New 4k Nvidia GPU and 3K ???

[T_O_A_D]

So EVGA announced they were not going to offer the 4k series of Nvidia.

I'm a bit bummed over that, I have been saving to jump into a new card at that level, since It took so long to get there and the pricing looks like it won't be much more or different than the 3k series has been for way too long.

Any recommendations on other makers?

I have an ASUS 970 atm but not impressed on it physical structure. I had to brace it to keep it from sagging in the case.

All my older EVGA were built like tanks.

NewEgg has been promoting off brands that I'm unfamiliar with Yeaston, Maxsun etc.

I have a Gigabyte Mobo and it has been flawless, so I'd consider one of their cards.

All my ASUS mobo's and this 970 have worked flawlessly through the years.

I had an AsRock and MSI bite me though.

I may still consider a 3080/90 depending on how and if the 4k series affects the pricing.

 

I am more interested in the 4k but would like to be able to do VR if so inclined, to spend the money on it.

 

I just spent a grand on a 42" LG 4K TV designed for gaming, and I can sit arms length from it.

 

It is sweet, 4k looks awesome on it even with the 970, but it lacks the hsp, for BOS AND DCS but original IL2 AND COD type games once the config is tweak, smooth as butter, and gorgeous for what they are, were.

I now can finally have a monitor that will display 2" gauges, @ 2" and for the most part single cockpit actual size, so I can lock in my seat position and Head track from there, and throw away my zoom key, this should create a realistic sized atmosphere roughly even without VR. I think anyway.

Thanks in advance.

[Crocogator]

EVGA Maxwell (9**) series were renowned for catching on fire. EVGA Pascal and Turing were fine, but I haven't heard anything remarkable about their builds since the Ampere series was release. The stereotypes are avoid ASUS for AMD, and avoid lower tier Gigabyte and MSI overall (ventus and eagle.) The relatively rarer chinese manufacturers like colorful and bilibili, maxsun, yeston, etc. are not recommended either. But overall the standards for more renowned cards are higher now, even for stuff like inno3d and palit, I think Nvidia in particular specified much more cooling than required for the Ada cards (a loss for the manufacturers.)

[chiliwili69]

8 hours ago, T_O_A_D said:

I am more interested in the 4k but would like to be able to do VR if so inclined

 

For 4K monitor, any 3xxx series card will be more than enough.

But for VR you need to decide first what VR headset you want  and the budget you want to spend, then decide the GPU accordingly.

The graphic demand of every VR headet is different.

 

Regarding brands, I think any ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte will do equally good. My previous cards Gigabyte 970, Gigabyte 1070, ASUS 1080Ti (second hand) and now Gigabyte 3080 (second hand) had no issues. Personally I would prefer MSI. On gaming/business laptops they are always at the top.