Budget is around 3k and there are few brands have similar price for their RTX 3060 TI. Which brand should I go for except Asus and Gigabyte

This post has been edited by maxyiwei: Feb 25 2022, 12:46 PM

Go for Galax. Avoid Zotac. Some of the rest on this list is fine too.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/msi-gefo...-x-trio/31.html

If you can hold on longer, GPU price could drop some more.

This post has been edited by TristanX: Feb 25 2022, 12:48 PM

Palit and galax is good.

Due to very low heat produced by 3060Ti, no point getting beefy cooler of the mainstream brands.

If 3070 or higher, better go for Asus/EVGA/Gigabyte/MSI 3-fan models.

Go for Zotac cheap n good, got mine recently , Zotac rtx 3050 oc and Zotac 3070 Ti oc
So far so good

why avoid zotac??

Fan noisy is higher a bit only

Some saying that the fan is quite loud even in idle state

Is depend your budget, Asus TUF and strix very good, but price higher.
Zotac fan noisy is slightly higher, can add fan to blow into gpu.
There is nothing issue.
At least come with 5 years warranty.
Use 4 years still have one year warranty for next buyer

This post has been edited by Benefon: Feb 25 2022, 01:29 PM

Here, one of the complain.

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=99194315

Maybe his case no good for airfall.

Yeah, NZXT H510 airflow isnt that great. Also, Zotac RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge does not have fan stop too. Its crap.

Not too sure crap or good, whatever you paid and what you get.

To me, all the GPU's design is the same, when in lower temperature everything is fine when reaching 70-80c, the fan speeds like a JET.
No matter what brand you are paid for it, buy GPU for gaming only.

This post has been edited by Benefon: Feb 25 2022, 02:19 PM

Fan stop saves the wear and tear of the fan. Its better to have it.

My previous RTX 2080 FE no fan stop, running all time, after 3 years still kick in like new.
Even AIO and CPU Fan also run in full-time, I don't think will be wear and tear, the cause can claim from the warranty.
Since Zotac provide 5 years warranty

This post has been edited by Benefon: Feb 25 2022, 03:10 PM

It matters a lot when you run out of warranty.

5 years later bro, that time already in RTX 4000 series

Not everyone is that rich. Just buy a better card when review is already out.

IF like that cannot recommend Galax, galax also from HK, should considering Asus TUF or Strix since buy a good card can use for long-term

(Anyway just let's TS to decide)

This post has been edited by Benefon: Feb 25 2022, 03:50 PM

That depends on TS.

Galax still better than Zotac. Better cooler and comes with fan stop. Only loses on warranty length.

I'm using Galax also, good brand. Reliable so far.

Imma get MSI to matchy matchy with my motherboard when the price drops further or might as well wait for next gen

Its a good sign that we can now choose the brands we want . Haha give it a year ago Zotac, Colorful, what tac also makan only.. asalkan the price is near retail haha.

Nvidia is allegedly investing a lot of money into the RTX 4000 series' manufacturing to avoid the problems it faced with RTX 3000 GPUs.

As reported by Hardware Times, Nvidia is paying chip foundry TSMC about $10 billion to ensure it has reserved enough capacity to meet demand. Whether that eye-watering sum is enough to ensure a steady supply is another matter though.

The Nvidia RTX 4000 cards are apparently using new Nvidia Lovelace architecture built on a smaller 5nm process, down from the 8nm process used to make the current Ampere-powered cards. Decreasing the process size allows increased and more efficient performance into the same sized chip, so we could see a particularly big performance jump between the current and upcoming RTX cards.