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Which 5080 graphics card?

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bros172034

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Hello, I need help choosing a graphics card. I plan to buy a 5080. The cheapest models sold in my country are as follows,

Palit Gamerock
Galax ex-gamer
Galax 1 click
Gainward Phantom
Zotac Gaming Solid

Which card do you think I should choose?
 
The Palit Gamerock seemed solid enough in W1z review. I would honestly just go with the cheapest option though or if they are all close in price go with the one you like the aesthetics best.
 
The cheapest one or the one with the longest warranty, which is the only real value the AIB rip off merchants can add.

If "Founders Editions" were still just sold as reference boards with wide availability at RRP the AIB partners would sell hardly any of their overpriced nonsense asking hundreds for 1-2% higher clocks and some stickers. Fool fodder the lot of it.
 
Pick the one with the lowest-dB coil whine, if possible.
 
bros172034 said:
Hello, I need help choosing a graphics card. I plan to buy a 5080. The cheapest models sold in my country are as follows,

Palit Gamerock
Galax ex-gamer
Galax 1 click
Gainward Phantom
Zotac Gaming Solid

Which card do you think I should choose?
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I would buy the Zotac, they usually doing fine job with the cooling parts, often outperform big brands like Asus.
 
bros172034 said:
Hello, I need help choosing a graphics card. I plan to buy a 5080. The cheapest models sold in my country are as follows,

Palit Gamerock
Galax ex-gamer
Galax 1 click
Gainward Phantom
Zotac Gaming Solid

Which card do you think I should choose?
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First, Welcome to TPU!

With the list you provided, you could blind pick and get a winner! All of those are good examples. I personally lean towards the Zotac model for the styling, but that's just me. But there's also...
vacsati said:
I would buy the Zotac, they usually doing fine job with the cooling parts, often outperform big brands like Asus.
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...this.

All of those brands and models are solid, but the Zotac stands out a little bit. So the next question is price. Which one is most affordable for you?
 
bros172034 said:
Hello, I need help choosing a graphics card. I plan to buy a 5080. The cheapest models sold in my country are as follows,

Palit Gamerock
Galax ex-gamer
Galax 1 click
Gainward Phantom
Zotac Gaming Solid

Which card do you think I should choose?
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Whichever costs the least
 
Galax and Gainward are both from Palit. I would suggest going for aesthetics and to consider ease of warranty.
 
Gamerock seems to be a nice middle ground price wise then and that model is usually pretty decent from them. 'Zotac is fine too but for +$ 100 I dunno thats up to you to decide really'

Sunny and 75 said:
Pick the one with the lowest-dB coil whine, if possible.
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Sadly the coil whine is like a gamble, it can happen with any card really especially when pushing high frames. 'I've had a card that I thought was coil whine free until I've started playing an old game with uncapped frames and it went all whiny..'
Even my current TuF 3060 Ti does it but only under-between a specific load % at a certain boost clock in some games but luckily its not a loud whine.
 
@bros172034

There are TPU reviews for the Galax 1-Click OC and Palit Gamerock OC. For the Solid there is no review but there is for the AMP Extreme, and it seems that the heatsink is the same, the cooler shrouds are different and the AMP Extreme has RGB.

Looking at those prices and assuming equal warranty periods, I would choose the Gamerock.
Sad because the Galax should be an MSRP card and the review showed it to be pretty good.
 
Pricing for RTX 5xxx is trash in general. I managed to sell my old 4070 Tuf Gaming for 500 EUR but I had to add another 500 EUR to purchase the 5070 TI Tuf Gaming OC...
 
I know you are planning on Nvidia, but I'd recommend a 9070XT. Good luck whatever you choose!
 
BlaezaLite said:
9070XT
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That's a nice GPU. Unfortunately the power consumption is not so efficient / great.

Also DLSS4 is better in case he is using upscaling. I would argue that even MFG x3 is actually good, tested on my 5070 ti OC, of course if your initial FPS is at least 60 FPS but I prefer more.

The problem with all cards these days is the terrible pricing.
 
lexluthermiester said:
I personally lean towards the Zotac model for the styling, but that's just me.
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I guess it was just bad luck but the last Zotac card I had (3070 twin edge) was the buggiest gpu I ever had. Constant stuttering and artifacts that always seemed to be fixed with driver reinstall but would reappear after a day or two. A couple weeks in it just randomly decided to stop outputting video, wasn't hot or anything it was under extremely low load. The computer was still on, but no picture. Restarting the pc worked but then the second time it happened I had had enough and returned it, a shame because the only other 3070 I could get for the same price was used.

But I've also had perfectly fine Zotac cards before. I know its a long time ago but I still remember my zotac gtx 560 working very well, well maybe I'm just nostalgic for it. But I thought the design was cool. My gigabyte 760 upgrade was a disappointment in the looks department.

zotac.jpg


So I think I'd be willing to give Zotac another try if the price was right..... but I don't have any plans to upgrade any time soon.

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To OP .... I don't really have a preference for cards. I usually pick up whatever is cheapest. I really don't like like Asus but I bought a Tuf 4090 anyway because... it was a really good deal, new, and below msrp. I don't even know what to recommend even if you are willing to put up extra money. Every company right now seems pretty shitty in one way or another. Be it idiotic customer service (gigabyte), manipulative marketing tactics (MSI), unreliable warranty coverage ( everybody.... but especially asus ). I just don't see any shining stars to follow when it comes to board partners.

So if I was in your shoes I would pick up the cheapest, after checking out reviews to make sure there's no major problems or anything.... well I mean outside of all the normal 50 series problems.....
 
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bros172034 said:
Hello, I need help choosing a graphics card. I plan to buy a 5080. The cheapest models sold in my country are as follows,

Palit Gamerock
Galax ex-gamer
Galax 1 click
Gainward Phantom
Zotac Gaming Solid

Which card do you think I should choose?
Click to expand...

Not sure where you are located, but Zotac graphics card usually comes with the standard 3-year warranty and an additional 2-year extended warranty if you register your purchase with them within 14 or 30 days. Maybe you can check with Zotac or their local distributor in the country you are based in.
 
iameatingjam said:
I guess it was just bad luck but the last Zotac card I had (3070 twin edge) was the buggiest gpu I ever had. Constant stuttering and artifacts that always seemed to be fixed with driver reinstall but would reappear after a day or two. A couple weeks in it just randomly decided to stop outputting video, wasn't hot or anything it was under extremely low load. The computer was still on, but no picture. Restarting the pc worked but then the second time it happened I had had enough and returned it, a shame because the only other 3070 I could get for the same price was used.

But I've also had perfectly fine Zotac cards before. I know its a long time ago but I still remember my zotac gtx 560 working very well, well maybe I'm just nostalgic for it. But I thought the design was cool. My gigabyte 760 upgrade was a disappointment in the looks department.

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So I think I'd be willing to give Zotac another try if the price was right..... but I don't have any plans to upgrade any time soon.

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To OP .... I don't really have a preference for cards. I usually pick up whatever is cheapest. I really don't like like Asus but I bought a Tuf 4090 anyway because... it was a really good deal, new, and below msrp. I don't even know what to recommend even if you are willing to put up extra money. Every company right now seems pretty shitty in one way or another. Be it idiotic customser service (gigabyte), manipulative marketting tactics (MSI), unreliable warranty coverage ( everybody.... but especially asus ). I just don't see any shining stars to follow when it comes to board partners.

So if I was in your shoes I would pick up the cheapest, after checking out reviews to make sure there's no major problems or anything.... well I mean outside of all the normal 50 series problems.....
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Twin Edge is Zotac's bottom of the barrel model as far as I know so thats not too surprising but yes its always a good idea to check reviews first cause sometimes one generation's same model can be great and the next is a total mess.
 
We have a saying where I live, "I am too poor to buy a cheap product". Tried to translate it.

To explain the saying, is like I buy a cheap GPU but it might have quirks. (loud fans, coil whine, potential stutter issues etc.).

Again prices for GPU's are basically garbage nowadays but you can't afford a bad product.
 
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