Which GPU company has the best warranty now?

[Desslok]

Been out of the GPU market for a couple years now and now I am looking to upgrade. Do any of the GPU companies still offer lifetime warranties? Transferable?

Thanks,
Desslok

 

[tviceman]

Been out of the GPU market for a couple years now and now I am looking to upgrade. Do any of the GPU companies still offer lifetime warranties? Transferable?

Thanks,
Desslok

EVGA has lifetime warranties on certain models. Several companies go by serial number on the video card for warranty - which would mean the warranty is transferable. I know ASUS goes by serial number, but I can't recall for sure which other companies do as well.

 

[mrjoltcola]

It depends. If you only care about warranty for yourself as the original owner, EVGA is up there. For resale, EVGA is to be avoided. The warranty doesn't transfer. I don't buy used high-end EVGA cards period. I see EVGA cards moving slower in resale than ASUS, MSI and XFX who have transferrable warranties.

I think XFX has one of the best warranties, lifetime plus transfer.

 

[Desslok]

It depends. If you only care about warranty for yourself as the original owner, EVGA is up there. For resale, EVGA is to be avoided. The warranty doesn't transfer. I don't buy used high-end EVGA cards period. I see EVGA cards moving slower in resale than ASUS, MSI and XFX who have transferrable warranties.

I think XFX has one of the best warranties, lifetime plus transfer.

Thanks MrJolt

 

[technocog]

I never knew that about EVGA, imo all warranties should be transferable, shame on them

 

[mrjoltcola]

It is a sneaky way of limiting their liability. But it doesn't stop there.

I've also found that EVGA doesn't make any effort to fix the serial number sticker to the card. Without this sticker, the warranty is void. They stick the sticker randomly on the board, on top of pins or other surface mount components, and the adhesive itself is weak and it easily falls off. I bought a GTX 560 a couple of months ago and have used it for testing several rigs, and even though I knew the sticker wasn't well fixed, I wasn't careful enough; it fell off without me noticing, and is lost; now I have an unwarrantied card, even though I'm the original owner.

Funny how the price sticker from Microcenter is near impossible to remove from the package but EVGA's warranty stickers fall off on their own -- wonder why?

 

[Pandora's Box]

It is a sneaky way of limiting their liability. But it doesn't stop there.

I've also found that EVGA doesn't make any effort to fix the serial number sticker to the card. Without this sticker, the warranty is void. They stick the sticker randomly on the board, on top of pins or other surface mount components, and the adhesive itself is weak and it easily falls off. I bought a GTX 560 a couple of months ago and have used it for testing several rigs, and even though I knew the sticker wasn't well fixed, I wasn't careful enough; it fell off without me noticing, and is lost; now I have an unwarrantied card, even though I'm the original owner.

Funny how the price sticker from Microcenter is near impossible to remove from the package but EVGA's warranty stickers fall off on their own -- wonder why?

Yup both my cards have lost their warranty stickers. Gonna make it hard to sell them when it comes time to upgrade. I'll be avoiding evga cards next upgrade.

XFX isnt a bad warranty on paper, just heard horrible experience when you have to deal with their customer service when trying to get a RMA. Asus is good, but takes forever, heard upwards of 2 months to get cards back. Not heard anything about MSI or other brands.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Yeah I'm through with Evga. For all the reasons you've stated Joltcola. I prefer asus if possible.

 

[DooKey]

I've had great service from MSI on their motherboards, but not sure how their vid card RMA service is.

XFX was great with the one RMA I had to do with them a couple of years ago. I've heard they aren't as good with the AMD cards they carry now.

EVGA exchanged one of my GTX 280s 5 times over 2 years. I sold the last RMA and it lasted 4 months in the computer of the guy who bought it. I used those cards in 3 different computers so there's no doubt in my mind EVGA made some bad cards in that series. On the other hand my GTX 580s from EVGA rocked with no probs since they were released.