Which GPU is best, or are they equal with price the determinator?

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Which card will perform better, or are they all equal in performance and reliability?

For a new build, I have the

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Processor and

GIGABYTE X470 AORUS Gaming 7 WIFI (AMD Ryzen AM4/ X470/ Intel Wave 2 WIFI/ M.2) Motherboard

GPU contenders:

1. ASUS ROG GeForce RTX 2070 DirectX 12 ROG-STRIX-RTX2070-O8G-GAMING 8GB 256-Bit GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready Video Card - on sale for $520

OR

2. EVGA - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Black Video Card $500

OR

3. Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB OC GAMING 8G Video Card $542 ( I don’t want to go that high unless it is by far the best performer - it was $477 a couple weeks ago but keeps going up since)
 
They will perform basically the same, what you want is the best Cooling option. The Asus will give you better cooling, also check the EVGA XC Ultra cards, they have a large heatsink on them.

Remember, the higher the tempature goes on these cards to further it will downclock itself to make up for the temperature gains.
 
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Unless they have a factory overclock, it will be mostly the same performance. But you can also overclock yourself, though with a factory OC you are guaranteed that speed.

The main difference is the cooling as Krenum says. I wouldn't worry about this too much, but if you plan to OC that could be a factor.

EVGA is a pretty solid brand, and good warranty. I'd probably pick the EVGA one for the best price and support.
 
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Unless they have a factory overclock, it will be mostly the same performance. But you can also overclock yourself, though with a factory OC you are guaranteed that speed.

The main difference is the cooling as Krenum says. I wouldn't worry about this too much, but if you plan to OC that could be a factor.

EVGA is a pretty solid brand, and good warranty. I'd probably pick the EVGA one for the best price and support.
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Indeed. EVGA is an excellent choice OP. You may spend a little more but with piece of mind that if anything ever goes wrong with it, its under their 3 year warranty and will be dealt with in a timely manner.
 
I'm one of the few on this forum that has had bad experiences with EVGA hardware. It may have been neweggs fault but for whatever reason I'm not hot on new newegg gear.

In your shoes with the Gigabyte motherboard I would actually look to see if Gigabyte makes a 2070 (or vega VII). They make a windforce card. I'd go with that to stick with manufacturer and having fewer erroneous controller drivers/interfaces loaded at any one time.
 
Krenum said:
Indeed. EVGA is an excellent choice OP. You may spend a little more but with piece of mind that if anything ever goes wrong with it, its under their 3 year warranty and will be dealt with in a timely manner.
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EVGA is actually the least expensive of the 3, but I believe the other 2 (the ASUS and the Gigabyte) are factory overclocked. I know nothing about manual overclocking. If it’s easy I could learn it, as long as there is no risk. I’d rather not have to do it. Was hoping for more of a consensus, but it sounds like the scale is tipping toward the ASUS as it is factory overclocked and less expensive than the Gigabyte. Maybe these aren’t exactly apple to apple then? The regular price of the ASUS is $100 more than the others, but doesn’t seem like there is a difference. Reviews for all contain some horror stories, but assume the silent majority is out there as well.
 
nitz1234 said:
EVGA is actually the least expensive of the 3, but I believe the other 2 (the ASUS and the Gigabyte) are factory overclocked. I know nothing about manual overclocking. If it’s easy I could learn it, as long as there is no risk. I’d rather not have to do it. Was hoping for more of a consensus, but it sounds like the scale is tipping toward the ASUS as it is factory overclocked and less expensive than the Gigabyte. Maybe these aren’t exactly apple to apple then? The regular price of the ASUS is $100 more than the others, but doesn’t seem like there is a difference. Reviews for all contain some horror stories, but assume the silent majority is out there as well.
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ASUS cards are usually more expensive due to their cooler designs & factory overclocks. But don't be fooled. A card with a good cooler will overclock just as well as a card marketed as "Extreme Overclocked! Gaming!" ect. Those are all marketing ploys to get you to pay more.

As for not knowing anything about overclocking. Download the latest version of Afterburner, its very simple to use. Familiarize yourself with the settings and OCing on a older card first.https://www.msi.com/page/afterburner

Also, your risk factors are low. The worst thing that can happen is your system will freeze or blue screen. Which will restart itself. That's telling you that the OC failed. So turn your settings down.

There are many Youtube tutorials on how to Overclocked your video card. Some dont even require you touching the numbers on the core clock. You can simply raise the power limit to use the maximum amount of power, it will give you a slight OC without having to mess with numbers.
 
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Krenum said:
ASUS cards are usually more expensive due to their cooler designs & factory overclocks. But don't be fooled. A card with a good cooler will overclock just as well as a card marketed as "Extreme Overclocked! Gaming!" ect. Those are all marketing ploys to get you to pay more.

As for not knowing anything about overclocking. Download the latest version of Afterburner, its very simple to use. Familiarize yourself with the settings and OCing on a older card first.https://www.msi.com/page/afterburner

Also, your risk factors are low. The worst thing that can happen is your system will freeze or blue screen. Which will restart itself. That's telling you that the OC failed. So turn your settings down.
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So given that the ASUS is overclocked, has a better cooler design and is basically currently the same price as the others, does that make it the obvious choice?
 
nitz1234 said:
So given that the ASUS is overclocked, has a better cooler design and is basically currently the same price as the others, does that make it the obvious choice?
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I have never had any experience with Asus video cards. I don't know anything about their customer support either. But I wouldn't purchase it. I have however used EVGA, they have a good warranty system and you can register the card on their website after purchase. I've heard of people having bad luck with the Gigabyte cards also, using the Micron RAM, but I think it was a bad batch issue.

I would suggest buying what you can afford. And if you're happy with it, that's all that matters.

Personally though, I would go with one of these for $549.00 +$20 dollar Rebate & a few games. Paying over $600+ dollars for an RTX 2070 just isn't worth it.
https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-2173-KR

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...TCH&Description=Evga+RTX+2070&N=-1&isNodeId=1

Keep in mind that that Ultra version has a larger heatsink than the standard gaming models.
 
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I have an ASUS 1070 that has performed flawlessly. I hear their RMA service is abysmal but thankfully I've never had to use it. For the record, I'm an ASUS fanboy and, until they give me a reason not to, will continue to purchase ASUS cards when I need to.

With that said, you're in the market for an RTX card so I'd go for the one that has a stellar warranty and that would be EVGA. While I have not yet seen reports of the nightmares that the 2080 Ti and 2080 cousins have had show up in the 2070 line I'd still play it safe and recommend EVGA for someone considering an RTX card.
 
This Asus is not bad at all.
It have maximum TDP limit of 222W so should be not be too much bottle-necked with OC as typically in games after OC power draw is mostly hovering around 200-220W

I really recommend doing OC of these cards as there are some nice performance gain to be had.
Doing so does not void warranty in any way and these large dual fan coolers are more than enough to cool 220W without breaking a sweat... meaning that they will still be pretty silent.
 
They all about the same, so buy what you like. Warranty support is hit or miss depending on who you get in contact with and how their day is going.
 
Personally I've had a bad experience with Asus. Even though I find they make quality products. I now buy msi or evga, and that's my whole build.

My suggestion is to never buy gigabyte they have screwed me over personally. But perhaps you will have a good experience. Asus has followed through but I would not call their rare manufactoring error follow through a good experience. Msi is solid but it's all in Korean or whatever language they were a solid rma. Evga is the king here and most of my builds come straight from their store direct.
 
I never had a serious issue with any major manufacturer, I suspect because of relatively low ownership quota compared to some of the more prolific builders here @[H]

Also there are some manufacturers that are a bit more low profile like PNY that makes a lot of Quadro and Tesla cards etc so I assume their quality is as good as anyone else.

FWIW, EVGA and PNY are American companies if that matters. I've bought from both. PNY being from NJ (I'm East Coast) makes me want to give them some $$$ every now and then :p
 
I ended up getting the ASUS ROG GeForce RTX 2070 DirectX 12 ROG-STRIX-RTX2070-O8G-GAMING 8GB 256-Bit GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready Video Card for $500.

This is probably the wrong place to ask, but I built the PC and the Gigabyte X470 Aorus motherboard is not recognizing the WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB Internal SSD - SATA III 6Gb/s M.2 2280 Solid State Drive - WDS500G2B0B. It’s in the M2B slot. The PSU is short a 4 pin connector for the ATX_12V1. Does it matter? Would that have anything to do with the SSD? If I have to move that drive the whole rig is going thru the window because the vid card is huge and blocking the M2A Socket and I will have to remove everything. Or is the motherboard bad? Box was conspicuously open when received it. What a complete pain and exercise in frustration.
 
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I ended up getting the ASUS ROG GeForce RTX 2070 DirectX 12 ROG-STRIX-RTX2070-O8G-GAMING 8GB 256-Bit GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready Video Card for $500.

This is probably the wrong place to ask, but I built the PC and the Gigabyte X470 Aorus motherboard is not recognizing the WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB Internal SSD - SATA III 6Gb/s M.2 2280 Solid State Drive - WDS500G2B0B. It’s in the M2B slot. The PSU is short a 4 pin connector for the ATX_12V1. Does it matter? Would that have anything to do with the SSD? If I have to move that drive the whole rig is going thru the window because the vid card is huge and blocking the M2A Socket and I will have to remove everything. Or is the motherboard bad? Box was conspicuously open when received it. What a complete pain and exercise in frustration.
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How have you liked the card? I am trying to upgrade from a GTX 970. Do you think I should invest or wait for something else?
 
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