I am one of those people who will return to the same brand repeatedly if I have had success with them in the past. In the realm of video cards I have been stuck on Evga for the last 3 builds. While the gpu's dictate the MSRP, it seems that Evga does carry a small price premium compared to other cards. In return for that premium you do get good customer service, and then there's the step-up program which is pure genius imho.
I'm still on my 8800gtx, and it's looking like it's about time to upgrade, and I may stray from Evga just to test the waters elsewhere. I put after-market cooling on every vid card I get after I had a pny 9600xt cooler go out on me a few years back. Do you guys have any favorite brands? Is MSI a good brand, I was looking at them in particular.
I'm still on my 8800gtx, and it's looking like it's about time to upgrade, and I may stray from Evga just to test the waters elsewhere. I put after-market cooling on every vid card I get after I had a pny 9600xt cooler go out on me a few years back. Do you guys have any favorite brands? Is MSI a good brand, I was looking at them in particular.