best brand of nivida? (pny, asylum,...)

[GHOST619]

so many brands... yet whats the difference?
and which one is the best

 

[coolsquirtle]

the bundle that comes with the cards are the difference and sometime some cards are clocked higher

I think the best brand is Gainward

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PROUD OWNER OF THE GEFORCE FX 5900ULTRA <-- I wish this was me
I'd get a nVidia GeForce FX 5900Ultra... if THEY WOULD CHANGE THAT #()#@ HSF

 

[Spitfire_x86]

MSI is the best for nVidia based graphics card

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[jmecor]

also gainward., many of their cards has tv-out or vivo features (mostly found in geforce cards)

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[TTZX]

LeadTek makes awesome nVidia cards.

P4 2.4C @ 3.0GHz 1.525V Stock HSF
Abit IS7 BIOS v1.3 GAT Auto
Corsair XMS 512MB TwinX3200C2 2-3-3-6
GeForce4 Ti4200 AGP8X 128MB
Seagate Barracuda 7220.7 80GB SATA

 

[jmecor]

ok, how about the worst manufacturer (so it won't become confusing).

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[david__t]

PNY are good simply because they are memory manufacturers as well so you can guarantee that their cards will have good DDR memory on board. If you look back at previous benchmark tests you will see that Asus is very often top of the pile both in scores and in prices / packaging.

I think that as a general rule the most expensive card will have the highest score with a slight variance of course. Then as you get cheaper the packaging varies as does the clock speeds and build quality of heatsink / fans etc...

Same as CPUs really - most expensive = most powerful. There are exceptions where some manufacturers charge more for their brand rather than the raw card speed but then there are others that will be cheap and powerful but maybe at the cost of a loud fan (Geforce FX anyone).

4.77MHz to 4.0GHz in 10 years. Imagine the space year 2020

 

[GHOST619]

what about eVGA, and asylum

 

[Phalanx01]

Methinks that MSI is always stuffing their FX packages full of goodies including 3 full games and a bunch of other apps, so I'd say that MSI gives you some quality stuff for your money.

 

[dhlucke]

Gainward was a good brand. Up until the FX5800 Ultra lies that they released (7 db card) I would have recommended them hands down.

Nonetheless, when it comes down to it you just have to buy a card with fast memory and a software bundle that you like. Nowadays the cooling solution is important too.

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