Zotac VS GIGABYTE

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Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Amp! Extreme VS GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980Ti 6GB XTREME GAMING OC EDITION

Which should I buy?
Why should I buy that one?
Personal opinion?

 

[photonboy]

Speaking strictly for PERFORMANCE there's not much difference between top-end models.

Many are clocked at different frequencies but once overclocked to their fastest, stable frequencies they're pretty similar.
Thus, I would not pay much PREMIUM PRICE for any of them.

So look up a bunch or reviews, but IMO I'd go with the Gigabyte G1.

I'll just post this and look for some links...

 

[photonboy]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gigabyte-980ti-xtreme-gaming-windforce,4391-5.html

"The $40 premium that Gigabyte asks over the reference GTX 980 Ti is frankly smaller than we'd expect. You'd be hard-pressed to find a better-performing graphics card, no matter the cost."

NOT the Gigabyte G1, and I haven't looked up current pricing (after rebates) either.

(Look up Zotac reviews if you wish, but I looked at a bunch of them before and never thought they proved worthwhile versus Gigabyte or other manufacturers. There were major issues with their overclocking tools before for example. But basically, I'd start with the above review and unless you can find some reason the Zotac is BETTER just go with Gigabyte...)

Another review conclusion: http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/gigabyte-gtx980ti-xtreme-gaming-windforce-review/21/

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Thank you so much! Very helpful!