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Club3D announces today to fully commit to the sale of AMD graphics boards. (No more Nvidia)

RMA through Club3D is shocking, just like with their sister companies Powercolor and VTX3D. Never buy anything from them unless the retailer agrees to honour the full warranty themselves.

Also they beat Asus to the punch by a long shot with an 8" GTX670.
 
I had a club3d 8800gt, good times, ended up doing parent duty until I sold it on last year...






...just thought I'd share...
 
I think EVGA are Nvidia pet favourites, the chances of them expanding into AMD are very thin as they would loose the sparkle in Nvidia's eye, to dump them all together.

Not until just before the rapture.
 
humbug said:
I think EVGA are Nvidia pet favourites, the chances of them expanding into AMD are very thin as they would loose the sparkle in Nvidia's eye, to dump them all together.

Not until just before the rapture.
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Exactly and give me EVGA any day over some of the other partners. You can't tell me you wouldn't want EVGA making AMD cards and the fact they solely make GPU's for Nvidia is a + for Nvidia.
 
One of the Evga reps here said no chance when asked not so long ago in a thread, Nvidia exclusive and won't be changing either.
 
EVGA are hardly happy with nVidia though, I'd imagine it'd be a untenable relationship at best, probably a similar situation with all nVidia's board partners. They really do have a history of companies not liking working with them.
 
Gregster said:
Exactly and give me EVGA any day over some of the other partners. You can't tell me you wouldn't want EVGA making AMD cards and the fact they solely make GPU's for Nvidia is a + for Nvidia.
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Yes I would like an EVGA AMD GPU, EVGA are very good, they are the BMW of the GPU world.

But they are not so good that others are not an option, Asus, Gigabyte, makes good GPU's on both sides. MSI when they get it right I would rate above EVGA for many things, though not lately.
 
Gregster said:
Exactly and give me EVGA any day over some of the other partners. You can't tell me you wouldn't want EVGA making AMD cards and the fact they solely make GPU's for Nvidia is a + for Nvidia.
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They don't make GPUs for nVidia, nVidia make GPUs for EVGA.

The chances are that nVidia have a clause with some board partners that they are only allowed to produce nVidia cards.

It's probably related to the size of the company and their dependance. I'd imagine there are some board partners that rely on nVidia products for nearly all their turnover.
 
spoffle said:
nVidia have a clause with some board partners that they are only allowed to produce nVidia cards
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+1

I imagine if they sign up to nvidia exclusivity they get a better deal when they buy things from nvidia

so people like MSI will buy them at a higher price, for instance, but have more of a range to offer customers
 
spoffle said:
EVGA are hardly happy with nVidia though, I'd imagine it'd be a untenable relationship at best, probably a similar situation with all nVidia's board partners. They really do have a history of companies not liking working with them.
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How do you know this?

spoffle said:
They don't make GPUs for nVidia, nVidia make GPUs for EVGA.
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Thanks for clearing that up.

humbug said:
Yes I would like an EVGA AMD GPU, EVGA are very good, they are the BMW of the GPU world.

But they are not so good that others are not an option, Asus, Gigabyte, makes good GPU's on both sides. MSI when they get it right I would rate above EVGA for many things, though not lately.
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MSI are good, as are Asus but after contacting Gigabyte and asking if it was ok to add a waterblock to my Titans, I was told "If you remove any part of the card, you will void your warranty". That put them down my fav list a little.
 
Gregster said:
How do you know this?
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Things have been said a few times in the past, the most recent was to do with the EVGA classified 680s where a stink was kicked up over nVidia smack talking EVGA about them.

Strong arming is something they have a lot of experience in.


MSI are good, as are Asus but after contacting Gigabyte and asking if it was ok to add a waterblock to my Titans, I was told "If you remove any part of the card, you will void your warranty". That put them down my fav list a little.
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That's a typical response, and what's also typical is that as long as you don't maul your card whilst putting a waterblock on, your warranty will be in tact as they'd be non the wiser if your card breaks due to non-waterblock reasons and you put the original cooler back on for RMA.

That's the way it's worked for as long as I can remember, those who officially allow waterblocks are quite the exception.
 
spoffle said:
That's a typical response, and what's also typical is that as long as you don't maul your card whilst putting a waterblock on, your warranty will be in tact as they'd be non the wiser if your card breaks due to non-waterblock reasons and you put the original cooler back on for RMA.

That's the way it's worked for as long as I can remember, those who officially allow waterblocks are quite the exception.
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it is also a big plus point for EVGA... they even emailed me a bios ROM recently as i managed to lose my original, with no fuss
 
I don't disagree with that, it's very good of them to have that attitude.

My comment was more about how no one should really take it seriously when a manufacturer's official response is "no, putting on a waterblock will void you warranty".
 
spoffle said:
I don't disagree with that, it's very good of them to have that attitude.

My comment was more about how no one should really take it seriously when a manufacturer's official response is "no, putting on a waterblock will void you warranty".
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The problem is the manufacturers that put seals on screws and such. I consider myself pretty apt with components and swapping bits over/out but it gives a little more confidence when you get told "No problem".
 
I will say this, Nvidia dictate partners what they can and cannot do, AMD don't.

EVGA are good in terms of service and quality, those things can be matched, and sometimes are.

EVGA could be much more than they are, if it were not for Nvidia telling them to limit volts and overclockability. In that respect they are just like every other Nvidia GPU.
No choice at all.

Asus on the AMD side have a 7970 with 1.4v out of the box, more VRM's than you can count and a cooler the size of a brick. it sets them apart from all the others, it gives you choice, some will only overvolts to 1.25v, others like my Powercolor will do 1.27v, my Gigabyte does 1.3v, the high end Asus does 1.4v
The potential for a VRM city 1.4 volt GPU is huge.

Meanwhile Nvidia are forcing everyone to remove the more fancy overclocking stuff and conform to a standard.

EVGA are not allowed to have an edge, thanks to Nvidia. it completely takes the sheen off EVGA.

I think EVGA would like to compete in the AMD space, but are locked to Nvidia only, for whatever reason.
 
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