Grooveriding
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EVGA's support is going to the dogs and their warranty is average with an improved warranty version costing even more money = cash grab.
Buy Asus imo.
Buy Asus imo.
Rvenger --- I have another 7970 for you --- come back to the Red side!!!!!
(sry to hear 'bout your troubles)
Rvenger --- I have another 7970 for you --- come back to the Red side!!!!!
(sry to hear 'bout your troubles)
Just got off the phone with EVGA tech support. He said these cards don't have issues and I don't have a superclocked version so I can't step up either. I will be getting the same defective reference model back. I told him I was just going to return to Amazon and get a Windforce 670 and he told me to go ahead. lol
Oh well, looks like EVGA lost a customer.
I tried to tell you bro. Evga is utter garbage anymore. I feel bad for anyone who wastes money on there products
Is that just for this generation?
All of my cards in that past have been EVGA, and I have had zero problems.
Currently I have two 560 Ti (2GB models) in SLI, OC with over-volt, and the only problems I get are with various driver issues (though 301.24 has been amazing for me).
I've always stuck with EVGA for this very reason: their cards, including the most recent generation, have been amazing.
Maybe the trick with them is to steer away from Reference? I don't think I've ever owned a true reference card from them... could that be something?
I tried to tell you bro. Evga is utter garbage anymore. I feel bad for anyone who wastes money on there products
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the Vanilla Evga GTX 670 uses the same reference PCB as the EVGA SC GTX 670 (They both look like a VHS tape)? If that is the case the vanilla one should have the same issues too, especially when trying to overclock...
Evga=overrated.
Ref designs for more money. Pass. Got burned by them before and their shyster rma process. Better make sure you have invoices, receipts and blood from your first born before they'll even consider a rma.
EVGA's support is going to the dogs and their warranty is average with an improved warranty version costing even more money = cash grab.
Buy Asus imo.
Its more the company then the products but look from the P67 lineup forward. The motherboards have gotten progressively worse. Evga is not the company it used to be
When they debuted the motherboard line, I steered well clear of that, for many reasons.
A video card company entering the motherboard market? No thanks. I'll stick with the motherboard manufacturers that have been at it for awhile.
That, and their motherboards seem to never have the same overclocking potential and stability as some of the offerings of the mainstay manufacturers. Maybe that has changed in recent times, I haven't paid much attention.
After reading into the problem it's not even EVGA's fault. Some of the chips and boards sent from Nvidia are bad so any reference card could be affected anyway. EVGA, MSI, Galaxy etc reference design boards are not built by them. The issue goes back on the supply chain before EVGA receives anything.
I don't know, but EVGA was making sure that any cards that wouldn't work right are replaced.
From what I have gleamed...rumor is the GTX 670s are actually GTX 680s that don't quite make the cut so they shut off some of the shaders and clock it back. It might be more complicated than that, but it might explain why some GTX 670 cards match GTX 680 performance. This isn't new though...many cards can be unlocked. I have a HS6950 that unlocks to 6970.
I tried to tell you bro. Evga is utter garbage anymore. I feel bad for anyone who wastes money on there products
EVGA is a great company as a whole... it is just some CSR are obviously not very friendly or know the correct way to say or do things... some are frustrated because they find themselves being taken advantage by customers that know/try to work the system...
Back when I used to work as a tech support/customer service for D-Link, some CSR say the weirdest thing and some should not even be a CSR the first place...
If all else fail, just try to get a hold of Jacob or Joe from EVGA...
Its pretty clear the OP does not know how to handle a return.
I thought Jacob was gone from EVGA
Really, where in my post does it show that I do I not know how to handle a return? Next time think before you attack someone.
I just didn't appreciate argumentative customer service from EVGA. It just so happens that the 2 reps I spoke to were just not glad to handle my request and preferred me to go to Amazon instead.
Mods please close this thread.
If you are in the return window from Amazon then why go through the trouble with EVGA....if your card broke after the return window then EVGA will replace under warranty. What am i missing here. You just come out and bash EVGA? Had this been a case where they didnt want to honor your warranty then this would be a good thread.
Yes...please close this thread.
Really, where in my post does it show that I do I not know how to handle a return? Next time think before you attack someone. If you actually looked in the EVGA forums you will see issues with the non SC version of the card as well. These reference models seem to have issues of some kind.
I just didn't appreciate argumentative customer service from EVGA. It just so happens that the 2 reps I spoke to were just not glad to handle my request and preferred me to go to Amazon instead.
Mods please close this thread.