So after having to RMA my Gigabyte 780Ti....

[TetsuNoKobushi]

Which is a better experience, the AMD you had or the Intel you have now?

The AMD Motherboard by far.

 

[rubenclavs]

The AMD Motherboard by far.

Why is that bro?

 

[TetsuNoKobushi]

Installation of cards was much easier. Better layout of fanports. CPU OC-ing was much easier as well and the IO port fit perfectly unlike the z87 I have right now. Build quality also felt better and better aesthetics.

The only reason I went intel right now is because the setup I wanted was cheaper due to discounts at my supplier. I regret it ever since.

 

[kamransaeed15]

i also faced bad with gigabyte r9 270x that its not running on my system but running on other systems i change my motherboard gpu still runs then i returned and got sapphire 270x and its working fine so gigabyte is having hard time with gpus

 

[TetsuNoKobushi]

Yes, unfortunately so. Not sure why, seeing as Gigabyte used to be a packleader in terms of GPU's for me. They completely lost my trust now.

 

[rubenclavs]

Installation of cards was much easier. Better layout of fanports. CPU OC-ing was much easier as well and the IO port fit perfectly unlike the z87 I have right now. Build quality also felt better and better aesthetics.

The only reason I went intel right now is because the setup I wanted was cheaper due to discounts at my supplier. I regret it ever since.

Here in my place Intel is very expensive. I will be having a FX 8320 in 2-3 months. I hope I will be getting a badass build compared to an Intel i5.

 

[yaby0800]

I never heard any "known issue" about my gigabyte 780ti. It's better to have more specific description about the problem.
otherwise, you're just unlucky if there is a problem on faulty chip..

 

[Breew]

Have 5 Gigabytes running and have moved from MSI to Giga.. had 3 MSI cards in a row die within 3 months. no warnings no overclock just out of the box use. I wont buy MSI stuff have over my 30 years building experence had some of the poorest luck with MSI. I will always look at it and maybe choose some to test as bad batches and short term {usually} quality problems happen. But of recent I have had the best luck with Gigabyte series UD 3 and 5 MBs and Vid cards. Also had good luck with EVGA.. so buy what you like but watch for history on a board or card.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Have 5 Gigabytes running and have moved from MSI to Giga.. had 3 MSI cards in a row die within 3 months. no warnings no overclock just out of the box use. I wont buy MSI stuff have over my 30 years building experence had some of the poorest luck with MSI. I will always look at it and maybe choose some to test as bad batches and short term {usually} quality problems happen. But of recent I have had the best luck with Gigabyte series UD 3 and 5 MBs and Vid cards. Also had good luck with EVGA.. so buy what you like but watch for history on a board or card.

Similar experiences for me, I am on my 3rd Gigabyte Windforce card, all have worked flawlessly, I have also had very positive expereinces with the Sapphire non reference cards, however, my last two MSI cards both failed, to be fair, I think every manufacturer has a % failure rate, if we are one of the unlucky % that get one then we are scarred from the experience.

 

[RCoon]

I think every manufacturer has a % failure rate, if we are one of the unlucky % that get one then we are scarred from the experience

Pretty much this. I haven't given up on any manufacturer for anything purely because of a singular bad experience. My Asus crosshair motherboard is on its last legs, LAN port doesnt work, RAM doesn't OC, and altogether isn't entirely trustworthy. I'd still buy one again though. Same for Gigabyte, I broke my GPU pulling off a waterblock, and after almost 3 months they sent me a new upgraded version (I had a reference before). Sometimes you just have to make it past these little mishaps and look at what other qualities they bring to the table. My RMA time with them was a pain, but in the end I got a better product, which has an excellent cooler, and hasn't been on the blink since. The same goes for MoBo's, HDD's and the like. A personal experience is one thing, but pointing it down to being an altogether bad manufacturer simply isn't true, otherwise they wouldn't still be in business!

 

[buildzoid]

The R9 290s are the same thing there are rev1.0 cards and rev1.1. The rev 1.0s have a really high fail rate somewhere around 50% but the rev 1.1s are problem free. I had the misfortune to get a rev 1.0 and have it fail then get another rev 1.0 but this one just clocks worse(but scales better) and has trouble posting with the system taking 0 to 10 restarts(annoying but not unbearable) before the card decides to work. The other thing the R9 290 rev 1.0 doesn't like is CPU straps beyond 100mhz. If I try to run a 40x125mhz multiplier the system will refuse to post until I disable the R9 290. So yeah gigabyte has some kind of manufacturing problems when it comes to GPUs.