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Lord Pantaloons
By Lord Pantaloons
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Reasons like this I am happy to purchase two Kingpins. Two of the best cards on the market sold by the best company. 

 

<3 EVGA forever.

 

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I feel left out not being tagged, but yes. EVGA is pretty damn good. I prefer ASUS more though, just for DirectCU II. IMO, an EVGA card with the DirectCU II cooler would be the best thing ever.

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EVGA FTW

 

EVGA eGeforce 9800GT full of dust and on full use only reaches 65°C and never had a problem with it. and my next card will be a EVGA 780 :)

 

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Nice. Do you remember what fan that is in the back? Kinda like how it looks (must replace this stupid stock one).

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Nice. Do you remember what fan that is in the back? Kinda like how it looks (must replace this stupid stock one).

 

its a stock fan of the Thermaltake V9 Black edition

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its a stock fan of the Thermaltake V9 Black edition

I kida hope I can either get the case or just the fan. This stock one is retarded.

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do they still have double lifetime warranty on their cards?  which ones?   LOL!!  the problem with evga is that due to their unbelievable warranty replacement, I can't allow myself to go with any other company.   The only problem with their replacement is that you're guaranteed to

receive a refurbished card.....never a new one.

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So here's an update and an ending to this story, I got my GPU today and it's a 760 ACX Dual FTW 4GB so it seems that my upgrade spree is over. Regardless I am still stunned by this whole thing I still cannot believe that I walked away with these cards.

-The Bellerophon- Obsidian 550D-i5-3570k@4.5Ghz -Asus Sabertooth Z77-16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866Mhz-x2 EVGA GTX 760 Dual FTW 4GB-Creative Sound Blaster XF-i Titanium-OCZ Vertex Plus 120GB-Seagate Barracuda 2TB- https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/60154-the-not-really-a-build-log-build-log/ Twofold http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/121043-twofold-a-dual-itx-system/ How great is EVGA? http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/110662-evga-how-great-are-they/#entry1478299

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I guess I invested on the right company for my graphics card for almost 2 - 3 years now with my trusty EVGA GTX 560.. Not going with any other brands anymore :D

 

EVGA GTX 870 in the future!

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It's EVGA support that's so good. Looking at the other post people are forgetting most of the cards (reference cards) they sell are made by Nvidia. EVGA just slap there slicker on it and deals with you if there a problem. There is no different between any brand in terms of quality of the reference card itself just the support.

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No Luv for Asus? I feel lonely with my DCII 780ti when everyone constantly recommends EVGA all the time lol.

I have an Asus 770 :P I like EVGA, but I don't like the reference coolers. I would much prefer to have a DCU2 cooler.

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It was a tough choice between evga and Asus for my 780 but I picked the dcuII card. I would love for evga to put a backplate on their cards as well among other things

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No Luv for Asus? I feel lonely with my DCII 780ti when everyone constantly recommends EVGA all the time lol. 

 

780 DirectCU II here.  :P

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Every card I buy is EVGA now. Like this story won me over.

if you have to insist you think for yourself, i'm not going to believe you.

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nice. my evga 670 ftw is a beast. and relatively quiet considering it has one small fan and closed body.

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This is why I brought an evga 760 for the new rig, it is often overlooked how important customer support is and I will give my money to any business with good customer service over a slightly "better" business with piss poor customer service any day of the week. It is the reason i bank with who i do, i shop where i do and i buy the brands of things i do.

I guess i came to expect a fairly high level though after doing 7 yrs of retail work involving customer service, sometimes it is that little detail like being able to have a chat that can make the world of difference as well.

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I remember I was building a custom set up for a guy. It was my first job building a computer for someone else. I was around 16. I got him an EVGA 460, open box on NewEgg. Well after a while it started artifacting bad.

I called up EVGA, and I told them about what happened.  The rep was so nice. He initially tried to get me to RMA it, though when I told him about it he said "That just wont do!" and walked me through testing every bit of the card AND the rest of the new system to make sure that the card absolutely had to be RMA'd. I did have to return it, they said for the inconvenience of my customer and since EVGA prides themselves on their reputation for great service that they were going to upgrade him. They sent a 470. They told me good luck on my first job and told me I was gonna be a great system builder. It was so nice and it was one of the things that inspired me so much about this field of work, that even just basic level tech support was so knowledgeable and passionate about their work. Still makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

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It was a tough choice between evga and Asus for my 780 but I picked the dcuII card. I would love for evga to put a backplate on their cards as well among other things

I went EVGA for my 780 ti, I just brought the back plate separate and put it on there myself.

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Got my 780 ACX FTW. And before that I had an Evga 470 and a Zotac 470. I've had no issues in the past.

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When buying NV cards it is hard for me to buy anything but eVGA. Their support and service is stellar.

 

They've made a lifetime customer out of me twice over.

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If EVGA would make AMD cards...

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I will never buy anything but EVGA again. This is miles beyond impressive.

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If EVGA would make AMD cards...

Never gonna happen, makes me feel bad for fans of the red team. They don't have anything comparable on their side.

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Never gonna happen, makes me feel bad for fans of the red team. They don't have anything comparable on their side.

Yeah. I would love to have a card with nice customer support and warranty. Saphire was quite bad, msi was aswell...

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