Opinions on gainward gpu's

[paulstung]

hi all,I'm still researching components for future build,and have been reading up on gpu's.All I am after really is some feed back on,Gainward products'the geforce gtx 570 phantom in particular,if no one has experience in this particular model,general info on Gainward on a hole would be great.

 

[oxymoron02]

Gainward is one of the 'small' companies which had a bit of a shaky start but has really been up on the up-and-up. By all accounts today their cards have nothing wrong with them, they're just not particularly high-end. Gainward don't do much to push the reference card and as such you get (in my opinion) a bit of a bland and 'vanilla' product. None of the pizazz you find in manufacturers such as Asus or XFX.
If budget is an issue I'd recommend you go one step up and look at Sapphires, or even MSI. MSI can be a little more pricey though, depending on which particular cards you look at.

 

[paulstung]

Cheers mate,price isn't really an issue,I've only just starting saving for all needed,up till now my total needed,on the parts iv'e up till now is about £1200,so and extra few £'s here and there is no biggy.So far the msi cards are on the top ov my wish list,Ive just ordered my chassis,the coolermaster atcs 840 as a start nice and simple with a clean look