What is the best GPU manufacturer?

[Dr. Dro]

That will be ASUS, now that EVGA is out of the game. Prepare to pay for a very hefty premium fee, though. Galax/KFA2 comes at a close second; provided you're buying their super premium lineup (Hall of Fame/OC Lab). Then right next I would give the honor to Sapphire, shame they only make Radeon GPUs.

If money is no object, buy a ROG Strix GPU. They're basically unmatched in build quality this generation. If you truly have a mountain of cash to burn through - ROG Matrix Platinum 4090. Best and fastest, but it costs the price of about two "normal" 4090s.

 

[Athlonite]

I used to be a Sapphire fan for AMD GPU's from HD2600XT cards onwards but when an Powercolor Red Devil RX7800XT came up for a lot less money (and less problems from all the scuttle butt) I couldn't say no and so far I don't regret it it runs bloody great

 

[Ruru]

That will be ASUS, now that EVGA is out of the game. Prepare to pay for a very hefty premium fee, though. Galax/KFA2 comes at a close second; provided you're buying their super premium lineup (Hall of Fame/OC Lab). Then right next I would give the honor to Sapphire, shame they only make Radeon GPUs.

If money is no object, buy a ROG Strix GPU. They're basically unmatched in build quality this generation. If you truly have a mountain of cash to burn through - ROG Matrix Platinum 4090. Best and fastest, but it costs the price of about two "normal" 4090s.

TUF lineup has also improved a hella lot since their first cards.

Sucks that EVGA didn't do what XFX did and started making Radeons.

 

[inquisitor1]

the one that has the least rma

I think evga was.

yes, im so pissed at nvidia for what they did to EVGA. I wont ever forget or forgive them. they really were the best. always a step above others. the look the feel the quality the specs,

evga had a premium feel to what they did. their motherboards were unique.

ive only ever purchased evga for years. first was 775 socket overclocked q6600 to 3.7 stable all day.

TUF lineup has also improved a hella lot since their first cards.

Sucks that EVGA didn't do what XFX did and started making Radeons.

agree. they should have stuck it to nvidia. I had tons of evga products.

 

[Ruru]

agree. they should have stuck it to nvidia. I had tons of evga products.

Well, but... after they said goodbye to Emperor Leather Jacket I, they should've started producing Radeons

 

[inquisitor1]

Well, but... after they said goodbye to Emperor Leather Jacket I, they should've started producing Radeons

HAHAHAHAHA!!!! he looks so retarded trying to look cool. he looks so uncool.

they should have immediately started doing that. I wish. they were my favorite. I saw a video saying they work for different companies now. they could get financial support if they decided to do it though

 

[Knight47]

I would like to know too, from what I gathered when looking at 7900 and 4070 cards is that Powercolor, Xfx, Asus, Palit have paste issues. Gigabyte, Gainward, Zotac have noisy fans, but I heard Evga fans weren't the best either.

So there's not many left: Sapphire, Pny, Inno3D and overpriced MSI.

 

[Dr. Dro]

yes, im so pissed at nvidia for what they did to EVGA. I wont ever forget or forgive them. they really were the best. always a step above others. the look the feel the quality the specs,

Nvidia did not do anything to EVGA that it doesn't do to any other AIB. The EVGA CEO is fully responsible for how he ran his company.

 

[mtosev]

I trust Asus the most.

 

[AsRock]

the one that has the least rma

I think evga was.

Thing is a RMA could be due many factors out of the control of the manufacture or even how many are actually sold, i be much more interested in company's with the best policy's and RMA record.

 

[kapone32]

Nvidia did not do anything to EVGA that it doesn't do to any other AIB. The EVGA CEO is fully responsible for how he ran his company.

Wow what a comment. Explain why the Founders edition was released directly from Nvidia? You could also explain the margins that Nvidia adopted for their partners?

 

[Dr. Dro]

Wow what a comment. Explain why the Founders edition was released directly from Nvidia? You could also explain the margins that Nvidia adopted for their partners?

There's no "what a comment", this is the truth. EVGA mismanaged every single one of their businesses, from peripherals and audio to power supplies and graphics cards, and that reason it is going under is of its own making as a corporation. Anyone who thinks otherwise is utterly delusional and trying to cope with the harsh reality. The reason NVIDIA FE cards exist is the exact same reason AMD MBA or Intel LE cards exist. They serve the same purpose - a first-party product to be sold by the GPU vendor itself, setting a benchmark of what to expect for that given model.

Nvidia has never overcharged EVGA for their GPU kits to favor itself or other manufacturers. That's a slanderous claim and it doesn't line up with what their CEO himself said - the complaint was that they couldn't compete with the margins that they were earning, and rightfully so - mismanaged companies tend to go under when other companies work smarter than they do. If EVGA had been slighted even for one second you better believe there would be a bitter legal fight + they would have switched to building Radeon GPUs, regardless of their quality.

We all liked EVGA in their prime. They were good to us - and perhaps they were TOO good to us. However none of that changes the fact that their CEO simply gave up and moved on. The true reason, only he will ever know.

 

[freeagent]

I have had cards from most of the big players, past and present. Only had a problem with an XFX 295, and 580 Matrix Platinum, XFX sent me a new 295, and Asus repaired my 580.

 

[kapone32]

There's no "what a comment", this is the truth. EVGA mismanaged every single one of their businesses, from peripherals and audio to power supplies and graphics cards, and that reason it is going under is of its own making as a corporation. Anyone who thinks otherwise is utterly delusional and trying to cope with the harsh reality. The reason NVIDIA FE cards exist is the exact same reason AMD MBA or Intel LE cards exist. They serve the same purpose - a first-party product to be sold by the GPU vendor itself, setting a benchmark of what to expect for that given model.

Nvidia has never overcharged EVGA for their GPU kits to favor itself or other manufacturers. That's a slanderous claim and it doesn't line up with what their CEO himself said - the complaint was that they couldn't compete with the margins that they were earning, and rightfully so - mismanaged companies tend to go under when other companies work smarter than they do. If EVGA had been slighted even for one second you better believe there would be a bitter legal fight + they would have switched to building Radeon GPUs, regardless of their quality.

We all liked EVGA in their prime. They were good to us - and perhaps they were TOO good to us. However none of that changes the fact that their CEO simply gave up and moved on. The true reason, only he will ever know.

Do you have any idea how misguided this comment is "the complaint was that they couldn't compete with the margins that they were earning, and rightfully so". Who set those margins? Why did every vendor price their cards higher than the FE cards? I guess they are all mismanaged. As far as how good EVGA was is based on facts and not hyperbole. There is no doubt that EVGA dominated the GPU market as where I live they had commercials on Cable Tv. Indeed EVGA was just as popular as Intel at one point as most people used EVGA and yes the warranty service and pleasure of dealing with Customer service were 2 reasons that they were so popular once you owned one. In regards to this thread EVGA at one point made the best cards hands down in terms of build quality.

 

[Dr. Dro]

Do you have any idea how misguided this comment is "the complaint was that they couldn't compete with the margins that they were earning, and rightfully so". Who set those margins? Why did every vendor price their cards higher than the FE cards? I guess they are all mismanaged. As far as how good EVGA was is based on facts and not hyperbole. There is no doubt that EVGA dominated the GPU market as where I live they had commercials on Cable Tv. Indeed EVGA was just as popular as Intel at one point as most people used EVGA and yes the warranty service and pleasure of dealing with Customer service were 2 reasons that they were so popular once you owned one. In regards to this thread EVGA at one point made the best cards hands down in terms of build quality.

You're one to talk when it comes to misguided. I never said their products or customer service were bad. In fact, they were spotless, and that's why we miss them. I was - and am - especially fond of the NU Audio. Towards the end, it's undeniable they were already slipping out, though. They gave up on their audio business, stopped releasing new peripherals, flooded the market with dogshit power supplies that were backed only by their word and "world-class RMA", dropped the ball on their graphics cards' assembly quality... Remember the 3080s and 3090s that were dying left and right due to manufacturing issues? That became the "New World" problem back then. It was not an Nvidia problem nor an Amazon Games problem, it was literally EVGA's fault.

FE cards are not the cheapest and they are not available worldwide either. The whole ordeal with EVGA was just a huge pity party. That's all it ever was. They did many things right - and throughout their existence, more things right than wrong. But the end was just pitiful, and the higher-ups practically just gave up. There's no blame in NVIDIA here other than they metaphorically asked Jensen for a handout and he said no. Competition? Against MY company? Oh no!

 

[Knight47]

EVGA mismanaged every single one of their businesses, from peripherals and audio to power supplies and graphics cards, and that reason it is going under is of its own making as a corporation.

I think JG said on the cultist network that they outsource manufacturing for their stuff, they don't make their videocards like Asus or Msi. But everything became too expensive after Covid and Evga can't make much profit sonce the 3rd party charges too much, not just nvidia.

 

[Dr. Dro]

I think JG said on the cultist network that they outsource manufacturing for their stuff, they don't make their videocards like Asus or Msi. But everything became too expensive after Covid and the can't make much profit sonce the 3rd party charges too much, not just nvidis.

Yet all other AIBs survived - and thrived. Covid happened during EVGA's final years and there was both a mining bubble going on at the time plus extreme demand in the consumer segments because everyone was home. GPUs became extremely expensive for everyone and they still managed to sell out.

Like I said, the business was mismanaged. EVGA was a huge brand. So many options...

 

[yfn_ratchet]

I think there's brands that stand out when it comes to well-made/well-cooled/good-looking cards, but overall it's all just kind of... aggressively average now. Everyone has settled into what works. Except for Acer, I struggle to name a brand that's really going off the deep end with card/cooler designs. There's no Fury X stock 120mm rad, no awkward half-n-half design (mostly), no stupid single-axial on a card that fits two. In terms of cost optimization, best practices, all of it... it's been done.

I'm a diehard Sapphire fanboy, but that's mostly because their cards have been consistenty above average for their price range. Doesn't mean I don't cast my eyes elsewhere when I catch the scent of a sale.

 

[AusWolf]

Call me a heretic, but I don't think EVGA cards were really that special. I liked them because the Black and SC/XC series were basic, hassle-free plug-and-play options for people who don't like overspending on bling (like myself). But they weren't so much better than an ASUS Dual, for example. They didn't cost an arm and leg, they were assembled properly, and they worked (mostly), which is what I've always wanted. I chose EVGA for the same reason I'd choose a Sapphire Pulse, for example. It's not special, not flashy, just OK.

 

[Onasi]

Call me a heretic, but I don't think EVGA cards were really that special.

I agree. They weren’t. The reason people loved them is that said people were in their region of excellent customer service. Where this wasn’t a thing they were “just another AIB vendor”, and not the most impressive one. Sure, they had some pretty good PSUs and MoBos, and, as @Dr. Dro mentioned, their sound card line was damn good (until they just stopped supporting it), but overall? They had slip ups before, like when certain Pascal models ran hotter than expected and they had to issue a BIOS with more aggressive fan ramp to address that. Think I still have my DM discussion with @Princess Garnet when she (he? Don’t want to assume) was looking for said BIOS for their card that was plugged in as a temp solution. It was actually hell to find since EVGA itself just decided not to provide an obvious page on their site and I found them on a Guru3D article about the issue with direct links to EVGAs CDN. It’s a mess.

tl:dr EVGA made some good stuff, some not so good stuff, had great CS, but unless you were in their region they weren’t anything really truly special. But for those that have been - they were.

 

[Zazigalka]

I get whatever these days that's cheap and not too noisy, I tend to upgrade every generation so whatever lasts me 2-3 years is good to go. If I could get a premium, I would take MSI Suprim, they look quite well built. TUF is great, but I've seen too many paste pumpout issues reported to take a chance.

 

[dzdesigner]

It was EVGA for Nvidia and Sapphire for AMD and I can tell you that Asus is the worst, they never provide a cooling solution for the memory chips

 

[ARF]

It was EVGA for Nvidia and Sapphire for AMD and I can tell you that Asus is the worst, they never provide a cooling solution for the memory chips

Well, yes, and EVGA in general is much more successful than Sapphire, despite the latter being nice.
I can tell that Gigabyte's and ASRock's cards for AMD are decent, too.

 

[Lost_Troll]

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.

Well, if you go way back in time. Matrox, Number Nine, Dimond and Sound Blaster made really good video cards with different chip sets. Then in mid years, you had EVGA, BFG, Sapphire and Sparkel (Yes Sparkel did make some nice Nvidia video cards).

Today, I would have to say that Sapphire, ASRock and Gigabyte make good video cards. EVG did make a great video card as well, but I now consider them to be a defunct company.

 

[SL2]

I had a Zotac card years ago, and I found out way too late that I should have registered the card on their site within a limited time frame after purchase in order to get the full warranty.

Is that still a thing?