Zotac AMP! or EVGA ACX or Other Gtx 780 ??

boyyoyo

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Hey all, i've finally settled on getting a Gtx780. Now i just need some help deciding which one.

Realistically any that are sub $670 is within my budget but I was looking specifically at the Two in the title. The Zotac AMP! and the EVGA ACX 03G-P4-2784-KR

I the price of the Zotac is very appealing (and i feel that it would match my color scheme better than other cards) but I don't know much about them (reliability, cfm, dba, etc).

I too like EVGA as they have, in my past experience, been reliable and have good warrantys.

I'm hoping for a quite-ish system as i'm upgrading from the jet turbine that is the 480.

So those are my thoughts, are one of those my golden ticket or should i look else where for my 780?

Thanks for all the help.
 
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I would say go for EVGA ACX models. Like you said EVGA is a great company for customer service, and their ACX cooler is one of the best.
EVGA screwed us over for 18 months, w/ 20 support calls, 5 RMAs before they gave my son something that worked so I can't vouch for this vaunted customer service. The ACX cooler is a good one, noisier than the Asus one tho. EVGA stock aka "reference" cards are fine and the Classified is great....FTW is OK enough.....SC should be avoided. MSI and Asus I think are best choices......In past I had Asus at top...this time (700 series) thinking MSI. Zotac has highest OC.

The MSI Lightning was due out August 7th....but now its the 28th ..... thatz the one Id get

Tho twin 770s have much better performance at lower cost per frame.