Which versions of nVidia cards are best/worst?

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Hello. A quick question that almost surely has been answered, but not in the way i'd want it to be.

So basically, after some time, on nVidia cards, you get the MSI, Asus, Gigabite, and so on versions.
I've read on multiple threads here and there that most people seem to prefer MSI, or EVGA.
But aren't they really really really close to each other? Does buying one or another do any actual difference when you're using the cards? Additionally, are the nvidia versions bad? Or at least the worst?

On a related note, with the new cards that are coming out, should one buy the nVidia version, or should one wait for the Asus/EVGA/so on versions that will come soon?

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TBH, there's no definitive best/worst brand. I've owned PNY 560ti(2x SLI), Gigabyte 640, EVGA SC GTX780, MSI GTX980m(2xSLI), and Gigabyte G1 GTX OC970(2x SLI) series. The g1 970's I have now have the tri fan windforce cooling which helped give some impressive OC even when they came OC'd. The previous EVGA SC780 is still fairly impressive. I also know people who have Zotac and Asus and are happy with them. My reasons for changing were price/performance related and not that one particular brand was the 'best'. I've stayed away from NVidia brand cards only because I never really found consistent proof that the extra money ever justified it.

As far as the new cards go.Wait. From OC editions to the TI's the most impressive ones will be out...
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Previously i had a nVidia GTX 470, overheated a few times, and had a few problems. Now i have a 770 from Asus, which has never given me any problems. This is pretty much my only personal experience. So should i just wait for the Asus GTX 1080 or should i just go ahead and go for a nVidia one? How long do these versions usually take to release?
 
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TBH, there's no definitive best/worst brand. I've owned PNY 560ti(2x SLI), Gigabyte 640, EVGA SC GTX780, MSI GTX980m(2xSLI), and Gigabyte G1 GTX OC970(2x SLI) series. The g1 970's I have now have the tri fan windforce cooling which helped give some impressive OC even when they came OC'd. The previous EVGA SC780 is still fairly impressive. I also know people who have Zotac and Asus and are happy with them. My reasons for changing were price/performance related and not that one particular brand was the 'best'. I've stayed away from NVidia brand cards only because I never really found consistent proof that the extra money ever justified it.

As far as the new cards go.Wait. From OC editions to the TI's the most impressive ones will be out towards the end of the summer or fall. If your only wanting minor performance increase over a 980ti/Titan X then now is o.k.

I have noticed that Gigabyte and EVGA come out swinging the hardest when it comes to OC/SC editions(some where over 140mhz over the reference with more available to OC) while others may name their cards as gaming or OC but have lesser speeds or their speeds are really close(barely 50-100 mhz) but cost a lot more. Don't buy into the hype a brand says or people theorize about the cooling solution. You can have a great chip but the cooling solution causes endless grief under load(crashes/artifacts).

Look at real world reviews/benchmarks. For every generation, though, you really need to just compare specs and read the reviews. A brand can totally rock one model, then drop the ball on the next. They sometimes will change something in the production as time goes on. Sometimes it gets better, sometimes worse. Again, don't buy the hype, do the research.

I imagine this is for a gaming PC. There's a lot of factors that can affect GPU performance and what works great for one person may not be the same for you. When checking the reviews try to keep track of what kind of rig these GPU's are being run in.
 
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Thank you both for the answer. It is indeed for a gaming rig, but not a GAMING rig. More like casually good machine for different things, although mostly gaming. My current setup is old, and will upgrade to an OC'd i5 6600k, along with a new Z170 motherboard and new RAM, since i have an old P6T SE motherboard, which won't fit anything new.

I'm going ahead and not wait for the version. I don't need that much of a difference, and if i do need it i'll just OC it later, and i currently have a buyer for my 770, so it'll justify the price if it's more expensive.
Again, thank you for the help.
 
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Glad to help. It sounds like you're on your way to a pretty solid new machine.

I'm waiting but only because my other monitor is a LG MU97 31' Cinema 4k and from the 980m's to the 970's neither can really hold 60fps with all settings maxed. The 980m's have 8gb but slower clocks while the 970's have 3.5-4gb but are much faster. Watching them both struggle for 30-50fps(2015-16 games) tells me that the current 1080's will help but as texture/shading packs get bigger even they will have issues for 4k/60fps. Although I was impressed to see the new generations have display port 1.4 and hdmi 2.0b.
 
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