Opinions of BFG Video Cards...

[orbster556]

I was going to be purchasing an EVGA 7800GTX until I decided that I might be better off purchasing a 7800GTX 512. I understand that currently the performance gain is neglible but I am assuming that over the course of a year or two the differnce will become noticable. On newegg, EVGA dosn't have a 512 offering yet, so I was going to pick up a BFG when newegg recieves them. Thus, my question is BFG a quality card maker?

PS: If on the chance I stick with the EVGA 7800GTX 256, I have basically the same question above...Does EVGA make good products?

Thanks in advance...

 

[Cheesetogo]

BFG is one of the best video card makers. I'd go with the 7800gts in sli though. Better performance, but cheaper and in stock.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

Both companies make good products. BFG usually offers a lifetime warranty. Evga may be doing the same now. It's at least a 2 year warranty, that's what I got with my 6800GT.

 

[Wentelteefje]

Those are two companies you can rely on... They both offer standard overclocked samples which are of high quality... My guess is you're meaning the one with the 470/1200MHz clocks... It's probably very good, and features a nice cooling system too...

But if you fancy something else that's insanely powerful and carries 512MB for less than the price of a BFG 7800GTX 512MB, pick yourself an OEM ATI Radeon X1800XT...

EDIT: Care for a bundle? The Retail MSI version costs $ 30 more, and has CMcR Rally 2005 on board... That's a nice showoff for such a card... 😉

 

[win32asmguy]

I bought the BFG 7800GT at CompUSA last week and it has been a great card. I have read some reports of people having cards that artifact out of the box, but mine worked fine. Although the only reason I went with BFG was because it was the cheapest way for me to buy a 7800 series card in a store (@319.99 after a rebate)

My friend has been using an evga 6800GT for the past year or so. I think he even overclocks it too, so it certainly would be a stable brand of card if it can last this long.

 

[Wolfshanze]

BFG is actually one of the BEST video card companies on the market... they also SPECIALIZE on NVidia cards only. There is no question that they offer a lifetime warranty on their cards (and they will give a NEWER card if your old one gives out and they no longer make the old one).

They also have 24/7 phone support... with real people. Try finding that with just about anybody.

You'll have nothing to worry about with BFG... I used to jump all around with differant card manufacturers until BFG came around... my last three cards have all been BFG... all three are still being used in my three desktop systems.

 

[KayKay]

My last couple of cards were

BFG 6600GT OC
eVGA 6800 GT
and
3D Fuzion 7800 GT

3D Fuzion being the value line of BFG, and i think all cards have been great. Excellent cooling, low noise, excellent overclocking and very stable.

eVGA and BFG are two of nvidia's closest partners, closer than brands like MSI and ASUS and stuff.

 

[Spike]

I am a pretty big fan of BFG and the only reasons I did not get a BFG 7800GT was price and warranty. My 6800GT is a BFG and besides one REALLY loud HSF it has been an awesome card. There warranty is great (though I voided it immediatly by overclocking the card) and the card is very stable with a huge overclock.

Now the tables have turned (IMO) to eVGA for the best nVidia cards out there. They have always had great quality but now with a lifetime warranty that covers overclocking as well (only thing that voids the warranty is physical damage to the card) they are a better choice. Plus in the 7800GT market they offer a 470/1100 clocked card for cheaper (at least at the time) than the BFG card at 450/1050 (I think that is the BFG specs).

The point is, you really can't go wrong with a BFG card as their quality is awesome. The same can be said of the eVGA's so in the end it's really the price that matters 🙂

-spike

 

[GreyMittens]

Both cards are good, for me it was bfg or evga and i went bfg simply because at the time it was a tad cheaper then the evga, now the evga is cheaper (go figure) Both offer lifetime warranty.

Flip a coin 🙂

 

[Arcanedeath]

EVGA has a slightly better warrenty but they are both good cards, unless you are going to overclock it doesn't really matter which card you go with.

 

[obeseotron]

Warranty and bundle should basically be your only considerations besides price. Boards from one maker are basically totally identical to another one. The mini-overclocks that some cards come with might seem nice, but the speeds they are overclocked to are generally attainable by 99% of anyone's cards. 460 vs 430 is a 7% overclock for instance, I've been overclocking since before the Abit BH6/Celeron300A, and I've never seen a cpu or gpu that wouldn't easily overclock 10%.