min specs for SOW

[hellbomber]

it's hot enough during the summer as it is

i feel ya!, and the Nvidia fanbabby feels it too

you tube.com/watch?v=2QkyfGJgcwQ

[hellbomber]

So, i was forced to void it to repair damage that should have been covered under the warranty. In that sense, my experience in troubleshooting with nVidia was worse than doing it with Ati.

to be fair to the nVidababy, generally its the card maker that does the warranties not directly ati or nvidia, sound like you got a bad company, maybe go with XFX or the likes next time they have double lifetime warranties, although nVidia companies are going out of business fast from the Fermi debacle, BFG just closed shop. and XFX jumped exclusivity ship, soon thier may not be any suppliers left rumor is EVGA is noone to happy right now either

[Blackdog_kt]

Yes, it's the final manufacturer that's mostly responsible for this, just relaying the whole experience here.

I buy almost exclusively from a small shop in my hometown (i avoid the franchised shops), plus order from the internet sometimes if i get a good price. The guy i buy from only carries MSI and a couple of other manufacturers for GPUs just because of the fact that they give a 3 year warranty on all of their cards, both Ati and nVidia.