GPU warranty

Zeebedy

Zeebedy

Zeebedy

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hey guys,

looking at changing my GPU, if I purchase a B grade item, I know its a 90day warranty, but will it still have the standard manufacturers warranty or does that get wiped when B grade?




RTJ
 
They are known to also go by the manufacture date warranty, so if you buy a model that was released not long ago, you're pretty much guaranteed to have a good chunk of warranty left.

Thing with that statement is that different companies may have different policies. And is probably why OcUK state any reference to other warranty is to be ignored with B-Grade items. So if you want to know for a fact, inquire from the manufacturing company itself.

Don't quote me but I think Gigabyte and EVGA are two known to currently honour manufacture date warranty in case of B-Grade. I believe I have read statements from their Reps about it. In fact if the thread is moved to the Graphics Card forum, they may see it and confirm.
 
yeah evga deffo transfers over as i bought my 1070 b grade and registered it on evga website and got the full 3 year warranty and option to extend to 5 or step up if i wanted to also.
 
Personally I wouldn't take the chance because if you buy a Asus, Palit card or similar you may find out that you just have that 90 day warranty and nothing else. To do a return on those brands you have to go through the retailer it was purchased from and in this case it would be OCUK who will probably fob you off with the 90 day B grade warranty. If you can go directly to the manufacturer such as EVGA you should be ok.

Often though the price for B grade is too close to a brand new item with full warranty so it would make more sense to just buy new for a little extra. You may also end up with a card that has been returned due to coil whine, hot running or a poor clocker.
 
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