GPU Brand Reliability

[high_revs]

You can find EVGA 3080s for a pretty good price these days. Thats what I'm getting as my next card. Currently using a 2060 super.

i figure they're clearing the inventory. at least they're honoring warranty so that insinuates they'll have inventory for repairs but how much? eh? some bean counter probably estimated how much inventory is secured for warranty repairs.

i wanted evga 2 yrs ago also and signed up for a watch list but it wasn't quite working. and just ended up buying iirc a sapphire (over priced but my build was sitting for 6 months and needed to get it done).

[xfer42]

Save money by going big. You know that already.
The last one I built was back in 2018, I9-7960x (16core,32thread), 128GB of RAM and 1070ti Founders edition. Sure it was a bit pricey, but Im still nowhere near needing a new machine. I got the 1070 mainly for supporting 3+ monitors. I tried playing Fortnite a few times, but that didnt last long. I do use mainly Asus, but I understand some brands you just dont have luck with. For me, thats Samsung. Ive had 5 bad SSDs (out of 14). I still buy them though. Ive used ASRock a few times, but that was at least 10+ years ago. Never had a problem. None of those stick out at problematic.

[Xplosiv3]

I've never heard of a NVIDIA founders edition card going out. They might run a little hot and not be aesthetic, but will never let you down. Build quality is usually pretty damn good and a lot of metal, no flimsy plastic.

[Iknownot]

Asus is a big company. Their GPUs are pretty reliable. I can understand not wanting to support them overall because of the MOBO/CPU issues.

I’ve also had MSI and gigabyte. No issues with GPUs from either.

[Iknownot]

You know ASRock is owned by Asus, right? It's their "budget" tier line a la Honda/ Accura

Asrock was spun off as a cheap line originally bit it is my understanding it a separate company and has their own R&D and bios development and is actually in competition with Asus. Asrock certainly has not had the same issues with MOBOs that Asus has had lately. .