Deciding on GPU

[Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis]

In light of all information I have gathered on the various GPUs on the market, I have narrowed down the wide array to a few that I consider buying over new year's. I have decided to settle for a 1070, as 1080 is above budget and 1060 and bellow appear to be less futureproof (I mean, it beats my current 960 any day, but you get what I mean).

Considering shipping costs, any tolls, VAT and so forth, I will be considering GPUs from manufacturers listed below:

EVGA

ASUS

GIGABYTE

All models I am considering are in a poll hopefully present above. I value acoustics and backplate for the most part, LEDs second. Disregard clock speeds, power draw and so forth.

I am currently more inclined to the FTW ACX* or Hybrid** from EVGA, but feel free to argue for the other models in the poll.

 

*For the RGB and no pump noise

**For temperatures and apparent silence

---I also value the known ACX VRM heat issue against possible future leaks in the hybrid. The two cost the same either way, with only 13 MHz in difference aside from aforementioned (or obvious) differences.

[shadowbyte]

imo, the new Strix cooler is one of the best coolers ever fitted to a GPU since the glory days of the vapor-x shroud.

 

[Ryoku]

1 minute ago, Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis said:

In light of all information I have gathered on the various GPUs on the market, I have narrowed down the wide array to a few that I consider buying over new year's. I have decided to settle for a 1070, as 1080 is above budget and 1060 and bellow appear to be less futureproof (I mean, it beats my current 960 any day, but you get what I mean).

Considering shipping costs, any tolls, VAT and so forth, I will be considering GPUs from manufacturers listed below:

EVGA

ASUS

GIGABYTE

All models I am considering are in a poll hopefully present above. I value acoustics and backplate for the most part, LEDs second. Disregard clock speeds, power draw and so forth.

I am currently more inclined to the FTW ACX* or Hybrid** from EVGA, but feel free to argue for the other models in the poll.

 

*For the RGB and no pump noise

**For temperatures and apparent silence

---I also value the known ACX VRM heat issue against possible future leaks in the hybrid. The two cost the same either way, with only 13 MHz in difference aside from aforementioned (or obvious) differences.

I'd choose evga as their support is just legendary. As for the version either ACX FTW or the Regular Hybrid.

[Morgan MLGman]

4 minutes ago, shadowbyte said:

imo, the new Strix cooler is one of the best coolers ever fitted to a GPU since the glory days of the vapor-x shroud.

 

Meh... ASUS GPUs for the past few generations did not excel at anything, cooling performance, overclocking, customer support, there are better alternatives for each of those categories and even all of those combined for the same price.

[shadowbyte]

Just now, Morgan MLGman said:

Meh... ASUS GPUs for the past few generations did not excel at anything, cooling performance, overclocking performance, customer support, there are better alternatives for each of those categories and even all of those combined for the same price.

agreed, the older cards weren't amazing, but I was referring to the new 10-series line of Strix cards

[Morgan MLGman]

Just now, shadowbyte said:

agreed, the older cards weren't amazing, but I was referring to the new 10-series line of Strix cards

And yet MSI Gaming Z outclasses the STRIX variant of the 10-series cards... For the RX 400 series as well, XFX GTR > ASUS Strix (unless we're considering looks here cause I like the ASUS one more visually)

[shadowbyte]

1 minute ago, Morgan MLGman said:

And yet MSI Gaming Z outclasses the STRIX variant of the 10-series cards... For the RX 400 series as well, XFX GTR > ASUS Strix (unless we're considering looks here cause I like the ASUS one more visually)

 

7 minutes ago, shadowbyte said:

imo

 

[Morgan MLGman]

1 minute ago, shadowbyte said:

 

 

I mean like, sure, ASUS and Gigabyte make some good and bad GPUs, but (at least when I was in the market for GPUs) there were always better alternatives for the same price... When I was buying my Fury recently I could've gone for the ASUS variant but then again, Sapphire Nitro...

[shadowbyte]

Just now, Morgan MLGman said:

I mean like, sure, ASUS and Gigabyte make some good and bad GPUs, but (at least when I was in the market for GPUs) there were always better alternatives for the same price... When I was buying my Fury recently I could've gone for the ASUS variant but then again, Sapphire Nitro...

oh yeah, undoubtedly sapphire makes some of, if not the best AMD cards

 

[Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis]

Please try not to have a long discussion about past and now for other cards. I'd like to keep it to what you would currently recommend.