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post #21 of 64
1/14/11 at 4:31am
MSI and HIS

I've only had 2 gous in the past including my current one and they both were EXCELLENT cards.
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post #22 of 64
1/14/11 at 4:32am
I like Galaxy/KFA2 for their aggressiveness and being innovative in technology, eg single slot GTX460 Razor edition, GTX460 WHDI, GTX460 Hall of Fame edition
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post #23 of 64
1/14/11 at 11:29am
Toasting in Epic Bread.

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Originally Posted by Videocardshop View Post
Hi Guys

Thanks guys ( Most of you anyway ) LOL

We have been in business for about 7 years, but have just revamnped site etc and just wanted to get a idrea from this community on what they felt is good at present and why, so we could reflect that.

YES we are UK based, but then so are a helluva lot of ppl on here.

We chose this forum to become a part of ( Officially as a Vendor Rep ) because it seemed like after alot of research it was a great friendly place, ( and i have to say 99% of you have been ) and we wanted to interact more with the type of community which buys from us, as most of the guys working here, in their spare time are just like you, building rigs etc , going to forums.

anyway many thanks for your comments, its much appreciated

Also check out our other thread, UK members can get 5% discount.

thanks again

regards
Videocardshop
I LOL'd

Welcome to OCN.
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post #24 of 64
1/17/11 at 8:19am
I personally like EVGA and Asus.
XFX used to be good, but now they've gone down the poo tube.
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post #25 of 64
1/18/11 at 12:49pm
Not XFX that's for sure.

For ATi

Asus, Sapphire, HIS, Galaxy

For nVidia

EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI, Palit
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post #26 of 64
1/18/11 at 12:52pm
What happened to Gigabyte? :\\ I find them to be a pretty reputable brand, why doesn't anyone here state them?
Asus and EVGA are also good

Sapphire is good for ATI
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post #27 of 64
1/29/11 at 11:08am
First, good luck on your business! You seem to be on the good side of the biz world. Too bad you're not in the States too. Good vendors are always welcome.

As to cards .... I am an nVidia guy (for now at least, mostly due to folding), so my opinion comes from the green side.

EVGA has served me well so far - good community (great guys in their folding group too!) Like others have said, in most cases you select for customer service and return/warranty policies since many cards are stock nVidia or AMD/ATI with some window dressing. The exception (again as others have said) are those few custom-tweaked models and again EVGA is at or near the top in that regard.

I am going to find out about Zotac personally now - so far it's good but I don't know for sure as I have three Zotac 580's in my new rig and I am still tuning and testing on it. Hopefully they don't drain my bank account with their power draw - but I'll do a lot for the folding effort!

Again, good luck and expand over to the other side of the pond soon.

ACQ
Edited by ACharmingQuark - 1/29/11 at 11:12am
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post #28 of 64
1/29/11 at 11:10am
evga, they are simnpily the best in quality and service and their cards look great too
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post #29 of 64
2/5/11 at 12:19pm
Never gone wrong with eVGA
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2/5/11 at 12:23pm
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