What is the best GPU manufacturer?

[ARF]

It is probably the closest answer to reality: it depends. Build quality and features can vary over time and between tiers.

Matrox.

 

[Ruru]

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58c core/73c hotspot seems pretty damn good to me

Ofc they don't slap a fan on the front and one on the back in between a George Foreman grill in between or take up 4.5 PCI slots, so I can see why that maybe meh cause moreeeee thiccness and size is better

Sucks though that some of them reference coolers were defective :/

 

[Sithaer]

FE cards are top tier, ASUS TUF also very good, but it's hard to go wrong these days.

The biggest problem with FE is that you can't buy them everywhere unless you go through some loops like in my country since they don't sell them here officially, only way I can get one is to wait for them to show up on the second hand market but they are usually quite overpriced. 'some of the older FE cards still hold decent value around here'

TuF yeah I can't say a bad thing about my TuF 3060 Ti's cooler, this cooler is borderline overkill for this card but hey I won't complain about that ofc. 'I did have to repaste it tho, since the factory paste was garbage and it literally turned into dust after a few months'

 

[oxrufiioxo]

The biggest problem with FE is that you can't buy them everywhere unless you go through some loops like in my country since they don't sell them here officially, only way I can get one is to wait for them to show up on the second hand market but they are usually quite overpriced. 'some of the older FE cards still hold decent value around here'

TuF yeah I can't say a bad thing about my TuF 3060 Ti's cooler, this cooler is borderline overkill for this card but hey I won't complain about that ofc. 'I did have to repaste it tho, since the factory paste was garbage and it literally turned into dust after a few months'

The one thing I forgot to mention above is it can also depend on what country you live in....

 

[lilhasselhoffer]

I have horror stories from Gagabyte to Asus, MSI to Zotac, and everywhere between. There is no one company that produces a great card consistently in my opinion...but those who are in the right place at the right time.

Let me qualify. For a long time Asus was expensive but you knew you got something acceptable. That was, until recently when they decided to gouge quality and try to exist on reputation. The result was that people now have trust issues.


Likewise, Gigabyte had some very good mid-level cards a few generations back...but now they're like everyone else. Plow money into silly cooling solutions, charge premium prices for something not designed for it...and call it a day. MSI has been good as a bare bones solution for me...but if they screw up they don't do it half way. Remember those laptop hinges, or the worst of the bad quality cards they make. That's definitely capable of being spicy.


Buy a card based on reviewers you trust, not reputation. No electronics manufacturer is on top forever...

 

[freeagent]

This is my second Zotac. I had a 285 AMP! That was a beast clocker. My Zotac 4070Ti is ok. Has a smallish cooler, fan 3 is annoying after 2100rpm. Seems like it’s a good clocker, runs coolish in my system.. and it was the cheapest of this model last year, killer deal then. Now not so much.. that’s how it goes..

Asus, EVGA, PNY, BFG were all good to me. XFX was too when they replaced the one that died. Can’t really go wrong it seems..

 

[P4-630]

MSI (gaming x/z), Gigabyte (not all), Asus TUF.

 

[ShrimpBrime]

Just an FYI, Zotac is probably the largest video card manufacturer in the world... well the company that owns them. PC Partner owns Zotac and Inno3D and Sapphire outsources their boards to them for production which is why people mistakenly think Zotac and Sapphire are the same company.

What, OE pcb you mean?

 

[dirtyferret]

What, OE pcb you mean?

no that's another supplier. They put the video cards together for their own brands as a board partner and do contract work for brands like Dell and Sapphire.

edit: from an interview with Sapphire CEO K D Au
hope this helps as they are focused more on the front end of the business as opposed to the back end

Interview with Sapphire CEO

Hexus.net has an interview with Sapphire CEO, Mr K D Au. "Sapphire Technologies is ATI's biggest add-in-board (AIB) partner, something which even ATI's CEO, David Orton has said. We often hear about the battles between ATI and NVIDIA but were able to get a massive inside edge by speaking to the...

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HEXUS: What’s the story with PCPartner, how do they fit in to all of this?
KD: When we started this company, we didn't want to have our own factory. Instead we decided to do contract manufacturing, so we worked with PCPartner to that level - now they are a silent partner to Sapphire.

HEXUS: What are long term goals?
KD: Well, to grow the business. As I said earlier I want to go after the multimedia area. We want a brand which sells products. Our success is down to the relationships, people and brand.


Sapphire may be the only company to offer Radeon RX 7800 XT MBA models. PC Partner, a prominent Hong Kong-based conglomerate that makes PC hardware, manufactures graphics cards for Sapphire and AMD. That said, it is not surprising that Sapphire is linked with being the sole vendor to sell Radeon RX 7800 XT MBA GPUs.

Sapphire May Be The Only Brand To Offer Reference RX 7800 XT GPUs

Makers of graphics cards will offer their own designed Radeon RX 7800 XT.

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[cvaldes]

Matrox.

I had a couple of Matrox Millennium cards back in the late 90s. Their 2D performance was superb but their 3D performance was not memorable. It was one of a handful of graphics cards that enjoyed semi-decent driver support in Linux.

Silicon Graphics was the king for a while but their focus was UNIX-based 3D graphics professional workstations not gaming. But the SGI Indy with a mezzanine card was the devkit for the Nintendo 64. I saw someone with one of those, very interesting. The day N64 launched it had better 3D graphics than probably 90% of PCs.

But Matrox's heyday didn't last very long. Other PC-focused companies with better 3D performance (like Nvidia) soon stepped up.

Like I said, the (correct) short answer is "it depends." Not sure if I'd ever pick Matrox as "the best" (the topic of this thread's discussion) even during its moment.

 

[Blaeza]

Whichever one is most reliable for me, so MSi. Sapphire's good too, but I had a card die, so do I put that on them or me? Maybe Powercolor will be amazing?

 

[maxfly]

I judge companies based on how well they deal with problems.
Asus is by far the worst. They will do everything under the sun to weasel their way out of replacing a bad card.
EVGA used to be the best. They would bend over backwards to make things right.
Gigabyte has also been solid when I had issues.
Other than those three I've not had to deal with any other returns or defects.

Knock on wood.

 

[kapone32]

I would have said Sapphire, but my experience with As Rock has been great. not only are the cards smaller but the fans are also quieter.

 

[kurosagi01]

My vote would always tend to be manufacturers that only sell for the respectable side.
So AMD: Sapphire or Powercolor, they were practically equivalent to EVGA in terms of branding before EVGA stopped making GPUs.
Nvidia: Always been a fan of Palit, from memory they mainly use reference PCB but their cooling is definitely a little better than FE, for just a little a bit more.
If EVGA was around it would be between EVGA and Palit.

 

[ShrimpBrime]

I mean to answer the darn question is super difficult!!!

I had an MSI 2600 XT that I swear had been through battle. Great card, OCed well. Gave it to a buddy whom had a leaky cpu block barb dumped water in it while in use and it survived that. It did eventually die, but it was a well beaten card I can admit.

Had a Sapphire 4850 x2 that was the coolest running dual GPU card I've ever have used personally and it clocked decent too. I sold it like a dummy many years ago.

Gigabyte, Asus, PNY, Zotac, OEM.... I think I've had just about used or benched or w/e nearly ever single make out there.

And swear, cannot put a finger on "the best". I had EVGA 980 and still have a 980 ti. Both very decent clockers for sure. Precision X16 man, great OC program.

I cannot say I have a favorite, I guess I've never sat down to really think about all the differences through all these generations.

The ONE gpu I've always had around in a box is actually a PPU, not a GPU. An Ageia Physx card. I've always had one since they came out back in the day. So can't count Ageia in.... but it's an NV feature, so could I?? But from PPU.1 or PPU.2, the second unreleased version was way more powerful.

Right NOW today, MSI 4070 Super. It's a fine card. Runs nice and cool. So for now, I guess it's my favorite card cause it's the fastest I've ever had. Doesn't really matter it's an MSI to me though.

 

[eidairaman1]

This is lounge Material if you ask me.

 

[DirtyDingusMcgee]

As far as build quality and component choice (on average) I would say MSI and Sapphire. That said, I've seen good and bad from every manufacturer at this point. Some stinkers from top brands, and a few gems from the lesser brands.

 

[AusWolf]

ASUS and Sapphire haven't failed me once (yet). EVGA was a good barebones solution back in the days, but they're gone, unfortunately. Although I admit, my 2070 failed prematurely for seemingly no reason.

MSi is a kind of hit and miss for me (some of their cards are great, some are meh), and I'm not a fan of Gigabyte. Other than that, they're all good.

 

[hm1342]

I created this thread just for fun, I'm kind of curious to know and maybe hear your opinions? Some think that Zotac is one of the worst or the worst GPU manufacturer.

My only issue thus far (quality-wise) has been the MSI Ventus/Mech two-fan cards. Seems the fan shroud is easily broken where the screw mounts are for the heat sink area.

 

[eidairaman1]

My only issue thus far (quality-wise) has been the MSI Ventus/Mech two-fan cards. Seems the fan shroud is easily broken where the screw mounts are for the heat sink area.

Bottom rung like Asus Dual is why...

 

[Yraggul666]

PowerColor or Sapphire for AMD and nGreedia EVGA (not anymore ) or MSI and maybe Asus if they don't mount some chip upside down.
Now that EVGA is no longer in the game, MSI and the one where Kingpin went (can't remember the name rn, maybe it's PNY) are my first choices when it comes to nGreedia,
although i hope AMD stays on top of their GPU game and give me 80-90% of xx90 performance and i never have to buy an nGreedia card ever again.
Yeah that's how much i hate and despise nGreedia's "business practices".
I wouldn't touch Gigabutt or Assrock with a 666ft pole, but that's me.

 

[Apocalypsee]

I don't have any preferences, I buy whatever I could afford. But for AMD for me the good ones are Powercolor and Sapphire. I used EVGA 980TI SC+ before that was a great card, and from what I read eVGA was one, if not, the best nvidia partner board. Heard plenty of bad things about Gigabyte low end cards (just search for Gigabyte crack PCB) personally I never used them. Nowadays I just use Chinese manufactured Colorful RTX 2060 Super, the fan is kinda crappy (noisy at high speed and card runs warm at lower speed) but it's adequate for its purpose. Miss older cards like Abit Siluro OTES and HIS IceQ line of cards. Those are great cards with reference PCB + good aftermarket cooler. What will I buy next? Maybe Zotac as their cards is cheaper than other, or if AMD I'll buy Sapphire.

 

[ARF]

I had a couple of Matrox Millennium cards back in the late 90s. Their 2D performance was superb but their 3D performance was not memorable. It was one of a handful of graphics cards that enjoyed semi-decent driver support in Linux.
But Matrox's heyday didn't last very long. Other PC-focused companies with better 3D performance (like Nvidia) soon stepped up.

So unfortunate. But the company is up and running. Why don't they develop new graphics cards again?
We definitely do need this, because the current offerings by Radeons do not provide that level of quality as seen from the Matrox G200?

 

[eidairaman1]

ATi, HIS (back in the day), Sapphire for me.

 

[AusWolf]

So unfortunate. But the company is up and running. Why don't they develop new graphics cards again?

Because it costs money.

We definitely do need this, because the current offerings by Radeons do not provide that level of quality as seen from the Matrox G200?

Are you aware that the G200 is a DirectX 5.0 card from 1998 with one VGA and one DVI output? What level of quality does it provide that current Radeons don't?