gpu is founders edition better than regular one?

[adamgasth]

I once heard that founders edition GPU is the best one. but I'm not sure because there are way better deals for the same GPU chipset

[iRileyx]

Founders edition cards are the "regular" versions, so to speak.

 

But no, near enough every AIB card will perform better than a founders edition, all be it not by very much.

[Crunchy Dragon]

5 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

Founders edition cards are the "regular" versions, so to speak.

 

But no, near enough every AIB card will perform better than a founders edition, all be it not by very much.

AIB cards can usually outperform an FE card since they can more often than not overclock more. Some cards still use the reference PCB and all the components on it, but the custom PCBs can get you higher performance.

 

I've seen Asus ROG Strix cards running in the region of 2.2Ghz, I'd be surprised if a Founders Edition could get that high.

[CloroxBleach57]

Usually founders editions are actually worse than many options that can be bought from seperate manufactures. For example, this MSI card has better thermals and a higher base clock then the founders edition (Whichever GPU chip this will be true):

But if you do want something close or exactly the founders edition, for Nvidia cards EVGA manufactures the founders editions of their Pascal cards - so you can buy a card that is from the same manufacturer as the founder's edition but has better performance and thermals. 

Although, there is one issue with this: Not all cards actually perform better than the founders edition, so they may be cheaper in general, but definitely check the numbers. 

 

So really it just comes down to 3 factors:

1.) Base clock for the price

2.) Looks

3.) Thermals

[adamgasth]

2 minutes ago, CloroxBleach57 said:

Usually founders editions are actually worse than many options that can be bought from seperate manufactures. For example, this MSI card has better thermals and a higher base clock then the founders edition (Whichever GPU chip this will be true):

But if you do want something close or exactly the founders edition, for Nvidia cards EVGA manufactures the founders editions of their Pascal cards - so you can buy a card that is from the same manufacturer as the founder's edition but has better performance and thermals. 

Although, there is one issue with this: Not all cards actually perform better than the founders edition, so they may be cheaper in general, but definitely check the numbers. 

 

So really it just comes down to 3 factors:

1.) Base clock for the price

2.) Looks

3.) Thermals

can you just type the name of that MSI card you linked? my computer cant load it

[CloroxBleach57]

@adamgasth It's the big red one:

 

LINK

[Crunchy Dragon]

2 minutes ago, adamgasth said:

can you just type the name of that MSI card you linked? my computer cant load it

It's an MSI Gaming X card.

[Oshino Shinobu]

The founders edition is basically the reference edition from Nvidia, they just changed what they call it. A founders edition card from any board partner will be the same in terms of physical sizing and configuration, so if you plan on putting a waterblock on the card, the founders edition will likely be the first and most likely to have a block made for it. 

 

If you're leaving it with the cooler it comes with, then most non-founders edition cards from board partners will be better (with the exception of the blower style ones)

[Mick Naughty]

Id rather get the fe, bestbuy special or straight from nvidia. Seem to oc the best for me. Not like that matters as it does nothing for gaming.

My sc's and pny were close behind. Never put a block on my strix but it ran the same temp as my fe cards on air at the same noise level. Bad thing about all those fan.

 

Unless your going for a color scheme get what ever except a place blower version, unless you really don't mind the temps.