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Posted March 17, 2016
All I can say is that im very satisfied with my Gigabyte Radeon R9 270x 2GB DDR5 graphics card and the gigabyte motherboard. No issues whatsoever. Though power supply is EVGA since they sell the cheapest but good quality PSUs.
Post edited March 17, 2016 by Matruchus
Posted March 17, 2016
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Nirth: Definitely EVGA. I'm not sure Gigabyte is bad but EVGA has ridiculously good lifetime warranties and based upon what I've read, they have good customer service.

What card are you thinking of getting?
Most likely the EVGA GTX960 04G-P4-1962-KR/04G-P4-3962-KR. I'd like to get the GTX970, but it is very difficult to find one in the micro-atx form factor and my budget. Frankly, the only decent one I've found is an Asus model, but it's out of my price range.
Posted March 18, 2016
I was gonna say some Strix card from Asus but then I saw you need a short card.
Well, there are some short GTX970 and you could also look for short GTX950:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10150/msi-geforce-gtx-950-gpu-75w-tdp-2gd5-ocv2-2gd5t-ocv3
gl!
Posted March 18, 2016
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mobutu: I was gonna say some Strix card from Asus but then I saw you need a short card.
Well, there are some short GTX970 and you could also look for short GTX950:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10150/msi-geforce-gtx-950-gpu-75w-tdp-2gd5-ocv2-2gd5t-ocv3
gl!
The 950 at 2GB is a little too low end. Considering most modern and upcoming AAA games are looking for at least 3GB of VRAM (thanks to the current gen consoles), 2GB and lower cards will soon be obsolete. While the 4GB 960 I'm looking at won't be completely future proof, I think I can probably get a solid 3-4 years out of it. I'd definitely get more out of a 970 (and would definitely prefer one), but price is a serious issue. The cheapest one I've found in the short form factor was a Gigabyte for around $320, with the rest falling into the $350+ range.
Posted March 18, 2016
EVGA certainly have a lot more faith in their products. That says a lot. When Seagate dropped the length of their hard drive warranties the quality likewise dropped right through the floor. So yeah, those companies that believe in their products usually do so for a good reason.
Posted March 18, 2016
I have a EVGA 750 ti and have had no issues at all. With regard to noise, I don't hear any noticeable "whine" when it is being pushed. I also do not hear the fans.

I vote for EVGA :)
Posted March 18, 2016
I have MSI card :P
Posted March 18, 2016
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cogadh: Can't. I'm limited on price and most especially form factor. The PC has a micro-atx mobo, it can only accept short cards (less than 7 inches long) of which I've only found a handful that meet my requirements (GeForce 960 4GB or higher, around $300).
Have you looked on Amazon? I was looking at this sort of card not too long ago and the price there was far closer to ~$200. The "micro" cards were even less.

*EDIT TO ADD*

Ironically enough, at the time I almost made this exact topic (if "off" brand cards were a good buy / worth saving a few bucks). Eventually I decided to pass on getting a card - GoG's release today has made me reconsider that LOL - if they're going to step up their "AAA" game I might have a shot at playing a few games on PC that I never thought I would, and might need a few more hamsters under the hood of my aging PC.
Post edited March 18, 2016 by Ixamyakxim
Posted March 18, 2016
I like Gigabyte and trust Gigabyte. when you're number 2 you try harder. especially when you pretty much used to be number 1 and were knocked off. I consider Gigabyte quality-par wtih ASUS but not feature par or bells-and-whistles par.

no experience with EVGA because they mainly make nvidia cards and higher-end motheboards and if I was buying a videocard I would try to avoid nvidia and if I was paying a lot of money for a motherboard I'd use the opportunity to get one from Gigabyte or ASUS.

edit: EVGA is like nVidia's Sapphire and in fact, in terms of special relationship to silicon provider they even go a level beyond anything that exists on AMD's side. maybe XFX. but I don't think that's the same thing.

anyway my point is if the cards are the same price, I really don't think you could go wrong with EVGA. Gigabyte makes a million other things, EVGA mainly makes the cards and expensive motherboards.
Post edited March 18, 2016 by johnnygoging
Posted March 18, 2016
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johnnygoging: no experience with EVGA because they mainly make nvidia cards and higher-end motheboards and if I was buying a videocard I would try to avoid nvidia and if I was paying a lot of money for a motherboard I'd use the opportunity to get one from Gigabyte or ASUS.
Wow you know at the same time I was sort of "looking down my nose" at Gigabyte video cards, I totally forgot they were one of the big players in the mobo market. You reminding me of this probably would have made me reconsider my view of them RE: hardware.
Posted March 18, 2016
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cogadh: Can't. I'm limited on price and most especially form factor. The PC has a micro-atx mobo, it can only accept short cards (less than 7 inches long) of which I've only found a handful that meet my requirements (GeForce 960 4GB or higher, around $300).
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Ixamyakxim: Have you looked on Amazon? I was looking at this sort of card not too long ago and the price there was far closer to ~$200. The "micro" cards were even less.
The micro cards on Amazon are the ones I'm mainly looking at. The GTX960 is going for around $200-$250 right now. I can go up to around $300 max, but if I end up spending less, that's okay, I'll use the difference for games or something.
Posted March 18, 2016
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cogadh: The micro cards on Amazon are the ones I'm mainly looking at. The GTX960 is going for around $200-$250 right now. I can go up to around $300 max, but if I end up spending less, that's okay, I'll use the difference for games or something.
Ah, gotcha - I had it in my head the only ones you were finding were ~$300. The regular form 4gb EVGA was the one I was looking at, mainly because it seemed to run cooler and a bit faster (but not as cool as the Strix) - though in reality for how I was going to use it I'm sure I wouldn't have been taxing the card too much anyway (1080 single screen gaming).

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Though I admit I didn't look at the performance of the smaller cards - I have the room in my desktop and was (probably wrongly) worried about heat on a smaller card. Again, for my purposes I'm guessing it isn't THAT much of an issue - but everything I said above was true for the large form card so I can't speak to the minis :( Sorry.
Post edited March 18, 2016 by Ixamyakxim
Posted March 18, 2016
Only Gigabyte thing I ever owned was a motherboard, and when I wanted to eventually upgrade my CPU I went online to investigate only to see numerous people frying and melting their boards trying to upgrade it because Gigabyte dun fucked up.

I ended up ditching that board and going back to ASUS, as that was my board's brand before the Gigabyte one. I think the last nVidia GPU I had (which was probably back in 2009?) was EVGA, that board crapped out on me within months :P

So I guess, as someone said. Depends.
Posted March 18, 2016
i literally just got a gigabyte r9 380x 4gb for my new build. it's super quiet and i'm running all my games on high or ultra (ARK right now). i haven't had an issues and am quite happy with my purchase.
Posted March 18, 2016
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cogadh: Its that time of year again, when I look at my PCs performance and consider the possibility of a video card upgrade. I've done my research, run the budget numbers and pretty much settled on a model... well, two, actually. They are both literally identical in terms of price, specs and reported performance, their only difference is brand. One is a Gigabyte, the other, EVGA. I've never actually owned a card from either manufacturer, so I'm hoping the gang here can offer some insight. Is one manufacturer significantly better than the other? How about comparative build quality? Customer service quality? Any other details I should know?

Thanks in advance for the help!
Flip a coin. I've owned cards from both companies, and have used Gigabyte motherboards. I've no complaints with either one of them.
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