Brands of GPU’s

[beachBOYken]

Hi

I will be attempting to build my first pc in years sometime next year, and I kind of have spec in mind now but I wanted to ask how you lot go about choosing what brand of graphics card to go for, do you just go for the cheapest?

For example I will likely get a 4070ti super, but I’ve seen ones by Gainward, Zotac, Asus, Gigabyte, are they all much the same or is there a particular brand to go for/avoid?

Thanks

 

[Ascendancy]

Generally I usually just buy whatever's the cheapest at the time.

They're all pretty much the same. Some offer slight overclocks, fancy RGB, water cooling, nicer looking cards, slightly better/quieter cooling etc but the actual performance will generally be within 1% of each other.

A good thing to look out for is the company's RMA process. Some manufacturers make you ship cards back to Taiwan/Singapore etc, where as some have UK RMA centres which can give you peace of mind. There's a thread on here that talks about the different RMA procedures for each

Graphics Card Warranties (UK Only) - Let's see how good they really are!

ASRock >> https://tw.asrock.com/events/tsd.asp ASUS >> https://help.overclockers.co.uk/hc/en-gb/requests/new EVGA >> https://eu.evga.com/warranty/rmaprocess/ Gainward >> https://www.gainward.com/main/support.php?lang=en Gigabyte >> Email: [email protected] Inno3D/Force3D >>...

forums.overclockers.co.uk

I've had cards from many different brands over the years, Sapphire, Asus, Zotac, Nvidia, Gigabyte etc and I don't think I'd say I prefer one over the other. That being said, I've never had to RMA a card, so my experience with the companies involved has purely been on a product, not a service level.

 

[beachBOYken]

Generally I usually just buy whatever's the cheapest at the time.

They're all pretty much the same. Some offer slight overclocks, fancy RGB, water cooling, nicer looking cards, slightly better/quieter cooling etc but the actual performance will generally be within 1% of each other.

A good thing to look out for is the company's RMA process. Some manufacturers make you ship cards back to Taiwan/Singapore etc, where as some have UK RMA centres which can give you peace of mind. There's a thread on here that talks about the different RMA procedures for each

Graphics Card Warranties (UK Only) - Let's see how good they really are!

ASRock >> https://tw.asrock.com/events/tsd.asp ASUS >> https://help.overclockers.co.uk/hc/en-gb/requests/new EVGA >> https://eu.evga.com/warranty/rmaprocess/ Gainward >> https://www.gainward.com/main/support.php?lang=en Gigabyte >> Email: [email protected] Inno3D/Force3D >>...

forums.overclockers.co.uk

I've had cards from many different brands over the years, Sapphire, Asus, Zotac, Nvidia, Gigabyte etc and I don't think I'd say I prefer one over the other. That being said, I've never had to RMA a card, so my experience with the companies involved has purely been on a product, not a service level.

Ah cool, cheers, looks like all the ones I mentioned have good RMA process and some are dealt via ocuk.

 

[Noxia]

Personally I look at reviews and go for the quietest.

 

[chaparral]

I even didn’t know there was more then one brand

 

[Penfold101]

Go for the one which looks the sexiest.

 

[heatonpkmassive]

The only one I'd personally avoid is Gigabyte, their quality control in recent years has been gash.

 

[throwaway4372]

I've been happy with my asus strix, massively quieter than anything I had before. Big chunk of metal and 3 fans ftw.

 

[Gray2233]

Cheapest with the best warranty is my usual approach, although I would recommend reading up on the individual models you're looking at to make sure there's no issues specific to them.

When buying Nvidia I usually end up with either Zotac or Gigabyte, but do be aware that you need to register within 30 days to get the additional 2 years (for a total of 5) warranty with them. That said, I don't know of any problems with the Zotac 4070 lineup so I suspect you'd be pretty safe going that route.

 

[chaparral]

These days if it within 6 months of it release date it be which ever one you can find in stock

 

[BUDFORCE]

If you were buying an AMD card I'd say Sapphire all day long.

 

[Gray2233]

If you were buying an AMD card I'd say Sapphire all day long.

I used to be of the same mindset, but I feel that both Asrock and Powercolor have really upped their game in recent years.

I'd actually lean toward Asrock assuming similar pricing given the RMA options in the UK.