would want the full warranty. 

[Dim]

1. Palit and Zotac are both not very large names. That said, this doesn't mean they will perform any worse than a Galaxy card.

2. I would get whichever is cheapest.

3. If they both have the same reference design, the only difference between them would be the warranty. If the warranty is expired or the same, they are essentially identical.

4. That would depend on the cost of the GTX 680s your friend is selling. GTX 770s are just refreshed 680s with a firmware upgrade, so in reality they will perform only slightly better. The retail price for them in the Philippines could be very high. I would get the second-hand 680, as long as it is at a reasonable price (at least $100-150 cheaper than the expected price of 770s in your country).

[AustinTheIntern]

Palit bro. They make the best coolers

[mvitkun]

Zotac,From my own experience and what I've heard palit has worse QC.

[calebp123]

1. Both brands are good.

2. I personally like zotac out of the two, but there really is a reason I like them better, its just because I've known the name longer I guess.

3. No reason but whatever has a better warranty.

4. I wouldn't wait just because the 770 won't be that good compared to the 680, it just has a few new features. Though only go with the 680 if its quite a bit cheaper than the 770 in the Philippines.  

[Guest]

Moved to GPU's

[Helltech]

Palit bro. They make the best coolers

 

Reference design bro. They are Nvidia coolers. Also ASUS/Gigabyte/MSI have the best coolers. 

 

Since they are both reference it doesn't matter which you get really. They are basically the same. 

[Opsilon]

Reference design bro. They are Nvidia coolers. Also ASUS/Gigabyte/MSI have the best coolers. 

 

Since they are both reference it doesn't matter which you get really. They are basically the same. 

Palits "reference" cooler is not the same as a NV 680 reference cooler, it is just based on it, unlike Zotac. Palit's cooler tends to whine, go to your friend and test both cards ( test the cards at 70% fan speed ), the quietest is the winner, both cards are 680, and as a reference PCB 680 is a reference PCB 680, can't really go wrong with any of them, so just test both cards before taking one...

[Checkitman22]

Palits "reference" cooler is not the same as a NV 680 reference cooler, it is just based on it,

 

...wut

[iAsuno]

the 770 prices are too damn high here in the phils.

[Opsilon]

...wut

Palit makes blower style coolers, same as EVGA, but i read a lot about their cooler being loud, and can have coil whine, as i have seen Zotac uses a better model of a blower style cooler

[Art Vandelay]

Palit bro. They make the best coolers

BOTH ARE REFERENCE DESIGN

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[KaareKanin]

Linus wears a zotac shirt from time to time... If that helps your decision :-P

[Tr3vor]

I would go with Zotac because they are a bigger brand compared to Palit. Also I have heard that Zotac is more popular in Asia, so support should be faster. 

 

I personally would just wait for the 770 because you already have a 560 TI which isn't really a bad GPU. Of course this depends on if your friend is giving you a good deal on the 680. 

I would most likely still go with the 770 because I would want the full warranty. 

 

He said 550Ti.

[fishymamba]

He said 550Ti.

Still not a very bad card, I had the 550Ti for 4 months. It can still run games so why not wait till a better GPU comes out.

[Tr3vor]

Still not a very bad card, I had the 550Ti for 4 months. It can still run games so why not wait till a better GPU comes out.

I'm upgrading to a 7970 from my 550Ti. it was a very good card for 1280x1024, but at 1080p, it starts to be a bit sluggish.

[AustinTheIntern]

Reference design bro. They are Nvidia coolers. Also ASUS/Gigabyte/MSI have the best coolers. 

 

Since they are both reference it doesn't matter which you get really. They are basically the same. 

Yes, because this is your so called "reference design", right?

[Zeal]

Yes, because this is your so called "reference design", right?

That's an aftermarket cooler on a 780. Please re-read the OP. The TS was asking which reference 680 card he should get.

Also, please don't judge a cooler's performance by how it looks.

[Ps_domingo]

I just really wanna play my BF3 in Ultra specs. =))