Warranty for ATI branded HD 4870?

[BroadbandGamer]

My kids video card just died and Fry's has the ATI version of the HD 4870 and the Diamond version. I know the Diamond is only 1 Year so I think I want to avoid that one.

Thanks,

 

[OCGuy]

If the price is near the same and you have a Best Buy near you, I hear the Visiontek is the way to go as far as warranty.

 

[QuixoticOne]

Agreed, go with visiontek, it has the best warranty of any current high end ATI board maker AFAIK.

Even so their support is a bit shoddy IMHO, but it is at least better to have some kind of a lifetime warranty
rather than some of the 3 month / 6 month / 12 month / 2 year / 3 year nonsense from others especially when those
are limited by some rather severe limitations (caveat emptor).

If you have a credit / debit card that offers automatic or free extended warranty protection,
that is highly advantageous to use for such electronics transactions.

 

[octopus41092]

If you get the VisionTek HD4870 from Newegg.com you get their 1 year warranty then you still have the lifetime warranty afterwards and IMO Newegg has very good customer support.

 

[BroadbandGamer]

Got the Visiontek at my local BB. I didn't have time to order one from Newegg or I would have went that route.

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: BroadbandGamer
Got the Visiontek at my local BB. I didn't have time to order one from Newegg or I would have went that route.

Same here, except with the 10% off coupon from the post office's change of address pack, Best Buy was actually cheaper than ordering from newegg would have been.

 

[ginfest]

Originally posted by: Canai

Originally posted by: BroadbandGamer
Got the Visiontek at my local BB. I didn't have time to order one from Newegg or I would have went that route.

Same here, except with the 10% off coupon from the post office's change of address pack, Best Buy was actually cheaper than ordering from newegg would have been.

Wow, where is that BB? Because I had managers at 2 stores here in MA tell me that the PO 10% card couldn't be used for videocards?
Could you give me some detailed info so I can go back there?