What GTX670 brand would be best to buy in terms of "reliability".

[venjhammet]

Guys I need your opinion and advice on this. Just recently my MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr III Power Edition just failed (still works but ARTIFACTS), it was almost 2 years old. I'm not quite happy about it. I wish to buy a GTX670, but now I'm quite hesitant which brand would be the best and I prefer reliability. Please guys advice me on this which brand would you recommend?

 

[ThomasJ93]

Any brand can fail. Just because your MSI card failed in less than 2 years doesn't make it an unreliable brand.

 

[Novuake]

Actually. Your MSI Power Edition probably failed because it was overvolted my MSI, and THAT was deliberate negligence.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/MSI-GTX-660-670-overvolting-PowerEdition,18013.html

Get an Asus, they are by far the most reliable.

 

[AnonyMews3]

Probably ASUS or EVGA, both have good customer service.

 

[manofchalk]

+1 to Thomas.
MSI is one of the better brands actually. In your position, would take advantage of its warranty (if its lasted this long) and get another to use as a dedicated PhysX card, or to sell off to fund a 670.

Gigabyte, MSI, ASUS are the big manufacturers when it comes to Nvidia. There is always EVGA, but don't like their pretty strict adherence to reference design or reference-esque coolers. Often their fairly overpriced for what they offer as well.

 

[bigcyco1]

Asus or MSI.I've owned seven different Asus cards and five different MSI cards none of which ever gave me issues.Including the MSI GTX 670 Power Edition.

 

[swifty_morgan]

rma............ warranty. 3 years?

 

[Novuake]

Ah my bad, I read 670... LOL

 

[songorocosongo]

EVGA has nice warranty and customer support, but as some already said, they only sell the reference design which runs a little warmer. But mine works wonderfully. And I think Nvidia's reference designs look pretty cool.