Who is the better company?

Prash · Dec 15, 2008

Considering the fact that GTXs are all clocking well even with stock coolers, i suggest going for a standard version.

Regarding the company, i vote for eVGA or BFG

Sylvester · Dec 16, 2008

I wouldn't go with XFX myself, their CS just tried to stiff me on 2 year warranty.

stefanels · Dec 21, 2008

My top 5 is
1. GALAXY
2. MSI
3. PALIT
4. GAINWARD
5. ASUS

Solaris17 · Dec 21, 2008

Evga
Xfx
Bfg

DrPepper · Dec 21, 2008

EVGA are godly from my experiences.

a_ump · Dec 21, 2008

Prash said:
Considering the fact that GTXs are all clocking well even with stock coolers, i suggest going for a standard version.

Regarding the company, i vote for eVGA or BFG

haha but some people don't like the idea of overclocking, and i'm one of them, i believe my first 8800GT died from overclocking

, and it wasn't a great clock really but oh well haha. good choice OP

SiliconSlick · Dec 21, 2008

Well there's a nicely priced GTX260 MSI there.

MKmods said:
XFX Ftw!
Double lifetime warrantee.. Il be 200 before it expires

I had nothing but trouble with EVGA (just ask tw3akm@ster) They have been the only company to not fix a problem (or even try) that I had on a GPU
(hell those jerks didnt even bother to respond to several emails, bad, Mike Klingelberg, bad)

Asus returned emails but never fixed the prob.(idiots made 9800GT cards with tri sli slots that were just for looks)

MSI so so customer service (good products)

BFG no probs (so far, lol)

Gigabyte, quality control probs (at least they tried to remedy the issue)

ECS (no customer service, BUT freekin AWESOME passive cooled 9600GTs)

I noticed in all that MSI has good products. The egg has an Oc'ed MSI gtc260 /192 /620 core oc factory - for $200 or so - sometimes you get a game with it TC's rainbow 6 two.

Last time I looked it was 199 or 205. Good bundle, nice box, UGLY card sticker.

Prash · Dec 21, 2008

a_ump said:
haha but some people don't like the idea of overclocking, and i'm one of them, i believe my first 8800GT died from overclocking , and it wasn't a great clock really but oh well haha. good choice OP

I am sorry for your card.

But i have a feeling that from now on your cards wont die due to overclocking or anything else, so go ahead and buy a new card for yourself this Christmas. And one more thing, Happy holidays and happy gaming

boredgunner · Dec 21, 2008

I only buy from EVGA now. They look great, they come with lots of goodies, great customer support, and the step-up program is good to have. This applies to video cards and motherboards.

cdawall · Dec 21, 2008

zotac also carries a lifetime warranty and are pretty cool about most anything will always get there cards personally

a_ump · Dec 21, 2008

where the hell did zotac come from? i don't really remember them last year, just this year. were they not that great last year or is it a new company?

dieselcat18 · Dec 22, 2008

lollerskater69 said:
I highly suggest this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150330

You are absolutely correct sir !.........If I was in the market for a Nvidia card and looking for a good price/performance ratio, that would be my choice. All the companies that have been listed above are very good, so you really couldn't go wrong in selecting any of them. So for myself, it would just come down to what card I feel I can get the most bang for the buck out of regardless which Mfg it is. Warranties & Customer Service may be the things that can vary which can have an effect on one's buying disscion. But aside from warranties and step-up programs that may be offered, many people will often upgrade their GPU's before most warranties expire anyways.

From_Nowhere · Dec 26, 2008

Companies I'd buy Nvidia cards from (In order of my preference):

1. XFX (The GTX 280 I had from this company was downright awesome. I regret selling it as a part of my old PC)
2. EVGA
3. BFG
4. Asus
5. Zotac

katsuru · Dec 26, 2008

i don't see much people mention Zotac, isn't zotac something really good?

Btw ontopic

evga
sapphire
powercolor
asus
BFG
MSI

( my personal favorites , Random order )

Bad experiences:

GAINWARD

Sent a HD4850 Golden Sample to RMA, came the same way she left my hands... can't handle 3D Applications... just crashes... they didn't even change anything on the card , the card was there for 1,5 Month and still no repair at all...

dieselcat18 · Dec 31, 2008

katsuru said:
i don't see much people mention Zotac, isn't zotac something really good?

Btw ontopic

evga
sapphire
powercolor
asus
BFG
MSI

( my personal favorites , Random order )

Bad experiences:

GAINWARD

Sent a HD4850 Golden Sample to RMA, came the same way she left my hands... can't handle 3D Applications... just crashes... they didn't even change anything on the card , the card was there for 1,5 Month and still no repair at all...

If I were go with a Nvidia card, I'd go with Zotac in a heartbeat !

*+

RevengE · Jan 1, 2009

I like HIS Asus and BFG

mlee49 · Jan 1, 2009

Why no poll in this thread? Could help show some bias/opinion.

SeanG · Jan 1, 2009

The best card is the cheapest.

katsuru · Jan 1, 2009

SeanG said:
The best card is the cheapest.

i do not agree with that, you see many cheap cards that end up having problems... the best cards are the ones with the best PCB construction and cooling system, if you make some searches about 9800GTX+ and HD4850 you will see plenty of them without anything covering the Rams... that ends up in burned rams after a while just like my Gainward golden sample...

stefanels · Jan 2, 2009

katsuru said:
i do not agree with that, you see many cheap cards that end up having problems... the best cards are the ones with the best PCB construction and cooling system, if you make some searches about 9800GTX+ and HD4850 you will see plenty of them without anything covering the Rams... that ends up in burned rams after a while just like my Gainward golden sample...

+1 katsuru and i totally agree with you...
A while ago i have purchased a Gigabyte HD3850 256Mb card with a Zalman cooler on GPU, but on the rams have nothing to cover them, so after a while (like a month or so) my card just broke...
So ppls do NOT buy the cheapest card around because you may have problems with them...

Wingo101 · Jan 3, 2009

I haven't had any problems with my Leadtek GTX 260 yet.

KainXS · Jan 3, 2009

stefanels said:
+1 katsuru and i totally agree with you...
A while ago i have purchased a Gigabyte HD3850 256Mb card with a Zalman cooler on GPU, but on the rams have nothing to cover them, so after a while (like a month or so) my card just broke...
So ppls do NOT buy the cheapest card around because you may have problems with them...

I had a HD3850 256mb from a crappy vendor it died, and I was also screwed, thats 100% spot on stef

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