Does it matter whether its zotac, evga or asus?

[Kikka]

When buying a video card, does it matter who the manufacturer is? For example in nvidias case zotac, evga or asus.

Thanks!

 

[FuryRosewood]

if you want a strong warranty, EVGA, if you want good tech support and a decent warranty, ASUS, thats as far as id go...zotac...thats up to you, i perfer asus myself.

 

[johnb35]

Asus or EVGA. Wouldn't even think about buying the zotac.

 

[StrangleHold]

Like said above. The EVGA or Asus, or even Gigabyte and MSI.

 

[Kikka]

Wouldn't even think about buying the zotac.

Why? Whats wrong with it? Here in Finland it has two year warranty compared to asus' three year warranty.

 

[johnb35]

To me, its a generic brand and hasn't been out as long as the other name brands.

 

[StrangleHold]

Plus its a Chinese owned company.

 

[BassAddict]

Companies use different kinds of heatsinks on the core processor and RAM (some don't even use heatsinks on the RAM). And, some companies, for ex: XFX, redesign the PCB board to their liking. You will find you have better temps from from manufacturer to another. However, the warranty is a deciding factor for some people.

Personally, I don't care bout the warranty, because if the card fails in a year or 3, I would rather buy new technology.

 

[jonnyp11]

which i don't remeber if it's xfx or evga, but there limited lifetime covers the value of the card at launch for a modern card, ie., a guy came here for a 8800gt issue, and said they were going to let him get a card worth like 5-600 in the gtx500 or hd6000 series, so i think the warranty does matter BassAdict.