GTX 760 - Asus V EVGA

DigitalMC · Aug 28, 2013

Hey guys looking to get a new GFX card to replace my dated GTX 550Ti, tbh i'm pretty new to the whole custom builds scene but have had my eyes on the GTX 760. I've been asking a few of my mates who have custom rigs about what's best but all have mixed reviews and also i've had a look around some of the forums but couldn't really find a definitive answer i wanted.

The two i really wanted to compare was the Asus version of the 760 and the EVGA version. The reason i went for the GTX 760 is because i wanted something future proof at a reasonable price, if anyone has any better alternatives, your opinion is more than welcome

Thanks in advance guys.

A bit of information you guys might find useful about my rig,

AMD (Piledriver) FX-8320 3.50GHz (4.00GHz Turbo)
Corsair DDR3 4GB (possibly going to be swapping out for some Vengence 4x2)
PSU - Cooler Master 750w
Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 CO Quiet CPU Cooler
GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) ATX Motherboard
1TB Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 3.5" SATA III Hard Drive - HDD

Also thinking of getting a Corsair H100i

Case - CM Storm Enforcer

jdevers · Aug 28, 2013

ASUS for motherboard. EVGA for GPU. EVGA has the best warranty, support, and customer service. I've owned 8 of their cards, and never had an issue except on a GTX 275, which they quickly RMAd. Are ASUS cards bad? No. You'll probably not have any issues no matter which you choose. But you do get Splinter Cell Blacklist free with the EVGA.

This is the one I'd get:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130934

JackNaylorPE · Aug 28, 2013

Over the 5xx & 6xx series Asus cards have consistently been the highest performers while managing to be the quietest....their factory overclocked cards, as with Gigabyte and MSI use custom PCBs with beefed up VRMs. For whatever reason, Asus "outta the box" clock rates are lower than the competition from Gigabyte and MSI with the 700 series..... and yet they OC manually to the same or higher levels.....can't figure. EVGA has several lines of cards so ya can't make generalizations.

Their Classified line has been very good and their FTW series has been mostly good .... their SC series cards should be avoided however. While everybody puts a better cooler on their factory OCd cards, the competition from MSI, Asus and Gigabyte use custom PCBs with beefed up VRMs to handle the extra load form both the factory OC as well as whatever you are going to do to it. EVGA is unique to my knowledge among the major vendors in using the reference VRM and PCB.

As for the vaunted EVGA customer service .... I went thru 20 support calls over 18 months and 5 RMAs with a factory overclocked FTW series card. They blamed memory, MoBo, PSU and everything else till I finally put in two factory overclocked Asus cards ....overclocked them to 30% above reference speeds and they ran fine. they finally sent a next generation card "at stock speeds" as a replacement.

17seconds · Aug 28, 2013

Asus. The DirectCU card uses custom upgraded components on the PCB and the cooler in my research is definitely quieter than the ACX one on the EVGA. EVGA only uses reference components on its PCB.

DigitalMC · Aug 29, 2013

Thanks for the speedy reply guys, really appreciate it

seems like it's swaying towards ASUS then, which i've had no problems with the ASUS cards i've had in the past. A little off topic, but i'm looking at changing my RAM, you guys have any suggestions? 1066, 1333, 1600, 1866 MHz @ 1.5V is what my MoBo can support.

DigitalMC · Aug 29, 2013

byogamingpc :

Saw in your 'Performance build' link on your profile about the Gigabyte GTX 760 WindForce, what would you recommend out of ASUS and Gigabyte?

17seconds · Aug 29, 2013

byogamingpc :

DigitalMC :

Of course, the higher speed is better, but even more important is the CAS Latency. That's the number following the letter "C" in the RAM specs. The lower the better. C9 latency is pretty common and really the highest I would want to go if it's available. The higher the RAM speed, the higher the CAS Latency needs to be for stability. As you go up into the 1866 MHz speeds, C10 and C11 latencies are more common. The best RAM has a high speed AND low latency. So if you can find RAM running at 1866 MHz with C7, C8, or C9 latency, then go for that.

Also, it's best to get two sticks of RAM at higher capacity, rather than four sticks at lower capacity. 8GB of RAM should be the minimum you target, and really all you need these days. So it's better to get 2 x 4GB sticks, rather than 4 x 2GB sticks. Fewer sticks is actually slightly faster and takes up less space inside your case. It also allows for a larger CPU air cooler, if that's what you plan to use. Speaking of CPU coolers and RAM, try to avoid RAM that has tall heat spreaders. They can sometimes get in the way of your CPU cooler. Of course, if you just have two sticks in place, then there is less likelihood of interference with your CPU cooler.

Actually, checking out your Arctic Cooling CPU cooler, since it only has one fan, I don't think you'll run into clearance problems with your RAM either way.

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