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AMD brands, does it really make a difference? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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So i was a long time Nvidia user, and now i think it is time for me to join the Red Team side.

I was thinking about buying the RX 7800 xt, and iam between the Sapphire Nitro+ and the Asus TUF, the price difference between these two is almost 50 CAD. I know the Nitro+ is getting huge positive reviews when it comes to performance, but i could use the price difference to get a better CPU or RAM.

My question: Is there a big difference when it comes to the build quality, cooling and longtivity between these two brands?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Usually the non-exclusive brands like ASUS just slap whatever cooler they use for nVidia with some minor tweaks on their AMD GPUs, sometimes it works well, sometimes not, you gotta look for reviews on the specific model you're looking at.

Meanwhile AMD exclusive brands like Sapphire, PowerColor and XFX have coolers built with the AMD GPUs in mind and offer more predictable quality.

From personal experience all I can tell you is all my XFX cards were pretty great and the Asus Strix RX 480 I had a few years ago was pretty good too and still going strong in a friend's machine so you're probably fine going with the TUF if those 50 CAD are important to you.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

offer more predictable quality.

So hotspot issues, paste pumpout issues etc? :D