Which graphic card manufacturer to go for

[MadSnuggle]

Hello,

My old MSI GTX 780 ti busted yesterday and i'm looking to buy a new GPU. Since im on a budget this time, i'll go with a GTX 1060 6GB.
First i'd like to know if this card will perform at least as good as the fallen 780ti?

Since im on a budget id like it to be as cheap as possible. I will not buy an MSI product again, since this card was only 3 years old and it busted and I have bad experiences with them in the past.

I've been looking at many 1060 6gb cards and have no idea why some are more expensive than the others. Is it just a premium you pay for the brand or does it actually perform better?

This brand named PALIT caught my eye. It's significantly cheaper than other brands. Is is trustworthy? 

 

For example. Why would I buy this Gigabyte card:

http://www.e-tec.at/frame1/details.php?art=226362

instead of this PALIT card:

http://www.e-tec.at/frame1/details.php?art=227905

 

Regards

Josh

 

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

4 minutes ago, Adapter15 said:

Hello,

My old MSI GTX 780 ti busted yesterday and i'm looking to buy a new GPU. Since im on a budget this time, i'll go with a GTX 1060 6GB.
First i'd like to know if this card will perform at least as good as the fallen 780ti?

Since im on a budget id like it to be as cheap as possible. I will not buy an MSI product again, since this card was only 3 years old and it busted and I have bad experiences with them in the past.

I've been looking at many 1060 6gb cards and have no idea why some are more expensive than the others. Is it just a premium you pay for the brand or does it actually perform better?

This brand named PALIT caught my eye. It's significantly cheaper than other brands. Is is trustworthy? 

 

For example. Why would I buy this Gigabyte card:

http://www.e-tec.at/frame1/details.php?art=226362

instead of this PALIT card:

http://www.e-tec.at/frame1/details.php?art=227905

 

Regards

Josh

 

 

Performance wise they should be pretty much identical. The main differences as far as I know is aesthetics, cooling, and acoustics. Support, warranty, and validation is also what makes some brands more expensive than others. 

[Colin Donoghue]

If you can get a used 980 or a 980 ti

[mattyamy84]

i have had 3 palit cards and even have 1 running now. they our great, by far the cheapest and i was able to overclock it more than i was an asus card. great reliability and soom of them llok great. for the price to performance they 1 of best brands i personally think

[chimado]

you should try to get an older used gpu

[MadSnuggle]

1 minute ago, chimado said:

you should try to get an older used gpu

Not really worth it... where I live people are creazy... been looking at used GPUs and gtx 980 are 300eur+ and gtx 980ti are 350eur +

Id rather buy a new one then.

[Ashleyyyy]

gigabyte card has a bit higher clock speed, and probably a higher quality pcb design. 

[Ashleyyyy]

1 minute ago, Adapter15 said:

Not really worth it... where I live people are creazy... been looking at used GPUs and gtx 980 are 300eur+ and gtx 980ti are 350eur +

Id rather buy a new one then.

same here. they be asking more than it costs to buy the same thing new sometimes. 

[MadSnuggle]

BTW, nobody answered me that question yet: what is the performance of a gtx 1060 6gb compared to gtx 780ti? Which one is better and by how much?

[Arika]

7 minutes ago, Adapter15 said:

BTW, nobody answered me that question yet: what is the performance of a gtx 1060 6gb compared to gtx 780ti? Which one is better and by how much?

they are pretty much identical. different games might have a few frames better here and there depending on the card

 

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-780-Ti-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB/2165vs3639

 

 

[Swealteek]

7 minutes ago, Adapter15 said:

BTW, nobody answered me that question yet: what is the performance of a gtx 1060 6gb compared to gtx 780ti? Which one is better and by how much?

The 1060 is gone be better, even do the 780 TI has more raw horse power in its silicon. The 780 TI will be less optimist for than se a 1060. And these days even 1080P games ar have varying 3GB of vram.

 

You can always google it do. And look for game play not those dom website with out of 10

[ImNotThere]

20 minutes ago, Adapter15 said:

Not really worth it... where I live people are creazy... been looking at used GPUs and gtx 980 are 300eur+ and gtx 980ti are 350eur +

Id rather buy a new one then.

tf? almost 300 euro for 1060... vs 350 for a 980ti? get a 980ti, they perform more like 1070's

 

780ti performs very similar to a 1060 6gb, not really worth, to a 980ti would be a great upgrade

[MadSnuggle]

14 minutes ago, ImNotThere said:

tf? almost 300 euro for 1060... vs 350 for a 980ti? get a 980ti, they perform more like 1070's

 

780ti performs very similar to a 1060 6gb, not really worth, to a 980ti would be a great upgrade

Ye, but most if not all of the used GPUs are out of warranty... If I buy a new 1060 it will at least have 2 years warranty. The gtx 780 ti that busted on me yesterday was not even 3 years old. I dont want to risk buying an old one without warranty  for the same price as a new 1060 with 2 years warranty.

 

[ImNotThere]

Just now, Adapter15 said:

Ye, but most if not all of the used GPUs are out of warranty... If I buy a new 1060 it will at least have 2 years warranty. The gtx 780 ti that busted on me yesterday was not even 3 years old. I dont want to risk buying an old one without warranty  for the same price as a new 1060 with 2 years warranty.

 

its like 30% more performance but its up to you, id go for the palit card to mitigate costs and avoid investing into a sidegrade

[RadiatingLight]

the palit one has worse cooling, since it has only one fan.

that's the only disadvantage.

[Colin Donoghue]

3 hours ago, Adapter15 said:

Not really worth it... where I live people are creazy... been looking at used GPUs and gtx 980 are 300eur+ and gtx 980ti are 350eur +

Id rather buy a new one then.

980ti has performance that is comparable to a 1070

[MadSnuggle]

So i talked to a coworker today, and he said that he has an gtx 980 that he doesnt use. He would give it to me for 200 eur. Is it worth it? Is it better then a new gtx1060 6gb which costs 300+ eur?

[Princess Luna]

8 hours ago, Colin Donoghue said:

980ti has performance that is comparable to a 1070

If you have great silicon and cooling the 980ti OC can surpass the 1070 OC performance wise in games even, good were the Maxwell days and its crazy OC's

[MrTiC]

1 hour ago, Adapter15 said:

So i talked to a coworker today, and he said that he has an gtx 980 that he doesnt use. He would give it to me for 200 eur. Is it worth it? Is it better then a new gtx1060 6gb which costs 300+ eur?

200 euro for a 980 is a amazing deal ...

[r3loAded]

I got this one for sale but I'm in the UK (had it in that build).

 

[Colin Donoghue]

56 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

If you have great silicon and cooling the 980ti OC can surpass the 1070 OC performance wise in games even, good were the Maxwell days and its crazy OC's

Wasn't saying it was better I was saying it was a very close second or a match