I always wait till the price drops on the latest and greatest Video card, then I keep it for years until it doesnt do what I need it to anymore.

I have a 970GTX OC FTW for over 4yrs maybe longer. Its struggling now and since the prices have dropped I decided to take the plunge. Never before have I had such difficulty in choosing a new card brand. It seems the 1080GTX across brands is having issues.

I bought a EVGA 1080GTX FTW2 doa on arrival, I installed it and it shuts down every 10 mins or so. I called EVGA they said thats happened in some of the cards RMA it for another. Errr not yet, im going to investigate brands a little further.