Features - QOTW: Which graphics card partner do you trust the most?

[Stubo]

Gigabyte and Asus for Nvidia cards, Sapphire for AMD. Great cool and quiet coolers, never had any problems!

[ilh]

Not really thought about loyalty or why I go with them but I buy XFX. I definitely would never get a PNY though after the Ti4200 farce, even if they have sorted themselves out in the last 10 years.

[Jimbo75]

Haven't had an Nvidia card since my 8800GT, which was a BFG. I never had any problems with them, sadly gone now though.

For AMD cards I prefer HIS for their coolers but I've never had any problems with any of the partners.

[krsboss]

...as an NVidia fanboy, I cannot comment, or be trusted to comment on any AMD partner cards, however as far as NVidia;

I've owned GTX 470s, 480s 580s & 680s manufactured by Zotac, Inno3D, ASUS, Gigabyte & EVGA (in no particular order). Though I have had no issues with any of the cards, I was absolutely drooling at the prospect of owning an EVGA (which have not been easily available in Australia for me until recently)...and I was not disappointed!!!

The software bundle, presentation & packaging feels suitably premium to justify the additional cost they seem to attract...also, as an avid watercooler, it's nice to be able to get cards with a special made water block (which can either be bought separately or pre-installed...assuming you can find one!)!

[Onkston]

I've only owned 2 cards so far, the first was an XFX 8800GTX, which died well out of warranty after about 5 years. The card I have now is EVGA, which I mainly chose for the warranty, as I need my computer to last as long as possible. But a small charge for a 10 year warranty seems pretty decent.
I would definitely recommend EVGA if going green. Not just for the warranty, but everything else too

[petrucius]

I had a few Sapphire cards in the past 5-6 years (from HD 3000 to day) and never had a problem so they are my favorite.
Also one Diamond Multimedia 5870, it was great too.

I also had a lot of Asus and GByte hardware but never had video card. But I trust their brands to.

[petrucius]

Double post. I'm sorry.

[Biscuit]

It's not so much who do I trust, more who don't i trust.... XFX

[aidanjt]

EVGA. I was also very impressed with my old BFG 8800 GTS. As I understand it, it's still churning away in a friend's computer. If they were still in business I would have went with them over EVGA, but I'm still very happy with my GTX 460 in hindsight.

[Tattysnuc]

Most graphics cards are reference - I thought that this meant that they were physically manufactured by NVidia, but re-badged by partners. Is that not correct?

[brasco]

Trust most apart from XFX, had problems with both a 6600GT and HD5850, but I'm quite forgiving so I'd probably go back to them or MSI if I can go ATI again.

I go with EVGA now, purely for the step-up program and decent enough warranties. I don't think they're significantly better than the rest, just quite like their general ethos.

[lkarunan]

Never had any specific problems. Therefore I tend to go by reviews and price, when I'm buying.

[iiee]

Asus and msi for Nvidia, Asus Msi and sapphire for ati. The Others are ok by and large but those three are the best imo.

[anselhelm]

Definitely Sapphire. Their cards are usually extra quiet and run cool. That said, I wouldn't ignore other brands by any means, but where I can afford a quieter card from Sapphire, I would. Not that I've encountered much that my modified 6950 can't handle yet at 1920x1200. Then again, the games I play don't tend to be bleeding-edge DX11 FPS games.

[Lithuanian]

During my whole life the only ones I had were MSI AMDs, everything seems to be fine to today.

[SmurfRageQuit]

My fav is EVGA i also like MSI & ASUS but i had a little problem with asus Graphic card but was solve at the end i only had 1 problem with GPU well sometimes update problems but that is not the hardware so i like this 3 100% now its been 5 years i guess, EVGA 60% / MSI 20% or ASUS 20%.