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10ochamberlain1
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A friend of mine said they have a lot of quality control issues meaning a lot of their cards break pretty fast. Is this true as i'm in the market for a 980ti pretty soon and i'm interested in their AMP Extreme as it looks so awesome but i don't want to have an unexpected RMA process.

 

So, is Zotac a reliable brand that i should consider buying my 980ti from?

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A friend of mine said they have a lot of quality control issues meaning a lot of their cards break pretty fast. Is this true as i'm in the market for a 980ti pretty soon and i'm interested in their AMP Extreme as it looks so awesome but i don't want to have an unexpected RMA process.

 

So, is Zotac a reliable brand that i should consider buying my 980ti from?

I had a Zotac GTX560 but it died after 6 months I mean it would still display the desktop but any stress put on it and it would just crash they may have improved now though, I know Gigabyte and MSI cards are good though

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Zotac is a great brand. Not famous, of course, but their cards are definitely some of the best

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I own the amp! extreme.

 

I dont think MSI´s or EVGA´s ect. RMA is better or worse, but this Card has a 5 Year warranty.

 

However this Card looks absolutly great and my example boost (without OC!) to 1418mhz@67°. That´s badass.

CPU i7 6700k MB  MSI Z170A Pro Carbon GPU Zotac GTX980Ti amp!extreme RAM 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 3k CASE Corsair 760T PSU Corsair RM750i MOUSE Logitech G9x KB Logitech G910 HS Sennheiser GSP 500 SC Asus Xonar 7.1 MONITOR Acer Predator xb270hu Storage 1x1TB + 2x500GB Samsung 7200U/m - 2x500GB SSD Samsung 850EVO

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I own the amp! extreme.

 

I dont think MSI´s or EVGA´s ect. RMA is better or worse, but this Card has a 5 Year warranty.

 

However this Card looks absolutly great and my example boost (without OC!) to 1418mhz@67°. That´s badass.

 

is the amp extreme worth the extra price premium?

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 CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 @4.0ghz MOBO: MSI Z87m-G45 RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8gb (2x4) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120v GPU: MSI R9 270x PSU: EVGA 500W 80+ Case: Corsair Air 240 (modded) SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 500gb HDD: Samsung 1tb Apple Hard Drive Mouse: Razer Naga 2014
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is the amp extreme worth the extra price premium?

Its quiet, cool and super fast.

My example boost to 1418mhz (without OC) and reached a maximum temp. of 72° in a stress test.

Every custom 980Ti is killer, no doubt about it, but you have to OC them to reach the amp! extreme´s factory boost power.

I love it.

So yes it is.

CPU i7 6700k MB  MSI Z170A Pro Carbon GPU Zotac GTX980Ti amp!extreme RAM 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 3k CASE Corsair 760T PSU Corsair RM750i MOUSE Logitech G9x KB Logitech G910 HS Sennheiser GSP 500 SC Asus Xonar 7.1 MONITOR Acer Predator xb270hu Storage 1x1TB + 2x500GB Samsung 7200U/m - 2x500GB SSD Samsung 850EVO

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