BFG - Game Over?

3dcandy · 7 Jul 2010 at 11:39

Just seen this posted on [H]ardOCP, dunno about the amount of truth in it so far...

http://www.hardocp.com/news/2010/07/06/bfg_tech_down_for_count

alex24 · 7 Jul 2010 at 11:42

Well that could suck. I think BFG will blame nvidia, which is partly true, but also they should have tried to jump on the ATI bandwagon before it was too late.

Kelt · 7 Jul 2010 at 11:53

"We are being told this morning by sources inside BFG Tech that its "PSU department" has been let go. I would suggest that if you have a BFG card that needs to be RMA'd, you need to get that done ASAFP"

I take it ASAFP means "as soon as flipping possible"?

3dcandy · 7 Jul 2010 at 11:54

KelticDaz said:
"We are being told this morning by sources inside BFG Tech that its "PSU department" has been let go. I would suggest that if you have a BFG card that needs to be RMA'd, you need to get that done ASAFP"

I take it ASAFP means "as soon as flipping possible"?

Yup....or something else beginning with "f"

'Wes · 7 Jul 2010 at 11:55

KelticDaz said:
"We are being told this morning by sources inside BFG Tech that its "PSU department" has been let go. I would suggest that if you have a BFG card that needs to be RMA'd, you need to get that done ASAFP"

I take it ASAFP means "as soon as flipping possible"?

As soon as ******* possible.

twist3d0n3 · 7 Jul 2010 at 12:32

as soon as fapping possible?

Nodiggidy123 · 7 Jul 2010 at 12:38

where does it stand on the warrantys for psus? i bought a bfg one specifically for the warranty. same with my gtx 280

Kelt · 7 Jul 2010 at 13:00

Nodiggidy123 said:
where does it stand on the warrantys for psus? i bought a bfg one specifically for the warranty. same with my gtx 280

I think you're flipped with BFG warranties, looks like their Big Flipping Gun has run out of ammo...

The Asgard · 7 Jul 2010 at 14:05

This is the problem of "Lifetime" warranties. Wouldn't suprise me if EVGA are next to go.

Aurhinius · 7 Jul 2010 at 14:14

this is sad indeed I have always wanted a lifetime warranty simply because if you buy something you want it to be covered.

If you pay extra for it and you usually do it is still worth it.

Sad news because their RMA support was superb.

Warranties these days are rubbish average is 2 years on GPU's which is pants.

Only Zotac seem to do more at 5 years, Asus and Gigabyte do 3 I think.

edscdk · 7 Jul 2010 at 14:17

Aurhinius said:
this is sad indeed I have always wanted a lifetime warranty simply because if you buy something you want it to be covered.

If you pay extra for it and you usually do it is still worth it.

Sad news because their RMA support was superb.

Warranties these days are rubbish average is 2 years on GPU's which is pants.

Only Zotac seem to do more at 5 years, Asus and Gigabyte do 3 I think.

2 years for a 100/300 item is fine, you usually only get a year warranty on items.

lurkio · 7 Jul 2010 at 14:25

I bought 2 x GTX280
and 1 800W psu of BFG , only reason I bought of them was their warranty

Freddie1980 · 7 Jul 2010 at 14:26

ATI should throw them a life line, BFG is a fantastic brand and ATI-BFG branded video cards would be very popular for those of us who aren't in love with Sapphire.

ubersonic · 7 Jul 2010 at 15:59

The Asgard said:
This is the problem of "Lifetime" warranties. Wouldn't suprise me if EVGA are next to go.

Hey the warranty was true to its word, the card was warranted for the lifetime of the company LMAO

jigger · 7 Jul 2010 at 16:05

It was only a matter of time. I guess Nvidia never compensated them.

ATI will probably struggle to get enough TSMC production to supply another partner, but maybe.

Efour · 7 Jul 2010 at 16:31

Lifetime warranty is absolutely insane really in any business model.

I wonder what percentage are mysteriously damaged when a newer model is about to be released.

jigger · 7 Jul 2010 at 16:46

I felt they should have only included the life time warranty for the original card, and operated a fair usage policy on replacements.

sturmtruppe · 7 Jul 2010 at 21:08

Shame. Their cards were great, now i've switched to evga - little more pricey though. Here's to hoping BFG don't die out!

Rhys-M · 8 Jul 2010 at 10:45

Big shame. Really great cards, having owned a few. Nvidia need to get their act together. Hopefully their partners can survive

drunkenmaster · 8 Jul 2010 at 10:55

In terms of quality of cards, I've honestly never seen a difference between any brand, Nvidia or AMD, different box sizes and stickers.

But its never nice for people to lose their jobs and a company to go under, hate to stick it to Nvidia(ok, no I don't) but thats yet another partner who couldn't survive with Nvidia's current lack of profits on the high end. Again people will think Fermi being late is somehow an issue, late cards happen, it was the EOL'ing of the last gen before the new gen, and the price the last gen was forced to be sold at which squeezed everyone too hard.

For those who think Nvidia's profits have been great, just remember, they've screwed over every single one of their partners to maintain a very slim profit, so they've managed to stay profitable, but not by much, but lost a bunch of partners to do so.

EVGA, well, you kind of assume will be doing better, they seem the prefered partner, either thats EVGA desparately trying to stay in the game or Nvidia are actually offering them better prices and a little more room for profit, otherwise I can see them being in trouble aswell. Though it would seem right now EVGA need to replace their motherboard team, or ditch motherboards aswell, I would think their motherboard and weird setup design department costs quite a bit(as much as any other companies design team) but have very very low sales compared to other companies.

If EVGA went, Nvidia only really has the OEM types, Zotac, Asus and Gigabyte and the big guys who aren't exclusive and really won't take crap from Nvidia. EVGA/BFG are basically Nvidia only , massively dependant and Nvidia can push them around, Asus, Zotac, Gigabyte won't be pushed around and if Nvidia squeezes their profits they'll just not sell them.