About to purchase an Asus 480 - your experience with them?

mikey1090 · 1 Mar 2011 at 00:16

Asus hasn't had such amazing reviews with RMAs for graphics cards ver in this thread -
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18231329

So I just wanted to hear of your experience owning a GTX480.

I've heard good things about them -
Any slight bugs/screen errors/reboots needed?
Any issues getting one sent back?
Have any of them failed on you?

Cleeecooo · 1 Mar 2011 at 07:48

Ocuk will deal with RMA.
It might be worth asking ocuk sales as this would confirm whether or not oc will replace the card as soon as it is found faulty.

mikey1090 · 1 Mar 2011 at 10:13

I have a feeling they may handle the RMA for the first year then after that it's up to me! Problem is, my other GPUs that have died in the past have done after around 18 months.

Cleeecooo · 1 Mar 2011 at 10:38

1979 sale of goods. The retailer must deal with any problems you face - not the manufacterer.

Zotac, KFA2 and Palit 480's are available for a similar price in some places. Have a look

djkav · 1 Mar 2011 at 10:42

Cleeecooo said:
1979 sale of goods. The retailer must deal with any problems you face - not the manufacterer.

Zotac, KFA2 and Palit 480's are available for a similar price in some places. Have a look

Yup, the sales of goods contract is between you [buyer] and the retailer [seller]. The retailer in turn has a contract between them and the supplier or manufacturer.

mikey1090 · 1 Mar 2011 at 10:46

Excellent. It's likely i'll take the plunge then.

What would I do in this other situation I'm in though....

I had a faulty BFG 9800GX2 which I sent back to BFG and got a 280 in return I think. Now that is also faulty (badly refurbished I expect) but BFG have shut down/gone bust. Where do I stand with that?

Albino Eatpod · 1 Mar 2011 at 10:56

I've got 2 of the ASUS cards, and have had no problems.

Cleeecooo · 1 Mar 2011 at 11:12

mikey1090 said:
Excellent. It's likely i'll take the plunge then.

What would I do in this other situation I'm in though....

I had a faulty BFG 9800GX2 which I sent back to BFG and got a 280 in return I think. Now that is also faulty (badly refurbished I expect) but BFG have shut down/gone bust. Where do I stand with that?

As you got the card direct from BFG your screwed. Unlucky. If you got it from a retailer then you can try for maybe £45 off something

mikey1090 · 1 Mar 2011 at 11:18

Thanks for the advice

I've taken the plunge and just bought a GTX480

Only problem now is I won't want to wait until I get my new PC next week....i'll want to stick it in my 3 year old PC to give games a cheeky boost!

Cleeecooo · 1 Mar 2011 at 12:45

Which one? The Asus?
Personally i would have gone for the KFA2 or Zotac

Jono8 · 1 Mar 2011 at 13:28

Cleeecooo said:
Which one? The Asus?
Personally i would have gone for the KFA2 or Zotac

Why?

Random Guy · 1 Mar 2011 at 13:38

My GTX 480 was fine at first, developed artifacts about 2 weeks in. Sent for an RMA last week.

Destroyer^ · 1 Mar 2011 at 13:40

I have this card and the first card had to be RMA'd due to VLOD but the card sent back has been really good, running 2x 24" monitors off it and play RIFT on one of them on ULTRA detail which gives me about 30-50 fps

Cleeecooo · 1 Mar 2011 at 13:56

Jono8 said:
Why?

I'm going on the basis of the RMA length. The Zotac has 5yrs warranty aswell.

Jono8 · 1 Mar 2011 at 14:04

Cleeecooo said:
I'm going on the basis of the RMA length. The Zotac has 5yrs warranty aswell.

pfft who keeps a graphics card for more than 3 years

Besides, i used to like to buy BFG because of their lifetime and excellent warranty service and look where that got me!

goodl · 1 Mar 2011 at 14:47

I have one with an Accelero cooler on, its been great

jigger · 1 Mar 2011 at 16:19

Loud, very hot and fast.

Liquid · 1 Mar 2011 at 17:22

Cleeecooo said:
I'm going on the basis of the RMA length. The Zotac has 5yrs warranty aswell.

The only issue for me is that it's a Zotac, if they didn't offer 5 years they wouldn't sell any lol. My problem with Zotac is primarily that they are a renamed company, and that company is 'Pine'. Anyone who knows them will know what I mean lol

And the Asus/KFA2/Zotac/Palit are all virtually identical reference cards including cooler, so it really doesnt make much difference which one anyone picks.

Jono8 · 1 Mar 2011 at 19:59

One thing i really need to know from people who have bought the Asus one of these is whether it comes with a molex - 8 pin adapter as i have an old corsair 620hx which only came with two 6 pin pcie express connectors.

I take it it requires a 6 pin and an 8 pin?

Gin0rm0 · 1 Mar 2011 at 20:13

Jono8 said:
One thing i really need to know from people who have bought the Asus one of these is whether it comes with a molex - 8 pin adapter as i have an old corsair 620hx which only came with two 6 pin pcie express connectors.

I take it it requires a 6 pin and an 8 pin?

Just bought an Asus one and it didn't come with an 8 pin adaptor. It only came with a twin molex to 6 pin adaptor.

Yes, it requires a 6 pin and an 8 pin connection.