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Re: PC Buying Guide - May 2011
PS: EVGA provides 10 yrs warranty, if the card pops, you send it to them and they send you replacement no question asked.
This one: eBay India: NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX570 1280MB DDR5 (EVGA) 012-P3-1571-KR (item 120727549505 end time 20-Jun-2011 18:10:07 IST)
MSI custom version is nice, but evga = awesome reliability, my EVGA 9800GTX+, oc'ed to oblivion, used it for 3 yrs and still going strong, my XFX hd5850, oc'ed and popped, its more like owning a elite brand and als serviced by tirupati, you know how good those guys are.
PS: EVGA provides 10 yrs warranty, if the card pops, you send it to them and they send you replacement no question asked.
This one: eBay India: NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX570 1280MB DDR5 (EVGA) 012-P3-1571-KR (item 120727549505 end time 20-Jun-2011 18:10:07 IST)
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Re: PC Buying Guide - May 2011
PS: I want to buy the 570 cause its evga, I would've bought the EVGA 560 if it were available, else I will buy the 560 HAWK.
Warranty is two years, as same as MSI but after seeing my evga 9800GTX+ running like a tiger for the last 3 yrs(which was also bought from tirupati), I am so inclined towards it, but maybe my head will win over heart and I will get the GTX560 hawk
PS: I want to buy the 570 cause its evga, I would've bought the EVGA 560 if it were available, else I will buy the 560 HAWK.
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Re: PC Buying Guide - May 2011
as performance wise GTX 560 Ti Hawk is a bit OCed & also have world famed Twin Frozr III custom cooler, so it will perform better.
but evga means honesty & reliability, but u said once ''MSI is becoming the god of gpu", you remember?
if you really wanna buy evga, then go for evga GTX 560 Ti super clocked or GTX 570 SC
as performance wise GTX 560 Ti Hawk is a bit OCed & also have world famed Twin Frozr III custom cooler, so it will perform better.
but evga means honesty & reliability, but u said once ''MSI is becoming the god of gpu", you remember?
if you really wanna buy evga, then go for evga GTX 560 Ti super clocked or GTX 570 SC
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Re: PC Buying Guide - May 2011
Just click this link: Newegg.com - Computer Hardware, Video Cards & Video Devices, Desktop Graphics / Video Cards, GeForce GTX 500 series
MSI is nowhere to be seen in the top 10 list for the GTX500 sales.
Yes I said, but god does not mean reliability, the MSI GTX560 has not to stellar customer reviews in new egg(4*), while evga has both 560s at 5*, also EVGA is beating MSI black and blue with 570 and 580 sale number despite the lightning cooler and all that stuff from MSI. The 560 hawk got sold only 11 units so far, now that's a damn shame.
Just click this link: Newegg.com - Computer Hardware, Video Cards & Video Devices, Desktop Graphics / Video Cards, GeForce GTX 500 series
MSI is nowhere to be seen in the top 10 list for the GTX500 sales.
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Re: PC Buying Guide - May 2011
And yes, evga gets sold due to its phenomenal support in US.
Yeah, but some other issues started to come to my notice, the hawk apparently crashes with Civilization 5 in DX11 multithreaded mode(hardocp review), this is a DX11 feature set and in future will be used by games, and apparently only the hawk crashes at this, so I might get the basic tf2 as well.
And yes, evga gets sold due to its phenomenal support in US.
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Re: PC Buying Guide - May 2011
Now the dilemma starts, hawk(might crash in civ5 and future dx11 games) or normal tfii, not enough people are buying the hawk to test this, god damn it.
MSI, the extra dough(7k) is not worth for the minimum performance increment between oc'ed 560 and stock 570.
Now the dilemma starts, hawk(might crash in civ5 and future dx11 games) or normal tfii, not enough people are buying the hawk to test this, god damn it.
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Re: PC Buying Guide - May 2011
^^ How about the Palit Geforce GTX570 Sonic Platinum Ed ??
Both EVGA 570 SC & Palit Sonic Platinum edition are good Cards,
Palit GeForce GTX 570 Sonic Platinum review
I heards EVGA gives Lifetime warranty but Palit has only 3yrs, both runs cool & quite & Palit is little bit cheaper than EVGA.
Newegg.com - Computer Hardware, Video Cards & Video Devices, Desktop Graphics / Video Cards, NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 500 series, GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi)
^^ How about the Palit Geforce GTX570 Sonic Platinum Ed ??
Both EVGA 570 SC & Palit Sonic Platinum edition are good Cards,
Palit GeForce GTX 570 Sonic Platinum review
I heards EVGA gives Lifetime warranty but Palit has only 3yrs, both runs cool & quite & Palit is little bit cheaper than EVGA.
Newegg.com - Computer Hardware, Video Cards & Video Devices, Desktop Graphics / Video Cards, NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 500 series, GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi)
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EVGA Lifetime warranty is only valid in US and EU.
The sonic platinum should be the better OCer vs EVGA due to more power available.
EVGA Lifetime warranty is only valid in US and EU.
The sonic platinum should be the better OCer vs EVGA due to more power available.
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Re: PC Buying Guide - May 2011
The list shows, MSI GTX570 TFIII, is is available here?
Palit sucks, I bought the Palit GTX460 sonic, and I'd rather use onboard gpu after that fiasco.
The list shows, MSI GTX570 TFIII, is is available here?
Meh, no palit, never ever.
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hey tkin,just because you had bad experience doesnt mean palit sucks.
I had a good experience with my 260-216SP Sonic card and my 580s.
And palit "should OC better" because it has 1 8-pin and 1-6 pin.
It is not a guarranty but an assumption based on given specs.
Each chip is different.I know mine dont like to be OCed.But I wont complain for that.They work at the manufacturer's rated speeds and thats what is important to me.
as for the 460 fiasco,many users had problems all across the board not just Palit FYI.that is why there are two revisions of the 460.First revision was the 460 1GB and 768MB and the second revision was the 460 SE
hey tkin,just because you had bad experience doesnt mean palit sucks.
I had a good experience with my 260-216SP Sonic card and my 580s.
And palit "should OC better" because it has 1 8-pin and 1-6 pin.
It is not a guarranty but an assumption based on given specs.
Each chip is different.I know mine dont like to be OCed.But I wont complain for that.They work at the manufacturer's rated speeds and thats what is important to me.
as for the 460 fiasco,many users had problems all across the board not just Palit FYI.that is why there are two revisions of the 460.First revision was the 460 1GB and 768MB and the second revision was the 460 SE
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Re: PC Buying Guide - May 2011
^^ adding to Extreme, even XFX has lot of issues with 8800GT & 9800GT too, but that doesn't mean XFX is bad.
Issues,cases & concerns varies from person to person & all it is more important to end user is how the problem is resolved or got any replacements.
^^ adding to Extreme, even XFX has lot of issues with 8800GT & 9800GT too, but that doesn't mean XFX is bad.
Issues,cases & concerns varies from person to person & all it is more important to end user is how the problem is resolved or got any replacements.
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Re: PC Buying Guide - May 2011
Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic could have issues !
B@st@rds lied about heatsink, review samples had vrm heatsinks on them, my card core reached 95c and tirupati won't replace them cause it was not dead and temp wasn't an issue, in the meantime my hdds crossed 45c with that in the system. You won't see many people buying palit in foreign forums.
PS: What 460 issue are you talking about? 460 had no issues, palit used a custom pcb and cooler that was cheaper than dirt and tried to scam people.
PS2: 460 SE is completely a different card than 460, its 2 different cards, it was not a redesign. Please google up 460se.
Umm, yeah:
Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic could have issues !
B@st@rds lied about heatsink, review samples had vrm heatsinks on them, my card core reached 95c and tirupati won't replace them cause it was not dead and temp wasn't an issue, in the meantime my hdds crossed 45c with that in the system. You won't see many people buying palit in foreign forums.
PS: What 460 issue are you talking about? 460 had no issues, palit used a custom pcb and cooler that was cheaper than dirt and tried to scam people.
PS2: 460 SE is completely a different card than 460, its 2 different cards, it was not a redesign. Please google up 460se.
Re: PC Buying Guide - May 2011
yes.Deps is absolutely right.
if you had defect why didnt you RMA?
If you OCed,remember that they have no means of knowing that you did.
the fermi chip,in case you did not know,is designed to run safely at 95C.The stock cooler 480 managed to reach 95C.
The 460 SE was the replacement to the first two 460s.Why would they release one if there were no defects on the 460 itself?
If your 460 actually died,then it was different issue.it overheats at over 100C,which i know is not much over 95C.I myself would not like my cards to cross 80C,but I would say that unless the card is genuinely overheating, no point in replacement.
Why dont you contact palit support directly?
Oh and as for issues:
*www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=582556&mpage=1
This is the one im talking about.
yes.Deps is absolutely right.
if you had defect why didnt you RMA?
If you OCed,remember that they have no means of knowing that you did.
the fermi chip,in case you did not know,is designed to run safely at 95C.The stock cooler 480 managed to reach 95C.
The 460 SE was the replacement to the first two 460s.Why would they release one if there were no defects on the 460 itself?
If your 460 actually died,then it was different issue.it overheats at over 100C,which i know is not much over 95C.I myself would not like my cards to cross 80C,but I would say that unless the card is genuinely overheating, no point in replacement.
Why dont you contact palit support directly?
Oh and as for issues:
*www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=582556&mpage=1
This is the one im talking about.
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Re: PC Buying Guide - May 2011
Cause palit lied about heatsink, and also wouldn't rma the card until it was dead, but running a 95c card in your system was not an option, no oc, just stock with crysis gpu benchmark.