BFG Tech: We're Done with Graphics Cards

I was wondering if Nvidia-exclusive card manufacturers would be affected by Fermi's lateness and high energy consumption
Wonder how Evga is doing?

Kind of liked BFG although I never had one of their cards. Good cards on the cheap for the most part.

Sad. I rarely needed tech support but BFGs was great.

"this could be a polite way of BFG announcing that--at this point in time--revenue just isn't possible using the current crop of Nvidia chips."

i.e. Were scared of having to RMA all those Factory-OC'd Fermi cards once they cook.

BFG Tech has 7 cards at newegg and only 1 of those is a high performance card (but it's sold out). I think this has been in the works for a while.

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I am an nvidia fanboy who owns a 5850 right now. Fermi just wasn't ready. You can debate back and forth about Fermi vs the 5000 series as far as heat, performance, power consumption, etc.

This is proof number one that nvidia really missed the target on Fermi. The biggest failure a business is designing something so poorly it puts people out of business. (not that BFG is out of business, but a big part of that business has failed)

I've never used their products, always been an evga guy and my most recent build has an xfx in it. But it is an interesting question as to how evga is doing.

Signs of the times. At least they are still able to honor RMA's and continue as a company. This is better then many companies that had to fully close there doors.

I purchased BFG products, sad to see them go in the vidcard market.

Fermi simply runs way too hot for overclocking...it IS ALREADY overclocked

I have always bought BFG Tech cards and they have been awesome to me.

However there decision to stop makes sense. No one wants to pay for Nvidia's overpriced Fermi crap. ATI cards can match the performance in almost every case at a far lesser price. Why people would still buy NVIDIA is beyond me.

Even XFX now sells ATI cards when they used to be exclusive NVIDIA.

It is a sad day for us that liked and used BFG cards.

However my current BFG Tech NNVIDIA GT275 OC will be the last NVIDIA graphics card I own for a while. It will be ATI from here on out for the next while.

they should have do what XFX is doing, stay away from fermi and start selling ATI !

I used to like BFG. I owned a 6600gt from them, boy that was a great card.

I currently own two of their cards, 8600gts (dead) and a 9800gt 1gb (55nm blue pcb). I wont miss their high prices.

Its too bad. Still have my BFG 7300GT running well. Shows how much things can affect a company.

I see the end of nvidia/ati releasing $600+ graphics cards coming up soon next. Gluttony can't last forever.

This is quite surprising. I don't recall seeing their name on anything BUT video cards. Definitely a bad sign when your largest division is no longer profitable.

Thier high prices were worth it. The support was top notch if a card dies they replaced without blinking, sorry but thats the kind of support most people are willing to pay the extra bucks for. A loss of a competitor is a sad day for everyone.

Yet another victim of the monster that is Fermi.

I have 2... One 8800GT and one GTX 280OC. Both are extremely reliable

Not to be doubtful, but they are going to go under. Give them a year and BFG will be boughtout or straight bankrupt. I'm leaning more towards bankrupt only because netbooks suck.

BFG was my favorite manufacturer =( What does this mean for my lifetime warranty of my 260 GTX?

Oh no!

BFG was a very nice maker, second only to EVGA as gar as Nv goes!

They are not done as a company and made it clear they will honor your warranty. I imagine if your card fails, they will just pay you for it. You should be fine.

I haven't upgraded from my BFG 9800 GTX+ yet because I love the card and the fact that it's got a lifetime warranty on it. I've got a few other pieces of BFG hardware too; they're just a great company to deal with overall. Hopefully this doesn't affect their bottom line.

I'm getting ready to upgrade my video card. I'm leaning towards the Nvidia 480. I care more about the price than I do the heat or power usage. And yes the 480 is average of $80 to $100 more than 5870. But when the next round of ultra realistic games come out i'm betting on the 480 to handle them better than the 5870. And Nvidia sli has a better average speed increase with 2 card than the Crossfire. Atleast thats my thinking. I may be wrong. I've had only one Radeon in my life and I couldn't stand it. So yes i'm biased.

So if they've stopped making graphics cards, and you have a lifetime warranty, as I do, what happens if in 4 years one of my cards dies and there is no replacement? Anyone ever RMA a no-longer existing card, what do they send you?