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With EVGA out of the GPU market, what brands are good options for a new GPU purchase?

I was an EVGA customer for many years. I'm looking to buy a new GPU soon to replace my 2080Ti. What brands would you consider when making a new GPU purchase and why?

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  • I'm an AMD guy myself due to Linux compatibility. I prefer Sapphire, PowerColor, XFX, and Asus cards, in that order.

    • I've always been AMD myself.

      Unfortunately I've had an Asus Strix Vega 64 suffer from voltage spikes and ended up seeing it has bad quality control thermal pads ❎

      Then seeing Asus melt motherboards with the AM5 X3Ds at launch 🤔...

      I think the current generation of Power Color was having a similar issues with thermal pads, but don't quote me on that. My PC 5700xt and 6900xt Red Devils worked fine.

      I went with Sapphire this go round for my 7900xtx.

      Make friends, resell old parts. Subsidize upgrades 🙃

      • I've been using ASUS/AMD for 20ish years now with excellent results. Just upgraded from a R9 380 that was and is still running fine. Will be my kid's new card.

    • My Radeon 290X gave me a lot of Linux problems before it died. Like freezing a while after resuming from sleep. Hate to admit the GTX 1660 Ti hasn't given me any problems on Linux.

  • I am very pleased with PowerColor for the price. My RX580 has been beaten a ton for 5-6 years now, and goes on strong. Same from other PowerColor GPUs of friends

  • Just go with Sapphire. Get whatever the best card they sell that's within your budget. Can't go wrong.

  • If I'm buying an AMD card, I buy PowerColor or Sapphire. If I'm buying an Nvidia card, I buy ASUS or MSI (quality isn't as good as ASUS, but tends to be cheaper). No real reason for those picks other than preference and good experience over many years of using them. Just remember that it's possible for any card to break regardless of brand so take reports with small sample sizes with a large grain of salt.

  • One good reason to support AMD is to also support 3rd party card vendors and manufacturers imo. Otherwise, for Nvidia, I got nothing.

  • I am looking for a good answer one this myself as I have a 2080 super bought right before the price hike of 2020

  • Before my current card which is an EVGA 980 ti I had Asus cards which I liked but the last one I had was an r9 270x so things might have changed since

  • I am an MSI and AMD guy… Considering a 6800 XT right now… I’ve had my R9 390 for a long time, and it’s still holding up just fine (also, MSI).

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