Nvidia Warranty

[Baddy60]

Hi,

 

This time around I'm considering trying my luck and buy an RTX 3080 at launch to replace my gtx 970 which is now struggling a lot with many titles I'd like to play.

I'm mainly concerned about warranty, as many people say that many cards from the first batches are bound to have some issues. I don't mind third party cards as I'm sure they will all work in the same way (please tell me if that's not the case) but ideally I would like to grab an FE because of the looks and the new cooling system that they say is super silent.

 

Now, I know that many third parties like EVGA have a great warranty service. I wonder, how good is Nvidia at replacing faulty cards? Has anyone had any good or bad experience with them? How long is the whole RMA process?

I would hate to buy a new card just to send it back a few days/weeks later forcing me to go back to my gtx 970.

I'm from the UK.

 

Thanks everybody!

[Kanna]

#darkmodeuser can't read that for shit

[Baddy60]

2 minutes ago, Kanna said:

#darkmodeuser can't read that for shit

Is there something I was supposed to do to make it better? Sorry even if the account is old I'm relatively new to the forum!

[Kanna]

1 minute ago, Baddy60 said:

Is there something I was supposed to do to make it better? Sorry even if the account is old I'm relatively new to the forum!

Don't use black text

[Baddy60]

8 minutes ago, Kanna said:

Don't use black text

Now it should be readable, sorry about that. I don't how, but I must have chose black without noticing, or something messed up when I was copy pasting some stuff. Thanks for letting me know.

[Jurrunio]

5 minutes ago, Baddy60 said:

Now it should be readable, sorry about that. I don't how, but I must have chose black without noticing, or something messed up when I was copy pasting some stuff. Thanks for letting me know.

just use auto, it's now light grey in day mode

 

23 minutes ago, Baddy60 said:

Now I know that some third parties like EVGA have a great warranty service. **I wonder, how good is Nvidia at replacing faulty cards? Has anyone had any good or bad experience with them? How long is the whole RMA process?**I would hate to buy a brand new card just to send it back a few days/weeks later forcing me to go back to my gtx 970.

in Canada, last time I called in due to a broken fan on a 2080 FE the whole process took 2 weeks. Rather slow but then I dont know where their repair centre is located.

 

but do note that Nvidia themselves only have 1 year warranty, which is devastatingly short. Even AMD cards can have more.

[zeusthemoose]

23 minutes ago, Baddy60 said:

I'm mainly concerned about warranty, as many people say that many cards from the first batches are bound to have some issues.

Here is their warranty information: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/support/warranty/

The main issue with new cards is often bad drivers which get fixed overtime. It is possible to have manufacturing defects early on, but those are covered for a few years.

 

25 minutes ago, Baddy60 said:

I don't mind third party cards as I'm sure they will all work in the same way (please tell me if that's not the case) but ideally I would like to grab an FE because of the looks and the new cooling system that they say is super silent.

They are essentially the same except some have better cooling and different clock speeds which means slightly different performance between models. But be careful about NVIDIA's claims about sound and cooling. Wait for results to be published from 3rd parties before buying purely based on cooling and sound.

[Baddy60]

14 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

just use auto, it's now light grey in day mode

 

in Canada, last time I called in due to a broken fan on a 2080 FE the whole process took 2 weeks. Rather slow but then I dont know where their repair centre is located.

 

but do note that Nvidia themselves only have 1 year warranty, which is devastatingly short. Even AMD cards can have more.

I'm trying to fix colour but selecting automatic just makes it black and not readable in night mode. I don't know why. Even tried switching from firefox to chrome but that didn't fix it. Fixed

 

On a second note, thanks for the reply. Would you say it's worth to skip on FE to get more warranty from third party brands? This being my first time buying pc compenents I'm not quite sure what's the safest/better path to follow.

[zeusthemoose]

11 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

but do note that Nvidia themselves only have 1 year warranty, which is devastatingly short. Even AMD cards can have more.

Are you sure? I just saw this on their warranty page. Is the 3 years covering something other than what you are talking about?

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FOR HOW LONG?
Three (3) years from the date of purchase of your new Warranted Product based on product specific warranty.

 

[Jurrunio]

13 minutes ago, Baddy60 said:

On a second note, thanks for the reply. Would you say it's worth to skip on FE to get more warranty from third party brands? This being my first time buying pc compenents I'm not quite sure what's the safest/better path to follow

Yep

 

There are also cards with the same "fan blows air out the back" deisgn

Spoiler

Asus RTX 3080 TUF

and all Nvidia has over old AMD cards

Spoiler

Sapphire R9 Fury Tri-X

 

that back-facing fan on the FE card looks more like a screw trap when I try install fans/CPU cooler above it

 

8 minutes ago, zeusthemoose said:

Are you sure? I just saw this on their warranty page. Is the 3 years covering something other than what you are talking about?

 

Google is a trap

 

most vendors outside are doing 3 years base and some offer 1 year extension if you register, so 3 years from Nvidia is standard and long enough.

[Baddy60]

27 minutes ago, zeusthemoose said:

Here is their warranty information: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/support/warranty/

The main issue with new cards is often bad drivers which get fixed overtime. It is possible to have manufacturing defects early on, but those are covered for a few years.

 

They are essentially the same except some have better cooling and different clock speeds which means slightly different performance between models. But be careful about NVIDIA's claims about sound and cooling. Wait for results to be published from 3rd parties before buying purely based on cooling and sound.

I would love to wait for benchmarks and reviews before pulling the trigger, but this time around I was considering going for day one because my 970 is struggling to run some games that I'd like to pick up and don't fancy waiting months for retailers to get more supply. But I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to buy things (especially nvidia) on day one. How much time does it usually take before cards go back in decent supply? Most people say they guess around november.

Would you go for FE in my case or would you go for third parties like EVGA for example? I heard great things about evga RMA service.

 

Thanks!

[zeusthemoose]

4 minutes ago, Baddy60 said:

I would love to wait for benchmarks and reviews before pulling the trigger, but this time around I was considering going for day one because my 970 is struggling to run some games that I'd like to pick up and don't fancy waiting months for retailers to get more supply. But I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to buy things (especially nvidia) on day one. How much time does it usually take before cards go back in decent supply? Most people say they guess around november.

Would you go for FE in my case or would you go for third parties like EVGA for example? I heard great things about evga RMA service.

 

Thanks!

Since reviewers already have their cards, I wouldn’t be surprised if they publish their videos a few hours to a few days before you can buy them to get more excitement. But it is said that stock is extremely low so it is likely that you won’t be able to even get one. Can’t say for sure as this is the first major release I am following, but November sounds reasonable to me as an estimate for when they can easily be bought. Which model you go with is up to you, I would personally chose one with adequate enough cooling that I think looks good. But you could also go for most powerful, best cooling, or best looking.

[Baddy60]

11 minutes ago, zeusthemoose said:

Since reviewers already have their cards, I wouldn’t be surprised if they publish their videos a few hours to a few days before you can buy them to get more excitement. But it is said that stock is extremely low so it is likely that you won’t be able to even get one. Can’t say for sure as this is the first major release I am following, but November sounds reasonable to me as an estimate for when they can easily be bought. Which model you go with is up to you, I would personally chose one with adequate enough cooling that I think looks good. But you could also go for most powerful, best cooling, or best looking.

Probably best cooling for longevity would be best.

Just from experience, what brand is the most known for the best cooling options?

Sorry to keep bothering you, it will be my last question, promise!

 

Thanks!

[zeusthemoose]

38 minutes ago, Baddy60 said:

Probably best cooling for longevity would be best.

Just from experience, what brand is the most known for the best cooling options?

I only have personal experience with the asus 1070 dual which is great. But this thread should give you an idea of what is normally the best cooling cards. 

 

39 minutes ago, Baddy60 said:

Sorry to keep bothering you, it will be my last question, promise!

You are not at all bothering me. If you have any more questions, please ask, thats why I am on this forum.