BFG 295 Warranty Question

[spyblog]

Did a bit of searching, but hoping my initial findings were wrong.

I've always loved BFG and went with them again for my GTX 295, but at the time I wasn't planning to water cool. Now that I do plan to in a few months, I'm considering returning my card and switching to EVGA if BFG's warranty policy is still voided by water cooling.

Can anyone confirm that it still is? Don't know why their warranty is such garbage when they're great in so many other ways.

 

[HOOfan 1]

from BFG's website

This warranty is VOID if the product:
* Was modified or damaged by overclocking, tampering, user error, accident, disaster, abuse, misuse, power supply, power application, alteration, repair, modification, a fix or replacement by someone other than BFG Technologies.

I am not sure how that exactly makes the warranty "garbage" considering that you are taking the product apart to do this

BFG has a pre-built water cooled solution and from at the prices I am seeing for the aftermarket water blocks, you really won't be paying much more buying that.

 

[spyblog]

Garbage was a strong word lol, but by comparison, it's certainly lacking. EVGA's allows overclocking and aftermarket coolers, and I believe XFX might as well (overclocking for sure).

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: HOOfan 1
BFG has a pre-built water cooled solution and from at the prices I am seeing for the aftermarket water blocks, you really won't be paying much more buying that.

Yes, BFG's GTX 295 H2O is officially available, and in-stock at Newegg (earlier in the week when I checked). It uses a Danger Den block and the price is just a hair more than buying the two (block + card) separately, plus assembled/tested/warranty.

You already have a BFG GTX 295? Maybe you can trade-up to the H2O model? You have to make sure that your card is properly registered with BFG (through web site) and you have 100 days from original purchase date, as long as the card you want is in-stock when you want to trade up.

 

[spyblog]

Already checked, cannot trade up to h2o.