Video Card Vendor Ranking 2016

Video Card Vendor Ranking

  • ASUS

    Votes: 19 19.0%

  • EVGA

    Votes: 46 46.0%

  • Gigabyte

    Votes: 13 13.0%

  • MSI

    Votes: 9 9.0%

  • Palit

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • PNY

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • PowerColor

    Votes: 4 4.0%

  • Sapphire

    Votes: 8 8.0%

  • Sparkle

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • VisionTek

    Votes: 1 1.0%
  • Total voters
    100
  • Poll closed .
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NoxTek said:
WARNING: Random probably not so popular thoughts from me at 3AM....

People rave and rave about EVGA, but to me their customer service isn't anything like it was 10+ years ago - honestly it's not fantastic today in my opinion and there is literally no one-on-one interaction with anyone when doing an RMA like there used to be. And that whole thing about charging for advanced RMA AHEAD of time when you register the card? Absolute stupid nickel and dime bullshit. As I've said in other threads EVGA used to offer this as a courtesy, only requesting a credit card to secure it.

I also think their card designs are uninspired - up until somewhat recently the vast majority of their cards and coolers were bone stock Nvidia reference straight from Flextronics (or whoever Nvidia has stamping out reference cards now). Even the super 'high end' ACX coolers seem entirely bland and uninspired to me. I honestly don't see why people continue to hold them in such high regard except I guess even with the above downfalls their customer service is still better than most others.

For me it was a real toss up between Asus and Zotac.... but since Zotac isn't even in the poll......

Asus because even though we all know their customer service SUUUUCKS the cards are just built so damned well. I've watched the evolution of the DirectCU coolers from way back in the 5 and 6 series cards to the STRIX editions of today and they're just incredibly stout pieces of kit.

Zotac because they really came in over the last few years with a one-two punch - very nice card and cooler designs that stray from reference and look pretty snappy doing it, and pricing that is usually $20 or more below their closest competitors.

I think MSI and Gigabyte are pretty cool too, in fact now that I've had a good look at the Extreme GTX 1080 card I'm awestruck. That cooler is just freaking awesome....
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No ones customer service is like it was 10 years ago. Thats includes vendors, places to eat.. everything.
 
LordVampyre said:
No ones customer service is like it was 10 years ago. Thats includes vendors, places to eat.. everything.
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EVGA because of an RMA that went real smooth. Not EVGA for selling me a card that I had to RMA in 3 weeks. Stock card.

Gigabyte for a 5870 that is still running at my friends house for his kids to play warcraft on. Stock card.

ASUS or MSI for a custom cooler type of card.
 
M76 said:
Rest of the world doesn't deal with ASUS directly for rma.
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That is so true, I've never had to deal with AIB when I had to RMA the component. We deal with the shop who handles the RMA. Depends on the shop but usually I have gotten a new component straight away.

If the shop has gone down, we usually deal with distributor and if that is not available, then we we go to AIB, et least in europe. There are special cases though, mostly for companies which have on-site warranty for the stuff they sell.
 
captaindiptoad said:
Did I say anything about Powercolor, Sapphire, or visiontek? No, Why? Because i've heard of them.

I'd be hard pressed to trust the judgment of someone who creates a poll with off-brand garbage and then fights multiple people who tell them they should re-do the poll... It sounds like your a fanboy....
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"Off brand garbage."
"Fanboy."

OK...
ASUS loses graphics card pole position to Palit and PC Partner
Sparkle GeForce GTX 650 Ti review - Guru3D

So because you, king of the internet, haven't heard of something it shouldn't be included in a list of products even Newegg sells.

I voted for Sapphire, btw. So... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I didn't "leave them off" or "boot them out" or "fuck up." If nobody noticed, the poll is alphabetical. For the last time: The site allows for 10 options max in a poll, there were twelve manufacturers total. Guess where XFX and Zotac fall?
It literally doesn't KEEP you from voting for either of those companies, you just have to say something as little as "+1 XFX" instead of clicking on a radio button.

And learn the difference between "your" and "you're" if you're going to insult someone.
 
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