Posted March 18, 2016
I'm curious: I know NVIDIA sells their own branded cards as well. Is there any real difference quality-wise from all the other vendors?
P-E-S
I like games
Registered: Nov 2008
From United States
cogadh
Banned? Never.
Registered: Oct 2008
From United States
Posted March 18, 2016
Quality? No. Features? Yes. The cards that come directly from Nvidia are very bare-bones and really only come in Nvidia's base specifications. Third party cards usually have superior cooling solutions, often have more VRAM and in some cases are factory overclocked for higher performance.
mobutu
down with DRM
Registered: Sep 2010
From Other
Posted March 18, 2016
I personally have a 4GB Asus Strix GTX 960. The card itself is at the required 7" lenght but unfortunately the cooler extends this lenght to 8.6"
Speaking of obsolete and future proof, if you can wait a little more (3-4 months) then you'll get to buy a new 16nm tech card (pascal from nvidia or polaris from amd) that will absolutely destroy (+performance, -power, -heat, -noise, -space) the current 28nm tech cards.
If I were you I'd definitely wait or I'd buy a cheap used card to get me going until the 16nm gets released.
gl!
Speaking of obsolete and future proof, if you can wait a little more (3-4 months) then you'll get to buy a new 16nm tech card (pascal from nvidia or polaris from amd) that will absolutely destroy (+performance, -power, -heat, -noise, -space) the current 28nm tech cards.
If I were you I'd definitely wait or I'd buy a cheap used card to get me going until the 16nm gets released.
gl!