Palit V Gainward

[Willasap43]

Looking to buy a GTX 590 For my next build, don't know which manufacturer to use: Palit or Gainward?

Thanks for your comments and input!

 

[tlmck]

Never used Gainward, but have used a couple of Palit cards in the past with no trouble. I know Tom's used to use Gainward in some of their builds, but not recently that I have seen.

Are there other brands available? Like Zotac, MSI, EVGA, XFX,.. EVGA and MSI are generally the best and the other 3 are acceptable.

 

[Willasap43]

Nope, unfortunately were i live in Australia there inst much choice, there is a gigabyte GTX 590 but its $100 more then the other 2

 

[tlmck]

I think some of us Texas geeks need to come down there and smack around the Aussie computer suppliers. Yours is the 4th or 5th recent post where selection was limited. I mean it's not like you guys are that far from Taiwan where much of this stuff ships from. Jeesh!

Gigabyte is not much better that the two you mentioned. Likely it is the dual fan model which costs extra. It is OK, but sort of a cheap copy of the MSI Twin Frozr cards that are all the rage.

Don't know what prices you've been getting, but the Zotac here seems reasonable compared to the others. http://www.mwave.com.au/search.asp?CartID=mAU@N5GBZNO3MPYWLUCCU19S6S8L3LTP2Q5U263CNX33BQN78V&search=gtx%20590&cateID=4205

This place also seems to have some decent prices. http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=193_1203

 

[Willasap43]

Im going to get it from here : http://www.netplus.com.au/product/VDGFGTX590-04/GeForce_GTX590_3Gb_DDR5_PCI-E_2.0_GF_GTX_590_Nvidia_Palit_Inno_3D_Gainward

 

[tlmck]

That ought to work The two Palit cards I had in the best were well made.

 

[lothdk]

I have been running a Gainward GTX 570 for some time now, and have been happy with my purchase, it runs cool and relatively quiet under load.

Palit is the parent company of Gainward.

 

[tlmck]

I have been running a Gainward GTX 570 for some time now, and have been happy with my purchase, it runs cool and relatively quiet under load.

Palit is the parent company of Gainward.

I knew there was something about that name. I do not think they sell Gainward in the US as I do not recall ever seeing one. I know they are popular in the UK.