Hardware Question - Nvidia Geforce GTX 480
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Mad_Cow_Milk,
Posted on: 2010-09-08 06:35 in Player Questions
At the moment (or at least when I bought mine approximately 2 months ago), ALL of the GTX 480's are reference design. Meaning they are all the same just with different reseller stickers on them.
I personally prefer ASUS, but that's just because I like how ASUS treats it's customers.
Reason:
While taking the heat-sink off of one of my brand stinking new GTX 480's (so that I could attach the water block to it), I had an accident and broke one of the capacitors off - ruining the card.
I explained what happened politely to the ASUS rep and asked if there was any way to get the card repaired - taking full responsibility for the damage (not trying to claim warranty or RMA) and offering to pay for the repairs.
Turns out they couldn't repair the damage, but decided to honor the warranty anyway and sent me a full replacement for the card. Now that's how you build customer loyalty.
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Originally Posted by Soulwind
At the moment (or at least when I bought mine approximately 2 months ago), ALL of the GTX 480's are reference design. Meaning they are all the same just with different reseller stickers on them.
I personally prefer ASUS, but that's just because I like how ASUS treats it's customers. Reason: While taking the heat-sink off of one of my brand stinking new GTX 480's (so that I could attach the water block to it), I had an accident and broke one of the capacitors off - ruining the card. I explained what happened politely to the ASUS rep and asked if there was any way to get the card repaired - taking full responsibility for the damage (not trying to claim warranty or RMA) and offering to pay for the repairs. Turns out they couldn't repair the damage, but decided to honor the warranty anyway and sent me a full replacement for the card. Now that's how you build customer loyalty. |
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Originally Posted by Mad_Cow_Milk
Sorry if this is the wrong forum.
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Not really the *wrong* forum MCM - as you can see, nobody's jumping down your throat telling you to move this, but you WILL get a FAR more enthusiastic response to this kind of question in the Tech Issues & Bugs forum. <--linked
That's where all the really scary tech-heads lurk.
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yeah - that's where the tech help (including buying) is.|
Originally Posted by RobertoLyon
Not really the *wrong* forum MCM - as you can see, nobody's jumping down your throat telling you to move this, but you WILL get a FAR more enthusiastic response to this kind of question in the Tech Issues & Bugs forum. <--linked
That's where all the really scary tech-heads lurk. It's a dark place. And cold. So very very cold. |
One brand I know they tend to like is XFX (www.xfxforce.com) because of the double lifetime warranty.
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Sorry if this is the wrong forum.
I was looking at buying a nvidia geforce gtx 480 eventually.
Unfortunately I am a noob when it comes to computer hardware. I noticed that there were a number of manufacturers of this graphics card.
Zotac, Asus, EVGA, PNY, etc.
I am using an ASUS manufactured motherboard so I am leaning toward that one. I don't have my computer specs right in-front of me so I can't tell you now.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks