Is XFX Skipping Fermi?
PrintWith intense competition in the graphics market, add-in board (AIB) partners often look for ways to distinguish their products from one another, whether it's a nifty bundle or an exotic cooling solution. So what is XFX planning for Fermi? Absolutely nothing, says Legit Reviews.
"This afternoon we received confirmation that XFX, a division of PINE Technologies, will not be releasing any GeForce GTX 400 series graphics cards to the market when the cards become public next month," writes Nathan Kirsch, founder of Legit Reviews. "XFX was not listed as a launch partner for Fermi and did not issue a press release about the upcoming cards, which might come as a shock to many to many of our readers as they are one of the largest Nvidia AIBs in the world!."
Kirsch goes on to say that the decision belonged to XFX, not Nvidia, which should kill off any conspiracy theories that Nvidia's giving XFX the cold shoulder for carrying ATI hardware.
"It looks like XFX thinks that the Radeon HD 5000 series of graphics card is the right card for the high-end market," Kirsch explains. "From our conversation with XFX they mentioned that they have 'yet to see whether the fermented launch will reach an inglorious anti-climax' and that they want to 'Ferm up to who really has the big guns.'"
Interesting choice of words coming from a major player. XFX has been touted for its excellent 'Double Lifetime Warranty' policy, which allows registered users to transfer their warranty to a second owner.
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Cooketh
March 31, 2010 at 5:08pm
This is pretty shocking.
I'm an ATi user but I've always connected XFX with Nvidia till recently. Now they're hardly connected at all.
Very strange. Though I've heard good things about EVGA's Nvidia models so it's not the end of the world of Nvidia users.
sinan
March 31, 2010 at 5:00pm
I call Shenanigans! This smells like an April's fools joke. Check your calendar people!
Caboose
April 01, 2010 at 12:10pm
Next person to say shenanigans gets pistol whipped!
-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-
athlon11
March 31, 2010 at 4:56pm
Evga also does the double lifetime warranty and allows you to OC your card as well without voiding the warranty.
Scootiep
March 31, 2010 at 6:41pm
In case you missed an earlier post, OCing XFX cards doesn't void their warranties either. I can attest to that as I OC'd the heck out of an 8600 GT, ended up frying it, RMA'd it and got a new one no questions asked.
To start press any key...ohh, where's the "Any" key. - Homer Simpson
Rob86
March 31, 2010 at 5:30pm
i have a few of their cards they don't do the double lifetime.
wish they would add the double lifetime though would make for better resale value.
Spartacus
March 31, 2010 at 4:45pm
huh. I didn't think I'd ever see XFX completely turn around on Nvidia. I think this is a bit premature, but I'm no business major, so...
Deanjo
March 31, 2010 at 4:33pm
LMFAO. Excellent warranty? I've been waiting for an RMA from these guys for over 5 months for 2 dead ATI cards. No response as of yet despite many many many many queries.
DOOMHAMMA
March 31, 2010 at 4:52pm
They might be a tad slow on the replies. But I bought my card with some one else (two 5870's, one shipment), and they had to RMA they card. Mind you, I left mine untouched. But they painted the red parts silver and moved identity stickers. At the same time everyone else with 5xxx cards started to have grey screens and weird display issues, theirs did too. So they contacted XFX and sent the card in. XFX gave them a verbal slap on the wrist, and then mailed them a new card. That's amazing.
TechJunkie
March 31, 2010 at 4:52pm
your just not emailing them right! Email them from the left and maybe they will answer.
I have never had one problem with any radeons from any manufacturer. They do slip by quality control though sometimes but anything electronic can go bad at any given time. I feel for ya though. I had the same problem with Western Digital with a 2TB drive. Took numerous phone calls and emails to get them to respond. Then they sent me an email saying an RMA was approved with directions on how to ship it back. One problem though, they never gave me an RMA number. I gave up. Now I use Seagate exclusively.
noobstix
March 31, 2010 at 4:20pm
Heh, they're probably focusing on why their Radeon HD5670s only have a 50% chance of working out of the box.
Spartacus
March 31, 2010 at 4:45pm
I've used more XFX video cards then I can count, and not a single one
has ever died. I overclock nearly all my video cards too (doesn't void
the warranty on XFX cards). Not to mention every XFX card I've bought in
the past year has had all japanese solid capacitors.
Danthrax66
March 31, 2010 at 4:17pm
This is a dumb move for XFX now evga is the only way to go for nvidia cards and I would get a sapphire 58xx series over an xfx because of the cooling solutions. It's never good to burn bridges...
Neufeldt2002
March 31, 2010 at 3:40pm
"It looks like XFX thinks that the Radeon HD 4000 series of graphics
card is the right card for the high-end market,"
Should be Radeon HD 5000 series.
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