RMA Looking For Advice

[Syralys]

I'm not sure if I'm putting this in the right spot, but I figured why not. 

In October this year my 3080 ti burnt itself out and was no longer displaying an image. I tested for a bit using onboard graphics and using an old GTX 660 I just had sitting in its box. My 3080 is a Gigabyte model and so I RMA'd it. They spent the last couple weeks doing their thing and eventually came to the conclusion to just upgrade me to a 4070 ti since the 3080 I have was discontinued. I have been doing some research and was able to see that 4070 ti will be roughly about a 10% upgrade. A few of my friends were kind of divided on Gigabyte's decision.

 

A few were happy for the upgrade saying it was good. I would see a slight better increase in performance and get to use DLSS 3.0 and other features the 30 series don't have access to. 

 

The other side were not happy and say I could make a case on the fact I spent a lot on the 3080 ti and would expect to get the same card around the same price I had originally paid or make my case on getting a 4080 at the very least. Though I was skeptical on this side as the card was only a little bit over a year old when it broke.

 

The only reason I'm kind of cut in the middle is because while yeah I did pay a lot of money originally for the 3080 ti and I knew that at the time when I did purchase it, but I know I will have the same  or better performance with the 4070 ti. When reading through the process of Gigabyte's RMA system I wasn't really able to find an answer to my questions. Just they will attempt to repair it or just replace it with the same model (This made me assume I would just get a different 3080 ti in their line up). 

 

I guess my question is, What would some of you do in this spot? Would you make a case to Gigabyte and see if you can get a 4080 or would you be happy for receiving the 4070 ti?

[IkeaGnome]

9 minutes ago, Syralys said:

I guess my question is, What would some of you do in this spot? Would you make a case to Gigabyte and see if you can get a 4080 or would you be happy for receiving the 4070 ti?

You got an all around upgrade because they couldn't fix the 3080 ti. It doesn't seem like you had to fight them to get a replacement. Seems like they treated you correctly.

 

You might try to get a 4080, but you already got upgraded. The only thing downgraded is the name, and realistically you got a card that was meant to be called the 4080. 

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[OhioYJ]

Honestly with all the people that post on here with RMAs that get nothing, I think I'd take the card and run.  It's not worse than what you had, so fair deal. Don't get hung up on the numbering schemes. (It's not an "80" series) 

[dogwitch]

28 minutes ago, OhioYJ said:

Honestly with all the people that post on here with RMAs that get nothing, I think I'd take the card and run.  It's not worse than what you had, so fair deal. Don't get hung up on the numbering schemes. (It's not an "80" series) 

yeah. years ago when zotac was getting in the market.. it was you pray you get a rma.

i got luck got a 2 model up graded

[Bagzie]

I think the important factor here is not the naming scheme but the performance.

 

Your card broke and you got a slight upgrade , I could see the point if it was a 3090 where you could make a case for vram amount but as it stands you got a card that's on par with a 3090ti at 1440p atleast.

 

You get slightly better raster performance , Alot better ray tracing performance and the ability to use frame generation.

 

I think just about everyone would take that upgrade if it was free.

 

I call that pretty good.

 

 

[Syralys]

The only thing I was more hung up about was what I spent buying the 3080 ti, but I do understand technology does advance and hardware becomes more cheap over the years depending on the product. I'm happy to be getting this 4070 ti for one as it will give me a few more years before I do my new build so I won't have to worry so much. I do play on a 1440p monitor so I'm happy it can trade blows with the 3080 ti. 

Thank you all for your advice on this matter. I was so unsure if I should make a case for this or not, but I'll be happy for it.

[Bagzie]

3 hours ago, Syralys said:

The only thing I was more hung up about was what I spent buying the 3080 ti, but I do understand technology does advance and hardware becomes more cheap over the years depending on the product. I'm happy to be getting this 4070 ti for one as it will give me a few more years before I do my new build so I won't have to worry so much. I do play on a 1440p monitor so I'm happy it can trade blows with the 3080 ti. 

Thank you all for your advice on this matter. I was so unsure if I should make a case for this or not, but I'll be happy for it.

Oh it's not trading blows with a 3080ti , Its trading blows with a 3090ti.

 

Maybe this will put you more at ease.