Hey folks,
I've been meaning to upgrade my GPU for a while now. After some worries regarding airflow inside my case, I settled on getting a rear-exhaust (i.e. reference model).
I've - for some unknown reason - always preferred ASUS, but unfortunately, every outlet I can find doesn't have them in stock, and the order I had placed was pushed back ~1 week (estimated delivery date changed from 20th to 29th).
So, getting a bit impatient after 2-3 weeks of waiting, and now the prospect of waiting another week, I decided to look around after a different outlet.
However, all I can find that are in stock - or a reasonable delivery time - are different manufacturers than ASUS.
Question is, then, other than customer support, are there any notable differences between reference cards dependant on the manufacturer?
More specifically, the other card I can find that's in stock and ready to send, is EVGA GTX 1080 FE, but there's a price difference from that (cheaper) to the ASUS model (more expensive) of ~75$, so it got me thinking whether the price difference is due to component quality, or just branding?
I've been meaning to upgrade my GPU for a while now. After some worries regarding airflow inside my case, I settled on getting a rear-exhaust (i.e. reference model).
I've - for some unknown reason - always preferred ASUS, but unfortunately, every outlet I can find doesn't have them in stock, and the order I had placed was pushed back ~1 week (estimated delivery date changed from 20th to 29th).
So, getting a bit impatient after 2-3 weeks of waiting, and now the prospect of waiting another week, I decided to look around after a different outlet.
However, all I can find that are in stock - or a reasonable delivery time - are different manufacturers than ASUS.
Question is, then, other than customer support, are there any notable differences between reference cards dependant on the manufacturer?
More specifically, the other card I can find that's in stock and ready to send, is EVGA GTX 1080 FE, but there's a price difference from that (cheaper) to the ASUS model (more expensive) of ~75$, so it got me thinking whether the price difference is due to component quality, or just branding?
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