what's better Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X of XFX ?

[Anaas]

I'm thinking about building a new system and I want to use AMD new Radeon R9 270X. But which is better for gaming and running cool, Gigabytes Radeon R9 270X or XFX Radeon R9 270X ?

[Bishalsarkar90]

Gigabyte is better.. If you can afford ,buy asus one.

[Butuz]

Gigabyte over XFX every day of the week!

Butuz

[Macadee]

Gigabyte if you're UK based.

[RVD]

I've got another opinion sapphire number one in amd

[peterb]

What criteria do you use to define 'best'?

[MrJim]

What criteria do you use to define 'best'?

Indeed.

If you're talking about best performance, it tends to vary between manufacturers & individual cards - many have a factory overclock which tends to push their performance ahead of others. It's probably best to read a few reviews & draw your own conclusions.

In terms of customer service & warranty, Gigabyte are good if you're in the UK, as their cards have a 3 year warranty (XFX is 2 years), and they have a UK centre for RMAs.

In terms of price, XFX are usually cheaper, but then you probably get what you pay for, so take your pick

[Dan the bloke]

In terms of price, XFX are usually cheaper, but then you probably get what you pay for, so take your pick

Thats more than true.
When I had my XFX 6870 (the cheapest one I found) it had the loudest fan Ive ever experienced.
It was even louder than my stock AMD CPU fan.

So yeah, I would definitely recommend paying a bit more, if you want to hear your games over the PC

[DeArmittE]

I think the Gigabyte would be the better option of the two. Previous experience with XFX has shown them to have quite loud fans with not any cooling increase.

[deejayburnout]

If you want a card that you can overclock the nuts out off, get a Asus direct CU2 one.

Out of gigabyte or Xfx I would go for Gigabyte.

When your Xfx card fails (and it will) you will be faster getting the popes wives signature than getting your card fixed. There cards are cheap for a reason.

[loki365]

Gigabyte do some good work overclocking but I would stretch to an Asus if I was choosing a Radeon.

[Lemonade Ninja]

Gigabyte over XFX!

[koyejo]

Definetly gigabyte. currently using 4gb windforce 3x oc version.

[slinger]

Ive never had to deal with XFX's warranty but I've had many XFX cards in the past and they've always performed just as they should. I was running a 7850 Core edition last year until I bought a R9 280X when they got released, both XFX. Touch wood nothing gone wrong yet.
I dont overclock my graphics cards though so maybe thats why I've always been lucky.