GTX 670 - eVGA or Gigabyte?

[lopri]

Not worth it unless;

- You have a hit/noise problem with the EVGA card which you suspect can be cured by switching to Gigabyte's.
- The cost of switch is little-to-none.
- You plan to sell it in the future and you believe the Gigabyte card will retain more value than the EVGA's.

A 670 is a 670 is a 670. No reason to second-guess your own decision.

 

[rickon66]

I agree that it since you already have the eVGA card it would probably be silly to replace it with a Gigabyte, but Hardware Canuks just tested a Gigabyte and it kicked tail. Of course I'm a Gigabyte fan and am very impressed with my Windforce.

 

[dsc106]

Guys, if I don't have ANYTHING yet, I am debating between the stock eVGA GTX670, the $420 OC'd EVGA 670, or the $400 Gigabyte with fan assembly/OC.

only 4/5 stars for the fanned Gigabyte one, VS 5 for the eVGAs. Anything to that? Which one should I spring for?

 

[Termie]

Guys, if I don't have ANYTHING yet, I am debating between the stock eVGA GTX670, the $420 OC'd EVGA 670, or the $400 Gigabyte with fan assembly/OC.

only 4/5 stars for the fanned Gigabyte one, VS 5 for the eVGAs. Anything to that? Which one should I spring for?

The EVGA FTW has had the fewest problems among users here.

 

[DarkRogue]

I would've gotten the FTW version, except eVGA decided to do the stupid power connector stacking thing, which makes it incompatible with the Accelero, so I had to settle for the basic/short PCB version.

I decided to grab Unigine Heaven Benchmark, since a lot of people recommend it now, and it seems to be much more beastly than OCCT.
Previous settings that seemed fine in OCCT (passed 15-16min) crashed within a minute of Heaven.

Thus far, I've reset everything to redo the overclocking with Heaven, and I'm struggling at +115/0 core/mem .... this is terrible. (Before anyone shoots me for not quoting the right numbers, I'll get them after dinner, have to rush out the door atm.)