A guide on choosing the best discrete graphic card for your PC

Graphic Cards now a days are available for as low as Rs. 1400 from both Nvidia and ATI. But the main problem in choosing the graphic card is to decide between the different GPU manufacturers. Both the companies i.e Nvidia and ATI only manufacture the core chips of the GPU and than afterwards they distribute these chips among the various licensed GPU manufacturers.

Now these manufacturers are free to add different features onto the graphic cards like overclocking the core, adding extra cooling fans, adding high quality heat sink and adding high quality Japanese solid capacitors. As i am writing this article from Indian perspective, i will recommend only those graphic card manufacturers which have strong presence in India.

Among these many manufactures some which i want to recommend are listed below:

• MSI – MSI has strong presence in India with dedicated India based telephone numbers and E-Mail facility. The Twin Frozr series from MSI is one of the most popular ad reliable GPU series in the world.
• Asus – Asus is a well known computer peripheral and component manufacturer with dedicated customer care facilities in India. It also have service centers in most of the major cities.
• Gigabyte – Though Gigabyte is know for quality motherboards, they also manufacture GPU from both Nvidia and ATI. With strong presence in India, i assure you that you cannot go wrong with them.

Manufacturers which i don’t recommend at all:

• Sapphire – RMA services only available in Big Cities
• XFX  – Popular elsewhere but one of the worst customer care in India.
• EVGA – Idiotic company with poor customer care
• Palit
• PNY
• PowerColor
• HIS