Recommendations for top quality Nvidia card maker (no EVGA)?

[Thor_Odinson]

I'll vouch for Inno3d as I have been personally using them since the days of the MX400. The only time I'd switch cards is because of a system upgrade and not parts failure.

 

[Leyawiin]

PNY has a poor warranty feature where the warranty ends once a card is no longer being manufactured.

That ended for the "XLR8" series of cards back in 2009. Its now lifetime of the original owner with website registration - just like EVGA.

 

[HOOfan 1]

Reference cards are identical. So it doesnt matter if you get Asus, MSI, Zotac, Inno3D, Gigabyte etc. Its first when they mess around with the cards things change.

That's what I was thinking. 3 bad EVGA cards = bad luck. Horrible customer service = horrible company

 

[nine9s]

That ended for the "XLR8" series of cards back in 2009. Its now lifetime of the original owner with website registration - just like EVGA.

I thought lifetime warranties, at EVGA, ended.

 

[mwmorph]

I thought lifetime warranties, at EVGA, ended.

Evga has a 3 year now with registration optional, though registration allows the warranty to transfer.

 

[abaez]

Also, do you think there are any GTX 680 to buy now? Newegg shows sold out, Amazon has some for a $100 premium. Any place really have stock for $500?

I refreshed this page a couple of times a day: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007KFDFW8 and got one last Friday. It only took two days of doing that. It was $505.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Reference cards, pick any available card. They are all the same.