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Graphics What brand of card to buy ?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Kehoe, 16 Aug 2015.

  1. Kehoe

    Kehoe Minimodder

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    Hi Guys,

    I am in the market for a new GPU, i've been looking at a 980 ti, but the big question is what brand do i get

    Scan have a Zotac 980 coming into stock on 24th which seems to be a good price and the bonus of a 5 year warranty, however all my cards in the past have been EVGA, but is it worth the jump in price as the £30+ difference is a big saving that i can use to buy ram or something else,

    I do plan to put the EK waterblock on this card.

    id really appreciate some advice been out of the game a long time.


    thanks in advance for any help!
     
  2. Dave Lister

    Dave Lister Minimodder

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    I've been very happy with my MSI GTX 970 but it is a custom board and i'm not sure what water blocks EK have for MSI stuff. If you are limited to cards with a stock pcb i'd probably just go for the cheapest on the market with a reasonable warranty.
     
  3. SuperHans123

    SuperHans123 Multimodder

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    evga all the way
     
  4. Jasio

    Jasio Made in Canada

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    ^ This. Great warranty, service, and the only folks who let you remove the cooler to mount a water block without voiding the warranty (assuming you remount the factory cooler before RMA).
     
  5. Kehoe

    Kehoe Minimodder

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    This week on OCUK the artic storm is on offer and this was the card that originally set me off wanting a new GPU, its a very marmite card love/hate, it go with the theme i'm looking at & ive not got to mess with the gpu at all and it saves me £50 is....

    Never been good at decisions lol
     
  6. Otis1337

    Otis1337 aka - Ripp3r

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    Just avoid XFX... all the rest are fine, just different warranties.
     
  7. trig

    trig god's little mistake

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    Evga, then msi...ive had great luck with them, but evga first choice, as explained above
     
  8. RedFlames

    RedFlames ...is not a Belgian football team

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    Anything but MSI imo...
     

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