ASUS, MSI, EVGA, Gigabyte...etc

[Skunkwourk]

I used to buy Leadtek exclusively whenever I got an nvidia card, but for ATI cards I never stuck to just one brand.

These days I don't really care anymore. I base my purchases of cooling and noise.

 

[Rhezuss]

Monday is the day i'll have a short night sleep...

 

[Rhezuss]

Ok, I think Life is laughing at me right now.

I was supposed to receive the card last friday but it got to the dispatch 30 minutes too late.
It was scheduled for yesterday but a damn snow storm (over 20 inches of snow) raged here so no delivery.
I hope it gets here today...if not I don't know what will happen...

 

[artvscommerce]

My vote goes to MSI for their twin frozr cooling. EVGA is great but I didn't have the greatest experience with their RMA process.

 

[Rhezuss]

Just installed my ASUS GTX 560 Ti (non TOP) at 830/1660/4000 with the 267.26 beta drivers.

I overclocked it at 900/1800/4200, like the TOP edition.

Nice card I must say! Rift look A LOT better now with everything cranked up. All games are smoother probably due to much higher min framerates.

The only thing is that I still have the weird transparency effect/issue in Two Worlds 2, Drakensang and Rift.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2145487

Anyways, i'm still impressed with the performance of this card. Silent, fast, OC room (could get even more out of it).

 

[Arkadrel]

@Rhezuss

So you bought a Nvidia card, because you thought the amd one you had, was to blame for the "transparency" issues you had? Then you get a 560 ti and its still there?

Atleast you got faster fps out of it though

How is Rift? I used to play wow,ffxi,... but then dropped ffxi, to try FFXIV... which was kinda crappy... so... I need a new mmo to play. I wish guildwars 2 was closer to release than it is /sigh.

I saw some of the youtube beta vids.. and it looked decent.

 

[Slugbait]

I base my purchases of cooling and noise.

This, + cost. I've had a two or three eVGA cards, two Compro cards, a Leadtek, an XFX, a 3dfx, three different Matrox, and one or two others. I inherited two or three ATi cards, but never installed them. Don't think I ever bought an Intel card.

Last night I ordered my first Gigabyte card. Not too many companies left, i suppose...

 

[Rhezuss]

I OCed the card a bit more from 822/1000 to 950/1100 on stock voltage.
Tested it a bit and the temps don't go over 60 in games.

Quite happy with the card!