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Having to buy a crappy brand?

N19h7m4r3 said:
I got a Point of View GTX 470 when they launched, reference design as well.
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I had one of those too, and two Point of View 480's as well.

Nothing wrong with lesser known brands at all... They will likely be just as good as a more pricey brand!
 
The last card I bought and am still using was the Palit GTX980 Jetstream. It's not a brand that many seem to buy, but it's been as good as gold.
 
I was looking at the Zotac ones. They look fantastic (not that it matters as no one will see it except me taking it out of the box lol) and the 5 year warranty is nice. Google might be one of the biggest blessings ever but it's also a curse as upon googling zotacs warranty I found a string of scare stories and red tape.

The MSI is the one I'm seriously considering now I think. Why is it that the cards with stock speeds cost more than the overclocked ones?

All in all I'm sure nvidia and ati don't partner with awful companies but I think there's a bit of shindiggery going on here and there with the cheaper brands to push them in front of the better knowns.
 
Any that use the reference design are all made by Foxcon anyway, it is only the cooler that is different. Of course as has been said some use completely custom boards.
 
bru said:
Any that use the reference design are all made by Foxcon anyway, it is only the cooler that is different. Of course as has been said some use completely custom boards.
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Now you will have someone saying "Foxcon, never heard of them"......:rolleyes:

(I know what Foxcon is)
 
titaniumx3 said:
The two Palit cards I've ever owned have worked perfectly fine. My current Palit gtx1080 gamerock premium card probably has the best performing cooler I've ever owned. My only gripe is the design and styling looks horrid.

With the ridiculous pricing we are seeing these days I doubt I will ever buy a 'premium' brand card again.
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Plus from what I've been reading it seems that Nvidia's artificial limiting of the chips means premium branded cards are no longer really worth getting.
I had a 780 Classified and was able to get a special Classified software program that bypassed voltage locks for overclocking, apparently this is no longer possible and from what we are seeing the only chance you have of hitting the max clocks is by binning or plain luck, That's regardless of the cooler slapped on it.
 
fr0sty said:
All in all I'm sure nvidia and ati don't partner with awful companies but I think there's a bit of shindiggery going on here and there with the cheaper brands to push them in front of the better knowns.
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Ideally a card won't fail in its useful lifetime and you never hae to deal with a company's RMA process. I assume NV and AMD partner with these guys primarily because they make good products.
 
Monkeynut said:
PC Partner (Zotac and Sapphire) also make the current Manli 1060 cards, and when I had an 8600GT many moons ago the "OcUK Value" brand was XpertVision, which was part of Palit.

All of the "unknowns" are part of the big 4.
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WOW! thats great to know, i will now me ordering the Manli "OC value" 1060 card today, i didn't realise they made this budget option, thanks for the info, will be pulling the trigger soon!



RTJ
 
always go with what you want . saves issues of i knew i should have got that or i wanted that one.

remember you often going to have the product for a few years.
 
OP do you have a 40" or larger 4K monitor if not get a 1070 you will not see enough difference in gameplay for the price between to justify spending the extra unless your a 4K gamer & you have a large display at least 40" or higher.

1080 is not worth buying unless you have a 4K display its overkill as the difference is not apparent unless you have a massive 40" or higher display @ 4K you simply will struggle to understand the slightly smoother FPS vs the £200ish cost differential!!
 
In reference to op only owned 1 Palit card which was a Titan x Maxwell. Solid card strong overclocker never had any issues in the year I owned it and has now been sold on to another user who's enjoying it :)
 
hey guys,

i bit the bullet about bought the "manli" 1060 gpu. what I'm wondering is if there is a problem and RMA, does it go to OC UK for resolving or does it go to the main manufacturer of the card for resolve?



RTJ
 
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