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**The Gigabyte GTX 480 SUPER OC DEAL JUST GOT BETTER - 10% DISCOUNT!**

Gibbo said:
All one big batch, also everyone having problems? What you mean to say is 100+ customers have purchased a card and a handful have had issues with them resulting in them posting about such issues and getting RMA's.

Looking at our sales we've now sold over 150 of these cards and so far had 11 units returned, which 7 are faulty. Yes this is high for an RMA rate, but the chances of getting an issue seems to be in the 5-8% range and I guess that comes from Gigabyte really pushing the envelope. At this price point I'd not personally care, but at the same time should you have an issue you can simply return the card.

So yes same batch and no they don't all have problems.
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??? Gibbo - don't understand your post above - you say you've sold 150 - yet here you state you only bought the last of the stock of SOCs - and that was only 100 units ... and you're still selling more now on top of the 150 sold ? I'm confused

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=18666711&postcount=3
 
Aslong as gigabyte keep up their current (good quality) RMA service while not ideal it shouldn't be too painful getting them replaced and IMO these cards are well worth it if you get a properly working one.
 
Gibbo said:
All one big batch, also everyone having problems? What you mean to say is 100+ customers have purchased a card and a handful have had issues with them resulting in them posting about such issues and getting RMA's.

Looking at our sales we've now sold over 150 of these cards and so far had 11 units returned, which 7 are faulty. Yes this is high for an RMA rate, but the chances of getting an issue seems to be in the 5-8% range and I guess that comes from Gigabyte really pushing the envelope. At this price point I'd not personally care, but at the same time should you have an issue you can simply return the card.

So yes same batch and no they don't all have problems.
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Thanks for the reply but it seems you are getting a bit narky at me for asking.

1) £200 may be nothing to you but that doesn't mean its pocket change to everyone.

2) "At this price point I'd not personally care" - I care because if I have to RMA it I don't have any spare GPU's lying around until I wait for a new one.

3) Just because "only" 11 cards were returned doesn't mean the other "139" odd are fully functional. Most people won't be running extreme benchmarks on the card to make sure its stable at stock speeds.

4) Even if the others were fine, 5-8% chance of receiving a faulty card is pretty scary to me.
 
jonny no matter whether theres a few cards with issues (and mine was/is one of them) - its still a cracking deal I do have to admit - even at original 240 price, and current discounted price is pretty much a no brainer I'd say
 
Buckster said:
jonny no matter whether theres a few cards with issues (and mine was/is one of them) - its still a cracking deal I do have to admit - even at original 240 price, and current discounted price is pretty much a no brainer I'd say
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How is it a no brainer if it has issues? Surely no matter what the price you expect a fully working card to arrive at your door. Atm people are expecting them to be faulty and I would rather spend my money on something that works
 
Gibbo said:
They are very quiet due to have 3 large low noise fans.

That PSU will be cutting it I am afraid, I'd say too close to the limit, you ideally want to be using something 600W or above and a quality PSU at that like the OCZ or Corsair units.
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I bought the following ( Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 650W ) from ocuk back in '09 - not sure how it stacks up to current GPU demands but veeeery tempted to upgrade my good old 280GTX to one of these badboys (if they are as quiet as you claim)
 
Pretty annoyed as i bought that se yesterday morning for more cost then this. Is there anytihng i can do?
 
Well mine wont run at stock, but overvolting it enables 850 core, which is advertized on the back of the box.
I suppose I could try a 1000 PSU like OCUK used to test my card when I returned it and found no errors, but seriously: like Im going spend £100 on a PSU which I doubt will fix the stock speed anyway. If I did get a new PSU when I can afford in 3 weeks & it still failed at stock, would OCUK exchange it after a month?
 
Buckster said:
??? Gibbo - don't understand your post above - you say you've sold 150 - yet here you state you only bought the last of the stock of SOCs - and that was only 100 units ... and you're still selling more now on top of the 150 sold ? I'm confused

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=18666711&postcount=3
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We've had an additional 222 units since, but chances are they would have been part of that same production run, so we may have got them at different times but I would suspect they initially part of the same batch.
 
jonnylaris said:
Thanks for the reply but it seems you are getting a bit narky at me for asking.

1) £200 may be nothing to you but that doesn't mean its pocket change to everyone.

2) "At this price point I'd not personally care" - I care because if I have to RMA it I don't have any spare GPU's lying around until I wait for a new one.

3) Just because "only" 11 cards were returned doesn't mean the other "139" odd are fully functional. Most people won't be running extreme benchmarks on the card to make sure its stable at stock speeds.

4) Even if the others were fine, 5-8% chance of receiving a faulty card is pretty scary to me.
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1) £200 is a lot money, my point was these were £350 - £400 originally, if I paid that I'd want it running as advertised, but at £200 if it meant it was unstable in a benchmark or needed a bit more voltage I'd just sort it myself.
2) There is a chance of failure with any product, this card is no different in that aspect, graphics cards normally have a 2-4% failure rate, these are in the 6-8% region which is above the norm. The SE car is the safer bet!
3) It does not mean the other 139 are faulty either!
4) The norm is 2-4%


I shall find out what Gigabyte actually use to test their cards because for gaming I suspect they are all fine bar the odd exception, running furmark is no doubt generating too much heat and I suspect Gigabyte maybe don't use that in their testing.

If you have fears then I suggest you go with the Asus or Gigabyte SE model, but for the money I'd get the SOC, its close to half price and is not far off GTX 580 performance and if you get a great runner, excellent, if in the odd programme it artifacts I'd simply give it a voltage bump to cure because the warranty will still stand with both OcUK and Gigabyte.
 
Lol, it's typical the ONE time I buy these cards quickly because I think their gonna either A) be out of stock in short order, or B) gonna shoot back up in price.

What do these cards do?? they lose £25 off each card compared to the price I paid

FML :( lol

**Edit** for anybody thinking if these are worth £215 of your hard earned the answer is a resounding YES. Once you set them to run at 30% fan speed at idle they are silent, and under load the noise isn't that bad at all. This is the GTX 480 DONE RIGHT.
 
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