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

[Scribe]

Evga

[hoggson]

XFX I had no problems with, until I upgraded to an R7950 DD Black Ed. One of the fans is failing and Scan.co.uk refuse to say it's got a problem, both companies are now losing my trust.

[clovy]

Gigabyte and MSI, i just trust them..

[deadstoned]

I'd say I trust Nvidia more especially when it comes to drivers and even more when it comes to laptop graphics cards.

[Meowdance]

Only on my first card and it's MSI. I'd definitely use them again, this thing [670 PE] is unstoppable! No problems so far and it plays every game I've thrown at it smooth as hell.

[JSanders]

I'd say I trust Nvidia more especially when it comes to drivers and even more when it comes to laptop graphics cards.

Partner, not vendor. Eg. ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, PowerColor, EVGA, etc.

[MrBozack]

My last cards were Gigabyte, MSI, MSI, XFX and Leadtek Winfast(Foxconn). They were well researched and performed pretty sweet for the time!

I'd personally buy any of them again, with a preference toward Gigabyte then XFX.

[Percy1983]

Not any particular one, mostly trust the bigger names, had a good few sapphire and powercolor cards all with no issues, the cooler on my current gigabyte windforce is epic.

[wasabi]

Been doing PC games since the early 3dfx era and never had a physically faulty discreet graphics card. Having said that if I'm buying new I'll tend to go for Sapphire as they tend to match my tickboxes best (silence).

[GunJob]

Sapphire have never failed me, other than that I'd say Asus and MSI, I have a XFX card but not long enough to say if I'd trust them. Also have an XFX PSU and I'd recommend them to anyone, 4 years old and has never missed a beat.

[ed^chigliak]

Increasingly I do research to find the best air cooler from a silence point of view and skip any GPU generation that runs hot. Also warranty and UK RMA to consider. Prior to this new strategy I mostly went on price for stock cooling designs. So looking back I've had every major brand with almost zero preference. Current card are EVGA GTX670 FTW and Sapphire passive HD7750.

[NitrousX]

Sapphire and Gainward all bin good aftermarket gpu's i've purchased

[crossy]

XFX I had no problems with, until I upgraded to an R7950 DD Black Ed. One of the fans is failing and Scan.co.uk refuse to say it's got a problem, both companies are now losing my trust.

Hmm that's not good news - I got a 7970 DD/Black recently.

If a fan is failing (noisy bearing, stats showing it running slower than the other) then surely you can insist on an RMA. Don't make the mistake, when dealing with support, of saying that "I think", always better to be more assertive - you know you have a problem, it's up to them to prove otherwise. Although maybe this'd be a chance to replace the cooler with something from Arctic Cooling or even go for one of those water-cooling setups?!

As to Scan, that's also bad news, since I'd had them before as my yardstick for 1st class customer support (two incidents in the past, and a more recent one where non-delivery was the issue). That said, I'm wondering if someone else has taken charge since I notice that (a) their prices are no longer as keen as they used to be, and (b) the revised website is just plain awful - sure it's easier to read, but the amount of useful information has been dramatically reduced.

Sorry if this is off topic

[infernowheels]

Still MSi, Twin Frozrs ♥
Sapphire and ASUS are pretty nice too.

[Nelly.]

For me it's all down to warranty. Gigabyte, because they have the quickest RMA turnaround, due to having an RMA centre in Milton Keynes, UK.

Any highlighted in Green are quite reasonable.

Link >> http://forums.hexus.net/graphics-cards/204247-graphics-card-warrantys-lets-see-how-good-they-really-look.html

[cazadorkg]

I don't trust any. My last card was Palit GF 8600 sonic which was performing great during 4 years. My actual card is 2 years old GTS 450 sonic and i wish to upgrade it to Gigabyte HD 7950 as long as my budget will afford. In my country the card like this is 380 bucs with one year warranty.
The average salary is 1 buc per hour that means the card like this is a fortune and how can i trust any if after one year i loose the fortune alike.