You were definitely screwed over and taken in by the warranty sales pitch. Thanks for posting this!
All cards are pretty much equal, with many parts made at the same plants. Warranty sells, and many buyers "think" they are getting a better product than the cheaper brands. When you pay a premium for a card because of its warranty, you expect that any warranty issues will be quick and painless. Sort of like paying a lot extra for better insurance instead of sticking with the low cost included insurance. That's what you paid a premium price for. A great warranty would have cross shipped the replacement to you within days of submitting a claim. A bad warranty is what you got. Normal falls in between.
What I have not seen in this thread are any comments about how this shows that lifetime warranties are useless if they don't have replacement product. If they can not correctly get a less than 1 year old product back to customer right away, how to you think they will warranty a 3 year old product?
With the price of new 5850's around $270, asking you to upgrade to one for $130 more is nuts, unless you think your 4890XT is worth less than $140. You already know what kind of warranty service to expect in the future, so adding that premium on again does not make sense.
All cards are pretty much equal, with many parts made at the same plants. Warranty sells, and many buyers "think" they are getting a better product than the cheaper brands. When you pay a premium for a card because of its warranty, you expect that any warranty issues will be quick and painless. Sort of like paying a lot extra for better insurance instead of sticking with the low cost included insurance. That's what you paid a premium price for. A great warranty would have cross shipped the replacement to you within days of submitting a claim. A bad warranty is what you got. Normal falls in between.
What I have not seen in this thread are any comments about how this shows that lifetime warranties are useless if they don't have replacement product. If they can not correctly get a less than 1 year old product back to customer right away, how to you think they will warranty a 3 year old product?
With the price of new 5850's around $270, asking you to upgrade to one for $130 more is nuts, unless you think your 4890XT is worth less than $140. You already know what kind of warranty service to expect in the future, so adding that premium on again does not make sense.
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