i had no problems with my 'evil' revised PCB 5770, it overclocked like a monster.
XFX is the worst card manufacturer out of all of them. I wouldn't touch their cards if they were the only thing available.
i had no problems with my 'evil' revised PCB 5770, it overclocked like a monster.
I have an XFX 6950 2 Gb works fine and I found there service to be pretty good too.
Data? Or am I supposed to take this at face value?Ok a little lesson about being a consumer. You will always find examples of great product that do what they are supposed to even if the company is the worst on the planet. You will always find cases where the product fails and the service to remedy the situation is good. All that is well and good, but the primary skill of being a consumer is to get the product that has the highest probability of not causing you any issues. You want to buy the product and have zero negative experiences with the product. Obviously price plays a factor, but since we are talking quality I'll just leave that alone for now. Posting up "I had X product and it was great", but being contrary to the conclusion is in fact not a counter argument. Why? Your experience is part of the whole and the whole of XFX is that they have way more QC issues that any other manufacturer.
I concur. Lots of complaints after they sold out to Pine.
i had no problems with my 'evil' revised PCB 5770, it overclocked like a monster.
I have an XFX 6950 2 Gb works fine and I found there service to be pretty good too.
Data? Or am I supposed to take this at face value?
Ok so you have no proof that's all I needed to hear.How about you do your research? I'm not doing it for you.
Amazon has some listings up, but only a few brands, and big markups. :/
Also, 7950 listings...
How about you do your research? I'm not doing it for you.
Nitromullet already did really. XFX has had issues in the past with cutting corners on non-reference boards. I think the issues exploded when it was found their 4890's heatsinks didn't even have heatpipes in them and were missing a power phase, or something along those lines. Google it up. Buying reference, is shouldn't be a problem (or they'd have hell to pay), but I just don't support companies that operate like that.Make the claim, back it up.
Not saying you're wrong...but that's standard procedure.
Well said, and I agree. Reference Sapphire 7970 en route here tooThey have always been Pine, even back in the NV days. "XFX" just sounds more consumer brand friendly and less generic, but Pine has always been the parent company.
I personally will only buy reference cards from XFX. Most of their non-reference cards use cheaper components and crappier heat sinks, although that Black Ed. 7970 cooler looks pretty decent and the board itself looks like a reference board. The best reason to by XFX is the Double Lifetime warranty. It definitely helps resale value when you can offer your buyer a factory warranty.
Am I the only one that actually prefers reference cards? I like them because at least you know you're getting some level of quality and a heatsink designed by the chip maker.
With non-reference cards it's a bit of crap shoot. I've had an Asus card with a decent non-reference cooler, and the MSI Twin Frozr is good but those dual tiny fans have a higher pitched whiny sound that is pretty annoying. The Diamond 6870 I have now has a non-reference fan that is decent, but for some reason it runs at 50% when the card is idle, making it the loudest fan in my case. I had an non-reference XFX 6950, and that cooler was complete crap.
...anyway, to show my post isn't completely off topic, I have a Sapphire 7970 en route! Full on reference design of course, which I prefer.
These amazon gift cards are burning a hole in my pocket. THey need to put some up for sale on their site...
I believe all the launch HD 6970s had back plates, mine from Sapphire does. If I remember correctly ASUS's 6970 had an aluminum shroud while the rest used plastic.
Long time XFX user here. I've been pretty happy, so happy with XFX that I am hesitant to buy an other brand(Other than eVGA).
Very tempted by this:
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=67173&vpn=FX797ATDBC&manufacture=XFX
Looks quiet, would be a nice change. Must fight it and wait to hear how people's cards overclock when they get them later this week :awe:
Very tempted by this:
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=67173&vpn=FX797ATDBC&manufacture=XFX
Looks quiet, would be a nice change. Must fight it and wait to hear how people's cards overclock when they get them later this week :awe:
Doh! Tried to add to cart but apparently only Canadian customers can order it.