BFG vs. EVGA - Page 3

**DiscipleDOC** · 10-09-09, 01:26 PM

I have a BFG 285 GTX right now. It's a good card, but if I had it to do all over again, I would go with EVGA. No particular reason, I just feel like that's the better card.

Bman212121 · 10-09-09, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DiscipleDOC

I have a BFG 285 GTX right now. It's a good card, but if I had it to do all over again, I would go with EVGA. No particular reason, I just feel like that's the better card.

*jAkUp slips DDoc $50*

**DiscipleDOC** · 10-09-09, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Bman212121

*jAkUp slips DDoc $50 AND a EVGA 300 GTX water cooled*

Fiexd

**ATOJAR** · 10-09-09, 03:55 PM

All cards are made by the same manufacturer right? Then shipped of to company's(evga, xfx, bfg, asus)so they can put there sticker on, Adjust over-clocks, Add warranty & coolers, T-shirts!

Well that's what ive always been lead to believe from reading these forums!

Ive always choose evga never the less.

**bob saget** · 10-09-09, 04:23 PM

My bfg shirt is still MUCH more styling than anything you chumps own.

**snowmanwithahat** · 10-10-09, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by jAkUp

Actually you would be suprised to know that the some cards, including the GTX 260's vary from vendor to vendor. For example, most vendors use a 4 phase power solution on GTX 260, EVGA uses 6.

That's great to know. Thanks for clearing that up jAkUp... unfortunately it's something that they don't seem to advertise too well... or atleast if they do it's not mentioned in most reviews / articles.... does the GTX 285 feature similar power circuitry advancements over competitors?

I usually buy things based on small differences like that. Since the Pentium 4 days I've always shopped for motherboards with more phases in their power solutions (usually Gigabyte / Abit *cry* )... that would definetly sway my video card decision based on what you've told me.

On a slightly un-related note.... does anyone have any first-hand experience with Gainward...? They don't deal in the US since the 5xxx nvidia days but I always wanted to try their cards out... non-refence cooling / pcb always seemed like it would provide some decent benefits.

also...

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My bfg shirt is still MUCH more styling than anything you chumps own.

I loved my hand-me-down BFG shirt... I don't think I'd ever buy a card based on that though

**nrdstrm** · 10-11-09, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ATOJAR

All cards are made by the same manufacturer right? Then shipped of to company's(evga, xfx, bfg, asus)so they can put there sticker on, Adjust over-clocks, Add warranty & coolers, T-shirts!

Well that's what ive always been lead to believe from reading these forums!

Ive always choose evga never the less.

That is sort of true. Usually, reference cards are made by Nvidia, and shipped to each partner. But aside from the reference cards, anything after that is designed in house (based on the reference card) and built by a PCB company. I could be wrong, but I believe that is how it works...

**DiscipleDOC** · 10-15-09, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by bob saget

My bfg shirt is still MUCH more styling than anything you chumps own.

And I own you, so that makes me your pimp!

**Maverick123w** · 10-15-09, 03:39 PM

Well life got in the way and my cat put its claws right through the screen of my touch screen phone

So I had to go get a new phone so waiting for a few more weeks I guess

BTW the Samsung Rogue is outstanding! The stupid data plan you have to get with it is not.

Serrasalmus · 10-29-09, 02:45 AM

evga.....hands down for me...ive had them all and i must say 99.8% of the time evga will go outa there way to make it right....jakup being here is a plus but me personally he didnt influence my choice what so ever the track record of CS and just plain out getting freaky that evga does i mean come on they made tools for you to oc there cards...if thats not confidence in there products then i dont know what it is....my whole rig is evga that could be evga...oh and they wont hold it against me for removing stock coolers and putting on waterblocks like the others will....

knghtwhosaysni · 10-29-09, 03:13 AM

I saw evga's step-up getting a bad rap but I don't really know why... I had a 7800gt and then the 7900gt came out and I was able to step-up without paying much at all. Went smoothly for me, no complaints about evga

CainSyris · 10-31-09, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jAkUp

Actually you would be suprised to know that the some cards, including the GTX 260's vary from vendor to vendor. For example, most vendors use a 4 phase power solution on GTX 260, EVGA uses 6.

Are you the same jAKUp that said how awesome the 2GPU on one board was ("Jitter? What's jitter?") and then later said of a newer card, "And this one doesn't have the jitter problems!" Perhaps the same jAKUp who works for eVGA who released the single worst 680i motherboard that they quickly replaced with a newer revision when the older one had memory controller and hard drive southbridge?

I hope eVGA's got better quality than it did a couple years ago. Personally, I recommend BFG if you can get the same price and upgrade potential.

10-09-09, 01:26 PM	#25
DiscipleDOC Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Alabama, Planet Earth Posts: 5,933	Re: BFG vs. EVGA I have a BFG 285 GTX right now. It's a good card, but if I had it to do all over again, I would go with EVGA. No particular reason, I just feel like that's the better card.

10-09-09, 03:55 PM	#28
ATOJAR Bish Bash Bosh Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Middlesbrough, England. Posts: 2,751	Re: BFG vs. EVGA All cards are made by the same manufacturer right? Then shipped of to company's(evga, xfx, bfg, asus)so they can put there sticker on, Adjust over-clocks, Add warranty & coolers, T-shirts! Well that's what ive always been lead to believe from reading these forums! Ive always choose evga never the less. __________________ Intel i7 920 D0@3.6GHz(Ultra-120 eXtreme) - ASUS P6T iX58 - 6GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3@1376MHz - Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Corsair 120GB Force 3 SSD(Win7/apps) - Seagate Barracuda SATA II 500GB(storage/games) - LG W2452T 24" LCD 1920x1200 Monitor - Gainward GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB - Windows 7 Ultimate X64 - Corsair 750W TX PSU - Antec 900 Case - Logitech G500 Mouse - Logitech G15 v2 Keyboard.

10-09-09, 04:23 PM	#29
bob saget Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Vancouver, originally Russia Posts: 23,133	Re: BFG vs. EVGA My bfg shirt is still MUCH more styling than anything you chumps own.

10-15-09, 03:39 PM	#33
Maverick123w Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,841	Re: BFG vs. EVGA Well life got in the way and my cat put its claws right through the screen of my touch screen phone So I had to go get a new phone so waiting for a few more weeks I guess BTW the Samsung Rogue is outstanding! The stupid data plan you have to get with it is not.

10-29-09, 02:45 AM	#34
Serrasalmus Red Belly Piranha Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 384	Re: BFG vs. EVGA evga.....hands down for me...ive had them all and i must say 99.8% of the time evga will go outa there way to make it right....jakup being here is a plus but me personally he didnt influence my choice what so ever the track record of CS and just plain out getting freaky that evga does i mean come on they made tools for you to oc there cards...if thats not confidence in there products then i dont know what it is....my whole rig is evga that could be evga...oh and they wont hold it against me for removing stock coolers and putting on waterblocks like the others will.... __________________ \|\|MaryJane\|\| \|\|EVGA x58 3Xsli\|\|i7 920@4.3 turbo HT enabled 1.46v\|\|6 Gig Corsair 1600 8-8-8-19 1T\|\|EVGA GTX285 TRI-SLI Vanilla@720/1566/1350 \|\|500gb seagate 7200.11 32mb cache raid 0 \|\|1 TB WD Black\|\|LG Super Multi Blue DVD \|\|Antec 1200\|\|Corsair HX1000\|\|custom built water setup, Koolance cpu-350ac Koolance rp-1000bk, Koolance mvr40 w/95mm plate, Koolance MB-EVX58, Feser one 3/8 UV orange tubing, black ice pro 2 rad, Feser extreme performance 240\|\|HANNSpree 28" HF289H LCD\|\|G15 gen 2 keyboard EvilInside (sons rig) \|\|Asus Maximus Formula SE\|\|Q9450@3.2 Stock Voltage\|\|4 Gig ocz Reaper 8500 @1100 5-5-5-15 2T\|\|Sapphire HD4870 512mb Crossfire 790/1100 Stock Cooler\|\|2x 500gb Raid 0 seagate 7200.11 32mb cache 500gb wd carvier\|\|Asus 20xdl dvd-rw + -\|\|Antec 900\|\|mushkin 650\|\|19" extreme flat crt\|\| X-Fi Extreme Gamer\|\|some cheap keyboard Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy crapola ...what a ride!"

10-29-09, 03:13 AM	#35
knghtwhosaysni Ni! Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 457	Re: BFG vs. EVGA I saw evga's step-up getting a bad rap but I don't really know why... I had a 7800gt and then the 7900gt came out and I was able to step-up without paying much at all. Went smoothly for me, no complaints about evga __________________ \| i7-2600k \| ASUS P8H67-M LE \| eVGA GTX 275 1792MB \| 8GB 1333mhz \| Samsung 830 64GB \| Seagate 7200.10 320GB \| Seagate 7200.11 1.5TB \| Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic \| Dell S2209W \| Audio-Technica ATH-A700 \| Logitech G500 \| Logitech Driving Force GT \|