Which board partner?

[Rainbrew]

I've been thinking between the 480 and 1060 and upon deciding to go team green I looked at the board partner cards. EVGA and Zotac are great options however I don't know which one to choose. I'm debating between the zotac AMP! twin fan model and the EVGA SC. I know that both companies make excellent cards and I honestly cannot decide. Thanks in advance!

[knightslugger]

The ACX 2.0 cooler on the EVGA seems like a clear choice to me.

[SnowyMus]

18 minutes ago, Rainbrew said:

I've been thinking between the 480 and 1060 and upon deciding to go team green I looked at the board partner cards. EVGA and Zotac are great options however I don't know which one to choose. I'm debating between the zotac AMP! twin fan model and the EVGA SC. I know that both companies make excellent cards and I honestly cannot decide. Thanks in advance!

I've never had any beef with either. Zotac's cards are often cheaper, but price can vary a lot nowadays. EVGA's SC (superclock) is clocked a bit higher, which makes it a little faster and often a little better if you're going to overclock. Both make very good quality cards.

[Rainbrew]

5 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

The ACX 2.0 cooler on the EVGA seems like a clear choice to me.

It is a single fan variant however, which I'm unsure whether I should be concerned about or not seeing as the 1060 is a cool running card in the first place.

[knightslugger]

i think the ACX cooler by itself is worth it.

[atxcyclist]

I have a PNY with a non-reference board and a twin fan design. I get 1911mhz boost clock out of the box, and 74C max temps running a benchmark. It boosts higher than the EVGA SC, although it is significantly longer.

[MMKing]

EVGA for Nvidia. The warranty is simply unbeatable. There may be some cards that perform a percent or two higher. But i take lifetime warranty over a marginal performance gain any day.

 

EVGA don't make AMD cards, but Sapphire is a good second in my opinion.

 

MSI is also a very good board partner, as well as Zotac.

 

Due to recent oversights by Asus, i avoid the company altogether. Messing up the cooling solution so badly on some recent cards, don't give off the right vibe that they care much about quality, or at least quality control. This is also an issue that was never fixed, and customers were practically stuck with a botched design. I have not personally experienced their customer support, but from what i heard, it's very bad on a good day, and some people have outright been blocked by Asus.