This would be a waste of money - the card is decent, let them replace etc and you'll be good and you can forget and enjoy.
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Asus Strix 2080TI RMA
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This would be a waste of money - the card is decent, let them replace etc and you'll be good and you can forget and enjoy.
If this card dies again - I'd be back in the same place with no card for a month. Not a situation I enjoy being in.
True, fingers crossed your replacement is fine mate and you can forget about the issues
Think i've had mine a few months now and touch wood all OK.
Reading this Thread about Asus RMA time is scary but an EVGA 2080ti FTW3 £1329) costs £230 more then a ASUS Strix OC 2080ti (£1099)
Is it really worth paying an extra £230 just for a faster RMA
(The 2080ti prices are sky high how it is less alone paying out an extra £230 on top)
Is it really worth paying an extra £230 just for a faster RMA
(The 2080ti prices are sky high how it is less alone paying out an extra £230 on top)
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Took less than a week to repair my Asus product, take a note of the serial number and you can check the status.
https://www.asus.com/uk/support/repair-status-inquiry/
https://www.asus.com/uk/support/repair-status-inquiry/
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They seem to have made a horlicks of the AMD cards of late. Check out the hardware unboxed episodes of the 5700's then other reviews of similar products, I dont think I will get any asus products until I see a significant improvement in the quality.
So, the plan is to artificially limit the life of the card for what reason?
Let’s say it will last 4 years under normal use but now it dies after 2, what use is that to the buyer?
I know you’re making a point about stressing the card to “test” it and that if it dies within a year he gets a new card BUT what if it doesn’t? What if the stress manifests itself as a card that dies in 18 months or at best he gets a replacement card next year... is that really a win?
But, that shouldn't kill the card at all, it should be able to run whatever you throw at it, ok perhaps lagging at 8k.
Overclocking? - That's fairly normal....
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No you wouldn't.
You have been told 28 days. You need to wait that amount before chasing it up.
It's the same everywhere.
ASUS will have thousands of cards being returned to them and yours is in the conveyor belt of returns.
To expect special treatment would be laughable. As in ASUS would be getting requests every other hour from ocuk due to the number of returns they likely deal with.
Which is why they have said 28 days as that is their expected turnaround time. That then removes 90% of needless contact from people wanting to chase something up before it's gone through their process.
Just wait the 28 days or buy a cheap backup card to use in the mean time.
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You aren't just paying that for RMA times though. You are paying for an evga card with much better customer service and after sales warranty which is extendable up to 5 years. Also EVGA build quality.
It could also be the EVGA you are looking at is expensive at ocuk compared to elsewhere and the asus cheaper at ocuk compared to elsewhere. I've usually though of ASUS as being very overpriced for what you get.
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I have realised this too in the last couple of years. Somewhere along the line they got apple-itis except only thing they deliver on is the high prices these days.
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Quickly set it back to 1.3V and carried on, If it dies now it'll be an excuse to upgrade to a ryzen 3700X
You need to update the bios to stop that happening. Soon as I heard about it, it was the first thing I did. You must be on a old bios.
It's the latest and a known quirk of there x99 mobos....I think
Asus graphics cards have always been pretty average. Below average even for their lower-end stuff. I don't know where the idea that they were ever the best came from, because it certainly wasn't objective testing. There have always been better, cheaper alternatives from the likes of EVGA, Palit, Sapphire and PowerColor (even MSI if you want to limit it to the three big names). Maybe it was based on the quality of their motherboards, where they did generally smoke everybody else for a long time. Though in reality it's probably just because they're the biggest company and so have the biggest marketing budget.
well for graphics cards Asus has the best air cooler technically - as seen on he 2080ti.
Can you tell us about their best AMD coolers too?
Zotac have good cooler to my 2080ti idle at 25 on air amazing .
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Yeah I have had a few motherboards but these seem to have dropped, I would have associated the brand through this not so much GPU's/monitors etc.
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It's the latest and a known quirk of there x99 mobos....I think
Not good if it's still doing it then.