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post #11 of 64
Oh I forgot the why part

*Point of View is great since their HQ is in Europe. Most of the cards they produce are nVidia reference and are from great quality for a good price.

*EVGA has revised their warranty program in the EU, so people here can step up to better products as well. The support and quality of EVGA are just splendid.

*Asus has a great customer service and overall excellent quality and innovative products.

*Sapphire makes great cards with vapor chambers so the cards operate at lower temps while producing less sound. Customer service is pretty good according to what I hear.

*HIS also has good customer service (so I've heard). I've never had any personal experience with this brand so I can't say very much about this one.

*MSI has been doing very great lately with their Twin Frozr (II) products and Cyclone edition cards. Their Lightning Edition cards are also very interesting for most enthusiasts around here. Never had any experience with their customer service but usually people are satisfied with it.
 
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post #12 of 64
Do we get video cards for participating?

I like Galaxy's video cards for their innovation, don't know about long time reliability though. EVGA and Asus are all good.
post #13 of 64
Nothing from palit. Worst company ever.
post #14 of 64
Branding is pretty irrelevant outside of support. Just go with the vendors that are known to have good RMA/warranty policies.

The exception would be non-reference cards with special features. Some people are quite willing to pay a bit extra for a good board design and better cooling.
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Aww, too bad I don't live in the UK. Well, the pounds would ruin the whole deal for me anyways. This should be good news for the UK members around here.
 
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post #16 of 64
All I would like to see is more Sapphire Vapor-X and Toxic cards run fast, cool and look wicked awesome! I've never had one kick the bucket.

EVGA and Zotac are great brands that generally have high quality. EVGA has great warranties and the Step-Up (assuming it can be used in the UK) is great, and Zotac's AMP cards are spectacular.
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post #17 of 64
As a lot of the previous posts mentioned

Asus/HIS/Sapphire/EVGA
post #18 of 64
Thread Starter 
Hi alex98uk

Thanks for your comments, to my knowledge Videocardshop have never had an Ebay Store.

And yeh we will ignore the bashers

thanks again

Videocardshop


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Originally Posted by alex98uk View Post
Cheers, I shall remember you for the future. I will be looking at a new card when BF3 is nearing release. What part of the country are you based in? Also, did you have an eBay store?

Also, don't worry about the unhelpful guys at the start, admins will give them their comeuppance!
post #19 of 64
I use sapphire or visiontek in ati's normally and evga/bfg in nvidia...evga now since bfg is gone
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Just a suggestion, get some more nvidia cards in there.
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