Which brand of 7900gt to buy?

[thespeakerbox]

I've seen so many articles on voltmodding these guys, where they are hailed as "ultimate overclockers"

But what brand or exact card performs well? Need suggestions and links perferably. Thanks alot in advance.

 

[Chopstick217]

Both Evga and BFG have lifetime warranty and great customer service.

 

[TubeTote]

I certainly have to agree in the case of eVGA, I have seen from experience that they honor their warrenty. Not so sure about which model is best, though...a little new to the overclocking scene.

 

[KrisC]

I was extremely happy with BFGs return / warrantee. I called them with a 5950 that was making a noise. They promptly gave me an RMA. I had to pay to ship it to them, but I had a brand new 6600GT in my hands in days after they recieved my card.

No questions asked. No proof of purchase. (Which I had regardless) Just politeness and promptness. I will try very hard to put companies products in my future machines.

 

[videopho]

eVGA is my g/c company for life. BFG is however, almost quite as good but it does not offer step-up progarm like eVGA. I just paid $62 differential for a brand new 7900GTX step-up from my old 7800gtx.

 

[zmaster]

xfx with a double lifetime warranty. i have one and love it.

 

[compgeek89]

Gotta be eVGA

- lifetime warranty
- covers OCing
- covers BIOS flashing
- Still covered if you use an aftermarket cooling solution.

- Step Up Program
- Stepped up from SLI 7800 GTs -> 7900 GTs for the price of shipping.

- Best Tech Support/Customer serive
- Never had any tech support center be more helpful

There really is no reason to go elsewhere. BFG cards are a nice premium price over the rest of the cards, eVGA arent.
XFX.... well XF support just cant match eVGA's and warranty does NOT cover OCing.

 

[firewolfsm]

XFX speedbinns and has really cool black PCBs, the green eVGA doesn't look as good if you have a window. I think speedbinning is worth it because my eVGA only clocked to 530 where XFXs can hit 590. On the other hand, eVGA has the step-up program which got me a 7900GT for $5 plus shipping (I had a 7800GT)

 

[compgeek89]

my eVGA 7900GTs have done 600/925... both of them.

 

[nitromullet]

Get one with a good warrantee, eVGA is a good choice. I say this for two reasons:

1) The 7900GT's appear to be a crap shoot... Some are awesome, but there seem to be a few bad ones in the bunch. With a company like eVGA, it's just an inconvenience if you get a bad card though, since they will replace it with no hassle.
2) I'm learning the warrantee lesson the hard way... I recently bought a defective HIS X1900XTX, and their "1 year warrantee" isn't much to speak of... Fisrt of all, they don't actually do their own RMA, I had to RMA my card (after having to find out who it was) to the HIS American distributor for Monarch Computers. They've given me an RMA number and I've sent my card in, and I haven't heard a peep out of them for almost 2 weeks now... If this was an eVGA card, I'd have gotten my replacement a week ago. I will never buy HIS ever again.

...didn't AT used to include customer service/support as part of their product reviews..? Whatever happened to that?

 

[RussianSensation]

See Article summary in my thread here - 7900GT roundup article

 

[Skott]

eVGA

 

[thespeakerbox]

Originally posted by: videopho
eVGA is my g/c company for life. BFG is however, almost quite as good but it does not offer step-up progarm like eVGA. I just paid $62 differential for a brand new 7900GTX step-up from my old 7800gtx.

But if i get a 7900gtx, dont you have to step up within 90 days?

 

[compgeek89]

yes

 

[thespeakerbox]

Do you think evga will come out with a better card in 90 days if i get a 7900gtx?

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: thespeakerbox
Do you think evga will come out with a better card in 90 days if i get a 7900gtx?

Your guess is as good as mine but I do doubt you'll see G80 in the next 90 days. Otherwise your 7900gtx will last at least thru later this year without a worthy step-up.

 

[dman918]

EVGA definitely has my #1 pick, as they have been WONDERFUL with me.
XFX is supposed to be pretty good as well. People have good luck with the cards and the support.

 

[Fallengod]

evga or bfg.

 

[Sunrise089]

evga - step-up, often cheapest, factory overclocked, warrenty covers almost everything, terrific customer service.

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