GTX 770 Gigabyte or EVGA?

[Genesius]

So I need to choose a 770,

its going to be water cooled. I have used EVGA and their customer support is great so I was going to go with the EVGA GTX770 Superclocked, but I have just seen the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC which seems to have a higher OC and is a little cheaper.

Having never dealt with gigabyte id like to know your opinions.

Thanks

 

[antihero]

Gigabyte is fine, they're not any worse than EVGA. It's relatively pointless to buy a card with a custom cooler though if you're planning on watercooling it anyway.

 

[NeverBackDown]

I would find out if both are reference PCBs before a purchase. I'm pretty sure they both are but worth double checking. What i would do is find the highest clocked card out of the box with a reference pcb and buy that one when it comes to watercooling.

 

[Vlada011]

I will never buy some card where manufacturer don't support remove cooler, change grace, waterblock,... Example I have GIGABYTE card now I would replace paste 3 times for now but this is not EVGA and I can't. 770 and 780 is stupid looking for any stock cards if you think to stay on air cooling. Because they have lot space for OC.
But that's me I don't like to use first 780 or first 770 or cheapest possible.
I hate cheap design and cheap plastic on cards and I'm always ready to pay more for 8+8 pin and nice looking card. But from now I want option to change grace and to clean card inside under warranty because I know hot that is important afer one year of use. Special with expensive, strong cards if you can use them after 18 months on max settings. Than you see what you pay. In first 6 months everything is new and nice. GIGABYTE is famous for cheap plastic not better than on 15e toys.
Only if option is EVGA basic silver model than forget better windforce, not worth at all in 700 series.
That can destroy you OC complately, special 780 stock model.

EVGA 770 SC with ACX cooler + free backplate is best option.
Off course better is EVGA 770 4GB SC ACX but she is 30-40$ more.

 

[Genesius]

Its the gigabyte then, I wont be able to fit the gpu block into the budget now, that will have to be a future upgrade, for now its going to be on air so I think the windforce would be best and it has a slightly faster boost clock.

 

[Vlada011]

People say windforce is good cooling. I didn't compare now what is better Lightening, DCII, Windforce or ACX because for me like I say 780 or 770 or Titan mean nothing.
Card must to be just like I love and I want full support of everything. If I need every 6 months to clean dust I want to put card in front me and easy to clean, but OK for me is and something other things are important and that is necessary 8+8 pin, more phase than standard, backplate, without visible heatpipes. I mean if persist some with 8+8+6 pin OK that is even better.
I remember example... I compare that because I see same models from different brand,
my card Eyefinity 5870 is GIGABYTE, I saw ASUS model. ASUS model is 100% 20$ more expensive for production, better plastic, it's not sticker, sign is from metal, simple finest work, same card, probably is inside same but GIGABYTE save money on some details. OK I pay that when I was on AMD, now on NVIDIA near Classified, I would rather throw money on street than do that.

 

[antihero]

Umm.. suuure. You do realize all reference cards are made from the same materials, right? Your point about warranty is also invalid because Gigabyte also covers water blocks (or any kind of third party cooler) in their warranty. Frankly it makes no sense to pay more for a reference card from a specific brand cause they're all identical. Ultimately what it comes down to is warranty. It seems to me like you've had a bad experience with a Gigabyte product in the past and are now making untrue accusations.

 

[Genesius]

I've ordered the gigabyte. It clocks higher as standard, it was £20 cheaper than the EVGA and hopefully their customer service is ok

When I get one for my own rig ill probably choose the EVGA, just because I like it.

 

[s3ns3]

gigabyte ofc