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B Grade cards

manic111

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Just a quick question, I'm looking at picking up a B-Grade card. What's the warranty like on these? Do you get the full warranty with the manufacturer, and a limited one with OCUK, or do you lose the manufacturer's warranty?

Secondly, is the 4850 512mb a worthwhile upgrade from a 3850, running at 1400x900 (but considering upgrading)?

EDIT: Would a Corsair HX520 be ok to power it?
 
14 day warranty with Ocuk I believe and then the manufacturer's warranty takes over...and yes a 4850 will be a great upgrade from a 3850, and the Corsair PSU is perfect.

buy it
 
My thoughts exactly to be honest! Has anyone had any experience of B-Grade cards? Any issues that haven't been resolved? Where are Gainward's RMAs to? What do you tend to get with them? I assume the bundle is smaller than with an "A" grade card?
 
You may get the full bundle but TBH i'd just expect a bare card (that way you're not disappointed).

This week i bought a b-grade Gainward GTX260 and all i got was the card in a plain white OEM box.

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Not an issue, pretty much the answer I expected!

Stupid question, but it's been so long since I've changed a GPU (over a year) that I should probably get it straight. Is there anything in the way of cables etc that I would need and wouldn't get if I just received a bare card in a box?

EDIT: Another stupid question, and I'm pretty sure the answer's "yes", but is the card's PCIe 2.0 interface backwards compatible with my GA-P35c-DS3r's PCIe 1.1 interface?
 
nope. not unless you are running a VGA monitor and need a dvi to vga adapter, or plan on buying 2 for crossfire in which case you'd need a crossfire ribbon cable thingy.
 
I think the answer is yes to the pcie but a search might confirm this as Ive read similar in the past


That maker appears to offer a 2 year guarantee and its still a fairly recent card so you shouldnt be left with anything not working any time soon.
 
CS confirmed to me before that all the Gainward cards are bare boards. This means no HDMI, no Component, no molex to PCI-E power adapter, no Crossfire board, no DVI to VGA, no drivers and no box. If you need most of these then you are better buying new as they will add up on ebay costs. If you already have them all or don't have any need then some of the prices are not to be sniffed at whatsoever.
 
This very question has been asked today already.......and 17 bazzziillllllionnnnn other times!

Search pls, kthxbye.

Oh, and yes, and yes, to your two other questions :)
 
That is the best deal I saw that has disappeared, though I have no idea what gurusan was looking at for 86.24
 
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