GPU brands

[sjhaycroft]

which would you say are the best brands for graphics cards, in terms of best product, most reliable and value for money. I am making a pc at xmas and im stuck with picking th egraphics card, I do plan to upgrade to dx10 when its cheaper but I also want something thats good for now and will be good for a fair few months. If anybody could help me by throwing GPU names at me it'd be greatly appreciated, thanks.

 

[Big B]

To be honest, these days most companies follow nVidia's or ATi/AMD's reference design for the graphics chip instead of designing their own. For nVidia, eVGA or a basic XFX (not their tricked out black PCB cards) are probably your best bets for pricing. MSI would be another decent pick as well as Gigabyte. Asus is good too, but as with most Asus products, they tend to be pricey.
On the ATi/AMD side, Sapphire or PowerColor as they've been ATi partners for years and probably have the best relationships.

Unless there's really some feature you want, I'd look at the cheapest video card with the GPU you're looking at.