I don't prefer Chinese brands like Galax & Colourful exactly for this reason, quality control.
How reliable are these so called colourful cards? I have been seeing lots of colorful gpus at my local retailers lately.
You yourself answered it, these galax & colourful cards have started flooding Nehru Place Delhi since 2-3 years ago with main reason being more profit margins for sellers & you can be almost sure that if most sellers in that place are trying to sell you same thing then that thing is definitely to be avoided.
CPU might be causing the stuttering as at times the fps is dropping below 30fps maybe. You have a better CPU, so 1% low fps is higher. Also, check if your friend has RAM in dual channel.
yes the seller was very insistent on the fact that colorful gpus are reliable and one could go for them without any reservations whatsoever. I think he had stocked up too many colorful gpus but as they were not selling that well he tried to get rid of them by offering them at a lower price.
Don't believe any sellers IMO. For them, profits come first.
If he had registered his card for 5 years warranty then it will still be in warranty & will fetch higher price. Usual price is around 12-13k with additional 2-3k for extra warranty left.
11k~12k.
Who knows. Crypto is crashing hard, inflation is high, so GPU demand is getting lower by the day IMO.
Price seems fine. We never got AIB cards for FE card like pricing before crypto boom, 3070 started at 50k & 3060Ti at 40k. Likely prices will fall till those figures. IMO anyone who wants upto a mid range GPU can just buy it now, no need to wait for few thousands more of price drop.
As a 3070 user, 8GB VRAM on 3070 is a bummer for sure. But I doubt it will be an issue for up to 2K gaming anytime soon. Considering it performs similar to 2080Ti, it would have benefitted from higher VRAM for 4K. I feel 3080's 10GB VRAM as not good enough for 4K in future, not now though.
