i perfer evga to asus, i have seen problems with asus before, but none with evga. Its not that i dont like asus, i have a sabertooth z77 mobo, just like evga for cards. i have an evga 780 ti superclocked with the reference cooler and it is perfectly fine. runs cool, even overclocked from 1125 to 1249. IMO, go with the evga