Which brand do you usually choose when buying a video card?

[IcEWoLF]

Which brand would you go with when you are in the market for buying a GPU and why?

[exercutor5]

Palit, Zotac and Leadtek, cos they're cheaper in Singapore.

[thekeemo]

MSI -> XFX ->  sapphire for AMD

Warranty -> warranty --> cool

EVGA -> MSI for nvidia

warranty --> warranty

[Notree]

Whatever offers the best value. I don't ever buy based on brand.

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

I'm personally an NVIDIA guy, I really enjoy all the technologies that they implement (DSR, Shadowplay, etc.) and I typically either buy a Gigabyte or EVGA GPU for their dope warranties and amazing card designs. I've owned Gigabyte GT 630, 640, GTX 750, 750ti, 960. I've owned EVGA, GT 710, GTX 950, and soon a GTX 1070. All amazing cards, great cooling, quiet, and outstanding overclocking (at least the ones I've gotten.).

[TheKDub]

I've actually only purchased one GPU so far, and that's been my Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming, although I was considering getting an EVGA card because of how they look and also I've heard their support is pretty good.
Gigabyte on the other hand, has some really amazing cooling capabilities compared to most other vendors.

[KSores]

EEEEEEEE-VEEEEE-GEEEEE-AYYYYY

Spoiler

(EVGA)

 

[KuJoe]

Whatever is on sale and comes with a warranty.  I got away from brand loyalty when it comes to hardware components years ago.

[Hunched]

Whatever is best.

Which is usually from Gigabyte and MSI, they straight up shit all over the other 970's, at least at launch, maybe newer things came out since idk.

Inb4 Kingpins, no, they're overpriced. May as well get a 980 Ti over like a 980 Kingpin for example.

[ivan134]

33 minutes ago, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

I'm personally an NVIDIA guy, I really enjoy all the technologies that they implement (DSR, Shadowplay, etc.) and I typically either buy a Gigabyte or EVGA GPU for their dope warranties and amazing card designs. I've owned Gigabyte GT 630, 640, GTX 750, 750ti, 960. I've owned EVGA, GT 710, GTX 950, and soon a GTX 1070. All amazing cards, great cooling, quiet, and outstanding overclocking (at least the ones I've gotten.).

I thought you said SLI 960s were the greatest thing? Why did you move to a 980?

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

3 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

I thought you said SLI 960s were the greatest thing? Why did you move to a 980?

I never said they were the best- I just said they worked really well however I wouldn't really recommend that setup. I moved to a 980 as I switched into a itx enclosure and couldn't fit two GPU's.

[Energycore]

Since I didn't find it in the poll instead of voting I'll comment.

 

EVGA for Nvidia shit.

 

XFX for AMD shit.

[IcEWoLF]

Sorry this poll was mainly for Nvidia users, totally forgot about AMD.

[DND]

In my country i often get gigabyte cards in nvidia cause they are priced somewhat right and they are mostly the reliable ones i can find in my country cause evga is pretty overpriced here and hard to find.

[Skiiwee29]

EVGA personally for their stellar warranty. Though when I get my 1080 in June or July I will likely switching to MSI since I strictly have used their motherboards for the past 15 years on my personal builds and have had no issues if I needed to RMA. 

[IcEWoLF]

1 hour ago, legacy99 said:

EVGA personally for their stellar warranty. Though when I get my 1080 in June or July I will likely switching to MSI since I strictly have used their motherboards for the past 15 years on my personal builds and have had no issues if I needed to RMA. 

Been using Asus mobo myself, but MSI looks very nice, their bios is setup nicely, I was considering MSI long and hard but the Maximus VIII Hero was too good to pass up since it was on sale, otherwise I might have gone with the M7 MSI.

 

MSI is next to my state so if I needed to rma it would be super quick and easy if anything.

 

Lastly MSI has by far the best coolers for video cards, they may even introduce the new Twin Frozr 6 soon with the 1080 GTX.

[don_svetlio]

Sapphire or EVGA

[mrchow19910319]

I owned two GPUs, one is gigabyte GTX660, the other one is Asus GTX780 (non-reference one).

And I did not have an single issue with the gigabyte one. I used it more than 3 years.

I just got a GTX780 from someone I know, so it is a second hand one, he used it for half a year only.

The fanblade is likely to pick up more dust, so I have to clean it once for a while, also when it does collect dust, it will have this *click click * sound which is super annoying.

 

 

So, next time I will never buy a ASUS graphic card....

 

[mrchow19910319]

31 minutes ago, IcEWoLF said:

Been using Asus mobo myself, but MSI looks very nice, their bios is setup nicely, I was considering MSI long and hard but the Maximus VIII Hero was too good to pass up since it was on sale, otherwise I might have gone with the M7 MSI.

 

MSI is next to my state so if I needed to rma it would be super quick and easy if anything.

 

Lastly MSI has by far the best coolers for video cards, they may even introduce the new Twin Frozr 6 soon with the 1080 GTX.

One day I will able to afford a Maximus motherboard.. One day...

[Nord]

If you are looking to save some money, get a small form factor whilst still getting a properly cooled GPU, a low end/cost Zotac will do just fine.

 

If you wanna go into real hard OC'ing or worry about temps whilst still wanting a small form factor GPU and have.. I'd say 40$~ more to spend, go with MSI.

 ->the difference in OC will probably be "only" in the realworld around 1 to 3 FPS compared to the Zotac choice, but the cooling solutions will be way better, usualy.

 -> and ofc there is the "military class" seal, which to a normal consumer is probably not worth anything, but hey its there.

 

If you really need a hughe ass, monsteriously OC capability possesed & equally good cooled card, I'd probably tend towards top tier cards from Kingpin, just because they seem to be made for OC'ing but since thats not on your list, the next best choice would therefore probably be Gigabyte with the "Windforce" series, which theoretically should also be fit for that job.

 

[Badger906]

the one that performs best! I've had just about every brand of card bar paliat or however they spell it

[NuclearPeace]

I've bought from EVGA ( 750 Ti ) and Sapphire ( 380x ). I tend to go for the "premium" brand because if I am going to have the card for a while, a better cooler and good support from the company is nice.

[VagabondWraith]

EVGA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MSI

[TheGamingBarrel]

Don't ever buy brands, buy good cards.

[Dackzy]

EVGA or Sapphire.