Difference between companies?

[Martin_69]

I was wondering whats the difference between for example:
ASUS GeForce® GTX 1060, 6GB GDDR5 (192 Bit)
and
ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 1060, 6GB GDDR5 (192 Bit)
or
Gigabyte GeForce® GTX 1060, 3GB GDDR5 (192 Bit)
?

 

[Barty1884]

The 3GB 1060 is essentially a reduced 1060 6GB, and not exactly worthy of the name - so I'd rule that out, simply because it's the lesser of the 3 cards (and that applies to any 3GB version from any manufacturer).

Between the Zotac & ASUS 6GB, ASUS would likely be the preferred card.

They're a larger manufacturer, better quality control (generally) - although you likely won't go wrong with either card.

Depending on the model, the ASUS cards are likely to have better cooling, with greater OCing potential.

 

[Martin_69]

The 3GB 1060 is essentially a reduced 1060 6GB, and not exactly worthy of the name - so I'd rule that out, simply because it's the lesser of the 3 cards (and that applies to any 3GB version from any manufacturer).

Between the Zotac & ASUS 6GB, ASUS would likely be the preferred card.

They're a larger manufacturer, better quality control (generally) - although you likely won't go wrong with either card.

Depending on the model, the ASUS cards are likely to have better cooling, with greater OCing potential.

But there are a lot of companies with the same graphic card: Zotac, ASUS, Gigabyte, PALIT, Gainward, MSI, EVGA and many others. And the prices are very different. For example in my country the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB price is 280-330euro. The difference is astonishing, but no any specific information which is better and why🙁

 

[Barty1884]

Differing cooling solutions is one of the major reasons for price differences (EVGA for example, have numerous 6GB GTX 1060's - each at a different price point). Better coolers mean at minimum, better temps - best case, they allow additional overclocking headroom.

Brand recognition play a big part though too. ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, EVGA etc generally have better brand recognition around the world (that may different in specific locations) and can command more for ultimately the same card offered by PALIT, Gainward, Sapphire, Zotac etc.

For the average user, and 6GB 1060 will be fine - other than the founders edition cards, which have had some heat issues (which may or may not have been addressed, I'm not sure).