VisionTek Folds

[rubenswm]

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Damn it!!!

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Posted by timothy on Monday August 19, @02:22AM
from the crinkle-crinkle-smoosh dept.
geogeek6_7 writes: "In a major shocker with potentially far reaching consquences, it seems that VisionTek, the number one producer of NVIDIA based graphics cards, will be foreclosed, and cease to exist. HardOCP has the details."

 

[tigerbait]

yep, saw this over in General Hardware

so much for the "Lifetime Warranty" on my Ti4400 :|

 

[spanky]

is hardocp the only ppl who have info about this? i can't find info about this anywhere else.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: spankyOO7
is hardocp the only ppl who have info about this? i can't find info about this anywhere else.

Visit the GH forum

 

[Whitecloak]

yes, we know it.

 

[SHoddyCOmp]

wow, that sucks! I was this close (pinches fingers together) to getting their 4400, i got a different one. whew

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: spankyOO7
is hardocp the only ppl who have info about this? i can't find info about this anywhere else.

I looked at their website, and they haven't had a press release in two months when they normally have at least one a month, and usually many a month.

 

[Acanthus]

RIP Visiontek

 

[Freejack2]

I was picking between the Visiontek and the Asus myself. Glad I decided to go with the Asus. :/

 

[bizmark]

holy sh|t this is HUGE....

 

[BigPotato]

does this mean that visiontek hardware will drop in price now?

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: spankyOO7
is hardocp the only ppl who have info about this? i can't find info about this anywhere else.

Visit the GH forum

i meant outside of hardocp and AT

 

[Cougar]

I just read this over at techbargains and it's a darn shame. That's all we need now is more geeks out of work. Hopefully this crappy market will turn around soon and companies can actually start making money again.

 

[tommigsr]

holy crap! i have a visiontek gf3, so does that mean it's a collector's item

 

[goodoptics]

<< While this information does come from a very credible source even the information they had was a bit slim, but it was not ruled out that improper business practices was something that put the last nail in the coffin. >>
:Q

 

[Electrode]

Originally posted by: tommigsr
holy crap! i have a visiontek gf3, so does that mean it's a collector's item

I don't think so. By that logic, Voodoo5 5500's should be going for upwards of $600. I was lucky to get $50 from selling mine!

 

[Vegito]

hey so most of us got in on that amazon -50 -30 rebate deal for that gf4 4600.. are the quality of the card decent like wont fail after 2 years or should I just return it and get something else ?

 

[csiro]

I wonder how this news will affect Nvidia's stock pricing?

 

[AsukaStrikes]

its already pretty low, but they are still a tech company that actually posts profits so.... too bad that xbox growth wasnt as much as they expected

 

[ToBeMe]

Hmmmmm, where are those articles again??????

 

[eplebnista]

 

[ElFenix]

well, i guess i won't get them confused with leadtek anymore

 

[hoihtah]

at least the driver support will continue to exist... unlike voodoo cards.

 

[Beau]

Damn shame.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I would not worry about warranty claims or reliability, since video cards do not often fail and the Visiontek cards are of good quality. The Amazon deal is not looking so hot now, though, because I doubt there is any way to get them to honor rebates.