- Aug 23, 2013
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Hello guys. For my budget, a video card is a huge investment that I expect to last at least 4-5 years because if it lasts that long I consider it a huge, but fair investment. The problem is that I don't think that I achieved that with the last card I bought. I'm talking about the PNY GTX 660 XLR8, which after two years and a few months, is already dying. Is supposed to still be under lifetime warranty but I was never 100% satisfied with the card and since both nVidia and AMD have far superior products in the present market, I was thinking to get a new card and save that one for a future 2nd build if I'm finally able to get a replacement.
I remember that I had a pretty satisfactory experience with a previous XFX GTX 260 Core 216 that lasted about 4 years and XFX honored the lifetime warranty and sent me a nice Radeon HD 7770 which was a Direct X 11 card vs Direct X 10 for the GTX (because nVidia cards was no longer in production). For me that's a very desirable warranty. Too bad they are not building nVidia cards anymore and I would have to get a Radeon to get a XFX with lifetime warranty again. They also honored the warranty of a previous 8600 GT card.
Hence the thread title:Is it the right time for me to jump to Radeon? XFX R9 390 looks nice!
Do you think is wise to get a new R9 390 XFX card because of the lifetime warranty? Also I would like to know about comparable cards in price and performance that should last at least five years. Thanks in advance guys for reading me.
I remember that I had a pretty satisfactory experience with a previous XFX GTX 260 Core 216 that lasted about 4 years and XFX honored the lifetime warranty and sent me a nice Radeon HD 7770 which was a Direct X 11 card vs Direct X 10 for the GTX (because nVidia cards was no longer in production). For me that's a very desirable warranty. Too bad they are not building nVidia cards anymore and I would have to get a Radeon to get a XFX with lifetime warranty again. They also honored the warranty of a previous 8600 GT card.
Hence the thread title:Is it the right time for me to jump to Radeon? XFX R9 390 looks nice!
Do you think is wise to get a new R9 390 XFX card because of the lifetime warranty? Also I would like to know about comparable cards in price and performance that should last at least five years. Thanks in advance guys for reading me.
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