Anybody have experience with Gigabyte video cards?

Hi.

I am considering a new Nvidia 4070 "Super" video card. I was looking at the "Ti" and "Ti Super" series from various manufacturers, but I can't justify the cost of the upgrade as it looks like I won't get much more for my dollar, and I don't play a lot of heavy games anyway. I would just like the ones I play to look nicer.

Gigabyte has several offerings all around $800 CAD, so I was thinking of them, but I have no experience with Gigabyte products other than my motherboard which has just lost the CPU fan header. I am on the watercooler backup header for now. While that doesn't impress me, I am not yet averse to buying another Gigabyte product.

Would a Gigabyte video card be a good or bad choice? Opinions?

I have a Gigabyte 3070Ti, it is a quality product. I don't like the gigabyte software but hardware is just as good as other brands

Gigabyte has always made good cards since Windforce. Ti are good cards they are not designated Ti for nothing. They are in many metrics way surpassing in excess of standard models.
You also are buying a card that is not only better in every way but actually has better binned components over a non Ti.

I've had a Gigabyte RTX 2060 Super GPU for a few years which has been OK. Also Gigabyte technical support is good even for older products.

Malneb said:

Gigabyte has always made good cards since Windforce. Ti are good cards they are not designated Ti for nothing. They are in many metrics way surpassing in excess of standard models.
You also are buying a card that is not only better in every way but actually has better binned components over a non Ti.

I totally get the advantage of the Ti model. I have a 3070 Ti right now. The thing is that I have been looking at the benchmarks between the Super and the Ti, and there is not much difference in terms of performance. And the difference between the Ti and the Ti Super is even less than marginal.

If I could find a Ti model that wasn't the Super model, I might buy it, just for the reliability, and as long as the cost was less than the Ti Super. I am just looking at the 4070 Super because it is about $300 CAD cheaper than the Ti Super. I just can't justify the cost. I can't seem to find any of the plain old 4070 Ti anymore. That is the one I would prefer as the jump from the Ti to the Ti Super just isn't worth it, unless I find a wicked sale.

Thanks everybody on the advice for the Gigabyte cards. I appreciate it. My current card is an ASUS Tuf Gaming one and it's performed really well, but it costs $1199 CAD for a new one. Just call me cheap.

Ti Super is literall the best so it means you are buying the best parts for that category of card. Which means the metrics raise. Its always stuff like cuda cores memory bandwidth, vram increase or decrease over the designations Which then means performance increases.
if you by a lower speced card you are paying for less meaning its a cheaper price point but the parts are not as good.

There is plenty of stuff that are increased on Ti Super over a Ti. You may be focusing on the wrong metrics or the information you are are looking at is doing so.

Malneb said:

Ti Super is literall the best so it means you are buying the best parts for that category of card. Which means the metrics raise. Its always stuff like cuda cores memory bandwidth, vram increase or decrease over the designations Which then means performance increases.
if you by a lower speced card you are paying for less meaning its a cheaper price point but the parts are not as good.

There is plenty of stuff that are increased on Ti Super over a Ti. You may be focusing on the wrong metrics or the information you are are looking at is doing so.

While you are right on all points, I guess my problem is that I am looking at overall performance vs cost.

Not that I am cheap or anything, far from it, but I don't want to pay top dollar for marginal improvement.

As you can see here from these bench marks, the Ti isn't that much better than the 4070 Super, if you don't count the increased quality of the Ti build.

UserBenchmark: Nvidia RTX 4070-S (Super) vs 4070-Ti

Now, if we compare the Ti with the Ti Super, the difference is even less in terms of overall performance:

UserBenchmark: Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti vs 4070-TS (Ti-Super)

I will agree that both are pretty much the same performance jump over the 4070 Super, but at $300 to $400 extra, I just don't know if I can justify the cost being that I am not a hardcore gamer, and I certainly won't be overclocking my card. I don't care much for benchmarks other than to make sure my card is performing somewhere in the range that it should.

I just want good real world performance without breaking my wallet. But yes, I am buying at least a Ti if

1.) I can find one. (They are scarce like hen's teeth. The Ti Super is much more readily available.)
2.) It's on a wicked sale.

Yes because benchmarking is not really what you want to look at when making the decision on Ti vs Ti Super. Those are gains and benchmarking overall is theory crafting on simulated potential or expected potential outcomes. Personally i only really am concerned on gains when switching from one model to another like example 980 to 2080 or what ever cards you are comparing.

When you looking at two cards that are the same model but trying to compare the designation it will look like minimal upgrades because that is the nature of looking at benches from a card that is essentially the same thing just a better version of it. its not really about looking at benches its about getting the rest of the icing on the cake, because the lower cakes have less icing. The designation is the levels of icing.

RTX 4070 Ti vs 4070 Ti SUPER: Differences explained | CORSAIR
This page basically sums up imo what you should be concerned about when thinking about getting a Ti super over a Ti or non Ti or vice versa, You then look at Benchmarks later on. I never really buy parts myself for their power i buy for price too so i understand what you are thinking.
Computer are expensive as it is so i cannot be bothered throwing money away on an industry that does not give af about the consumers pocket, i just want to play games for the best price possible while also collecting parts.

When you say you are only doing light gaming and will not OC the card then that kind of says a lot, i would just buy a stock card if that is the case or even further really weigh up if you actually need the upgrade. Stock cards are still good i buy them sometimes because you can usually OC them and get them up closer to the other cards.

Dual fan cards over triple fan cards are generally cheaper again, personally i dislike dual fan cards simply because they look weak when you look at them because they are missing the third fan but if you are only light gaming then its an option.

You could also look for non OC as those will add to price too.