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Poll: The Great POLL: Do you buy a product for its merit or warranty term?

Do you buy a card for its ability/features OR its warranty term?

  • I buy a card for its merit, ability and features!

    Votes: 172 85.1%

  • I only buy a card with 3yr or longer warranty!

    Votes: 30 14.9%
  • Total voters
    202
Well i just bought the gigerbyte 980gtx G1 gaming card it is replacing my faithfull zotax 660ti which for the last 3 half years stood me good ,
i have to be honest i bought the 980 g1 because overclockers did a fantastic deal on it at the weekend ...bugger the warranty lol
 
Isn't the poll somewhat missing the point. Neither is sufficient and I don't particularly want to choose either.
I want a card with the features I want, a good quiet cooler, perhaps potential to fit a full waterblock otherwise gpu only blocks work, strong power delivery (doesn't have to be the best and will make little difference to the typical OC) with the longest warranty.

There are a fair few models at any time that have the features. Those that don't are culled from the list. Of those remaining, the longer warranty tips the balance. Both are true.



edit: Of course there is then also price to throw in the mix.
 
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nitram100 said:
Warranty for me, only reason I bought Powercolor is because OCUK deal with em.
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So its not necessarily the warranty term but who is dealing with the RMA?

Powercolor, XFX are indeed OcUK! :)

Galax is also OcUK or you can return direct using the BFG guys who are probably the best customer service RMA wise out there. :)
 
Gibbo said:
So its not necessarily the warranty term but who is dealing with the RMA?

Powercolor, XFX are indeed OcUK! :)

Galax is also OcUK or you can return direct using the BFG guys who are probably the best customer service RMA wise out there. :)
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So if my next GPU is another Powercolor, and i buy it from here, will OcUK deal with its 2 year warranty for that duration, how does that work? do you test it and decide whats what, replace it if necessary?
 
Chances are I'll only own a card for a year anyway, so the 2 or 3 year warranty isn't an issue for me, it's the speed at which the turnaround is processed for me after 28 days of purchase.

That said the rich people wont care anyway, because say they have an Asus GTX 980 card for example, they will just buy another and wait the <2 months> for the RMA card to come back.
 
given that
a) i would not want to be without a GPU once purchased
b) Ive never had a gpu fail in the 3rd year....and not before
c) I dont resell GPUs
d) I run a GPU for 3-4 years on average.

i would be closer to a) and wouldnt pay a premium for a GPU warranty...(I'd have to buy another one whilst the old got fixed by which time it would be almost worthless to me)
i might pay a premium for a GPU which offered advanced replacement in event of telephone diagnosed failure, but suspect the premium would be too high...even more so if the advance replacement included fan bearings going as a fault...

Thats said when comparing different OEMs, warranty does provide a confidence factor that im sure can sway disposition towards a product, making it more likely to come out on top for the choice of purchase.
Maybe we need personalised insurance with a no claims bonus, it might well be the case that the ones that are installed once and never moved.with good cooling..non overclocked..almost never break after 2nd year...whilst the ones that are resold/moved start to attract higher failure rates.
 
3 years is my minimum warranty, but that doesnt mean id pick a crap card over a decent card because it has 5 years ect. Id always pick a decent card, the Galax look like nice cards and i bet they are well built but whats the point picking one up for the same price as a 3 year better known brand?
 
there should be a third option for "price point"

i like to water cool my system to run silent, so i buy the cheapest reference board, big fancies coolers, and i little over clock are not worth the extra £££'s
 
humbug said:
So if my next GPU is another Powercolor, and i buy it from here, will OcUK deal with its 2 year warranty for that duration, how does that work? do you test it and decide whats what, replace it if necessary?
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Correct.
 
Gibbo said:
So its not necessarily the warranty term but who is dealing with the RMA?

Powercolor, XFX are indeed OcUK! :)

Galax is also OcUK or you can return direct using the BFG guys who are probably the best customer service RMA wise out there. :)
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Definitely, the fact that it would be you guys dealing with it here in the UK was the only reason I purchased Powercolor. 3yrs or 2 yrs didn't make much of a difference.
 
I buy a card for its merit, ability and features!

AMD for gaming and benching, with Nvidia l use them for Linux and yes the occasional light benchmark.

No real preference to the company logo, be it Gainward, MSI, Sapphire, EVGA, XFX, Powercolour etc.

A 2yr warranty is more than enough. I know as l am on my 3rd R9 290 :) And to be fair, the R9 290 is the longest card l have owned at just over a yr.
 
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can it not be both good product + 3 year warranty , in the end i went for msi 970 as it is great product and has good warranty only lacking the backplate .
 
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