Hiya
I am looking for feedback and suggestions on which manufacturer creates the best video card hardware particularly the 760 I am currently looking at two cards but am also open to other suggestions and feedback on cards
has anyone had any experience with MSI video cards?

these are the two cards I currently have in mind

EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2765-KR GeForce GTX 760 2GB

MSI Gaming N760 TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 760 2GB 

I had a MSI GTS 250, then an MSI GTX 560 Ti, now I have an EVGA GTX 760. In terms of cooling, I think MSI has a slight advantage. I went with the EVGA this time because I couldn't find an MSI 760 in stock anywhere, I have no regrets.

Well I have a evga GTX 690.........Love it. And I recently picked up 2 MSI Titans..Love em!!!! I had a MSI 3g 580, loved it.
 
So as far as Brand. I would stick with evga beacuae of their warranty. I bought these MSI Titans off ebay at a ridiculous price, and took the stocks fans off and put on waterblocks (instant loss of warranty) big gamble as if the cards failed, I was done! However if they were evga and they fell over I would still be covered (not from ebay!)
as long as I did no physical damage to the cards! So the answer to your question is in the warranty. The cards are all the same except they have slightly different bios's to suit their needs.

PvtBlackdog

SeanEJohan

MSi does not build great gpu's........Evga does! When it comes to Nvidia graphic cards, no other vendor compares. Msi builds great motherboards, with Military Class IV parts nothing breaks, ever. Stick with Evga for gpu's though trust me. 

What a load of rubbish!!!!!!!!!

Only a fool buys MSI over EVGA gpus........

SeanEJohan

PvtBlackdog

SeanEJohan

MSi does not build great gpu's........Evga does! When it comes to Nvidia graphic cards, no other vendor compares. Msi builds great motherboards, with Military Class IV parts nothing breaks, ever. Stick with Evga for gpu's though trust me. 

What a load of rubbish!!!!!!!!!

Only a fool buys MSI over EVGA gpus........

 
Apart from the warranty aspect, why would you say that?
 

SeanEJohan

MSi does not build great gpu's, Evga kills MSI in all the benchmarks! When it comes to Nvidia graphic cards, no other vendor compares. Msi builds great motherboards, with Military Class IV parts nothing breaks, ever. Stick with Evga for gpu's though trust me. 

Go away. You can't be taken serious. Especially not after titan ordeal. 
 
 
Both are good brand and personally I go with the one that offers the best price to feature.  It is also depends if you want to water cool or not. I don't like brands that void the warranty if you remove the stock cooler. That means I can't even replace the paste. 

I imagine the quality is the same. As others have mentioned, they use the same GPU obviously, often times are using memory from the same manufacturer, etc. There may be small differences in electrical components chosen on the boards, but I can't imagine there are any real reliability differences between brands.
 
Others have pretty much nailed it in what should make your decision.
 
- Models offered --- degree of factory overclock, blower style cooling, twin fan axial cooling, memory options, etc. Whatever your preferences are and who offers it.
 
- Service --- what voids waranty? How good are they about warranty?
 
- If all else fails, whoever is $10 cheaper, lol
 
I have always bought EVGA primarily for their customer service reputation and this community. There are a lot of very smart people on this forum that can work you through pretty much any problem.
 
Also, is it true that warranty is void if MSI's cooler is removed at all? That would be a complete deal breaker for me.

Ice69

Hiya
I am looking for feedback and suggestions on which manufacturer creates the best video card hardware particularly the 760 I am currently looking at two cards but am also open to other suggestions and feedback on cards
has anyone had any experience with MSI video cards?

these are the two cards I currently have in mind

EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2765-KR GeForce GTX 760 2GB

MSI Gaming N760 TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 760 2GB 

Both use quality top of the line components. That said EVGA offers more after the sale. 1 step up program  2 extended warranty  3 better tech support (phone, forum, e-mail) 3 code swap for bucks 4 more rebates and sales (promotions) 5 better packaging  6 best customer service in the industry. Look at my forum join date and that's how long I have been a customer. This response on an MSI mother board (awesome).

I like the looks of the 780 Lightning from what I've seen of it so far (teaser pics). But the 780 Classified i also a great card. It is annoying that MSI voids your warranty if you remove the back screws though. I would NEVER buy ANY GPU from a vendor who doesn't let you remove those back screws, as I can't bear to look at a card without a backplate on it. Alas, if they include a backplate then it is no big deal to me. If I was you I'd buy the EVGA one and never look back! Actually, I'd buy a 670FTW from eBay for the same price you's spend on the 760 and have a much better card (670FTW pretty much=680, and 680 >>760).

My EVGA GTX 570s were amazing! I loved them and had no problems for the 2 years I owned them (I still have 1). My ASICs were 80% and 86% (still have the 86 XD) and they went to 950 core and 2100 (IIRC) memory. Great cards and I was really happy with their performance and quality! I haven't had to deal with their RMA so I can't speak about that personally.

My first EVGA card is gtx 780 classy.
 
I will continue in this way !
 

As far as quality of the hardware, they are both reputable manufacturers and there probably isn't a whole lot of difference.  As far as quality of support if you ever do have a problem with your hardware, I have never seen any tech company that even came close to EVGA, that's why I will buy their video cards exclusively for as long as they continue to build them and support them like they do.

For me, MSI WAS NOT so good 10+ years ago. Now, they are really stepping up and raising the bars up high.
 
They started to build quality items i.e GPUs, Motherboards, Laptops....etc.
 
Now if I am to choose between the two, I would go with EVGA.

Why ?
 
-Because they are close to me, in California in case if I needed anything.
 
-Their card looks better than the MSI (My opinion).
 
-BLACK PCB compared to brownish PCB in the MSI.
 
-Great customer service with 100% English speaking representatives.
 
-Great community !
 
Hope I helped.
 
 
 

does the MSI have any advantage over EVGA in longevity with something like solid state Japanese capacitors? kinda looking for a card that will last the longest with out warranty support ect

Ice69

does the MSI have any advantage over EVGA in longevity with something like solid state Japanese capacitors? kinda looking for a card that will last the longest with out warranty support ect

 
Like I said above, I doubt there is any real advantage as far as longevity goes between either brand. It's probably hit or miss and depends on what you do with it when you're talking about a GPU lasting 4, 5, 6 years. I seriously doubt MSI cards last any longer. I guess I'll put it that way.