Anyone else like EVGA?

EVGA is teh suck! I wouldn't be caught dead with one of their garbage video cards! Hate sauce! :mad:
 
evga was just another player until around the 4200/4400/4600/4800. they were first with lifetime warranty, then first with oc/3rd party cooling not voiding warranty. first with streamlined rma service, first with step-up, first (maybe only) with pre-ship rma. because of nvidia's recent vid cards, i have been buying more of their mb's than gpu's over the last year or 2.
 
brom42 said:
When buying video cards and motherboards, I only get EVGA and ASUS.
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I have bought brand new and refurbed stuff from evga, only had problems with my 680i board, and WHO DIDNT? id def stay EVGA with xfx as a close second.
 
EVGA has excellent customer service. I had similar experience to OP where I didn't register card at time of purchase and CS allowed me to register card months afterward. :)
 
If it's for my own computer, I will only buy XFX, EVGA, or BFG from now on... ASUS is pretty high up too...

If it's a build for others, I don't really care -_-
 
JacobC1983 said:
you sure showed them....

especially with the evga gtx 260 in your sig...

well played, sir
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Well, so far I haven't been "caught dead" with one of their cards.... so I'm still in the clear. Besides I'm building my creditiblity so I won't be called a fanboi when I grudgingly admit they are actually are awesome. It's all part of my secret evil marketing plan for EVGA.
 
Nenu said:
I'm miffed with their step up program.
I checked the prices stepping up from a GTX260 about once per week and they were always through the roof, especially for vanilla cards.
Completely pointless.
(I'm in the UK in case that matters)

No beef with them apart from that.
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Step-up doesn't always work out, but it does sometimes! The new and significantly faster G92 8800 GTS 512 came out about 2 months after I bought the original 8800 GTS and all I had to pay for was shipping. :)
 
stainremover said:
while i'm a big fan of the company, one thing i don't like is the lack of non-stock cooling. almost all their cards come with the stock coolers, except for that period where they put dual slot coolers on cards that didn't really need it, like the 9600gso.

also, i'm a bit upset by how they are offering lifetime warranty on fewer and fewer cards these days. i can't find a gts 250 that has a lifetime warranty.
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This has bothered me as of late as EVGA, to me at least, were known for lifetime warranty by default. It appears they are now flooding the market with models that have various warranties within the same product line. Example, lately we have seen 260/280GTX's that either have 2 year or life time, only way to know for sure is lookup the product on http://www.evga.com/support/warranty/

So although I realize vendors need to cut back, it's a little more work for the customer to find out the warranty ahead of time vs finding out about a 1-2 years later.

It could be a way of EVGA trying to handle the problem with rma's and the expectation you require something better in the return. Not to say everyone expects this, or abuses this, but you can potentially have one person buy a 6800GTX with life time warranty and RMA it expecting a 7900GTX in return, rmaing that and getting 8800GTX, rma that and get a 260GTX, and rma that... So essentially getting free upgrades, with each product having life time warranty.

Obviously it cost more money to stock older products for life, so there is some cost benefit to just replacing old models with current ones, but all you need is a few bad apples taking advantage of the system for a company to change policies. Case it point Costco, Newegg, and various other places changing return policies based on a few bad apples.

http://www.evga.com/support/warranty/
Lifetime:The EVGA limited lifetime warranty is only eligible for part numbers ending in:
-A1, -A2, -A3, -A4, -AR, -AX, -CR, -CX, -DX, -FR, -FX, -SG, -SX.
3 Year:EVGA 3 Year limited warranty only eligible for part numbers ending in:
-K1, -KR.
2 Year:EVGA 2 Year limited warranty only eligible for part numbers ending in:
-LA, -LE, -LR, -LX, -T1, -TR, -TX.
 
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gtg465x said:
Step-up doesn't always work out, but it does sometimes! The new and significantly faster G92 8800 GTS 512 came out about 2 months after I bought the original 8800 GTS and all I had to pay for was shipping. :)
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Looks like they reeled people in early on in the scheme and reneged on later adopters.
Like I said, the step up prices are now BS, lucky for you that you dont want to use it now.
 
memnoch_thedevil said:
Now if they would only do a double lifetime warranty like XFX and start making some ATI cards, they would be perfect lmao
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THIS!

I'm a fairly level header person, so it takes an unreasonable amount of effort to make me a fanboy on something. In fact, in a couple decade+ experiencing building dozens of systems with all kinds of parts from all kinds of manufacturers, only three things have me in that camp:

- OCZ. Will never buy ram from anyone else, ever, no matter what. OCZ's customer service is just...mind blowing. I can't count the times they've fallen over themselves (sometimes providing HUGE upgrades with the RMA process) to make things right when I have an issue. It's just insane. This company is #1.

- Razer. Oddly, the only one that I like without an awesome customer service experience. It's just the quality product. Heck, even the flashy packaging and ancillary components - they just put out well polished products that always work. Maybe that I've never HAD to contact them for support says something - dunno.

- eVGA. Also customer support. I have had 3 eVGA cards, and was always very pleased with them. I like that the company actively participates on their forums, too - heck, that they HAVE their own forums. And run their own game servers! eVGA's support has always been strong communicators and very helpful - good stuff! Too bad they are only nVidia, though, because I've really soured on their products (consume too much power, are too loud, very few fit in single-slot systems anymore, and the new driver control panel is AWFUL - every time I have to pull it open on my work system, I feel like it's stabbing my eyes). Fortunately, XFX is roughly in the same league as eVGA, and has ATI cards, now, so...needless to say, it's an XFX card in my system. I so badly wish eVGA would start doing ATI cards, though. Man, that would be awesome. :eek:

lgestle said:
This has bothered me as of late as EVGA, to me at least, were known for lifetime warranty by default. It appears they are now flooding the market with models that have various warranties within the same product line. Example, lately we have seen 260/280GTX's that either have 2 year or life time, only way to know for sure is lookup the product on http://www.evga.com/support/warranty/

So although I realize vendors need to cut back, it's a little more work for the customer to find out the warranty ahead of time vs finding out about a 1-2 years later.
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[flamebait]Could also be their way of dealing with deteriorating product quality coming from nVidia. Higher failure rates or rate of return = need to make cutbacks in your warranty offerings.[/flamebait]

Okay, sorry for that last - was uncalled for. Still, WANT EVGA TO START DOING ATI CARDS!!
 
EVGA is unsurpassed for customer support imo, just from the warranty, stepup, etc. Plus love the monthly contests, public chats, etc.
 
I sent in my 7900GT because it stopped working with the drivers they were putting out and when I did find drivers that worked with it, I would continually get graphics crashes.

They just shipped me out a replacement for free... I am going from a 7900GT to an 8800GT! Thank you EVGA!
 
Card arrived today, and it's my daughter's birthday too lol

Went from a 256MB 7900GT to a 512MB 8800GT...Thanks EVGA

Gotta run!
 
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So since I got the new video card, I decided to try and give the old girl a lift. I figured since she was getting a new video card, I should at least clean her out lol. My old 939 PC has sat in my daughters room for over a year now, and I don't think I have opened it once, other than to take out the bad video cards and ship the one out for RMA. Needless to say, it was pretty dusty in there.

The case is an old CoolerMaster Ammo, which the air flow is pretty much non existent in. It had a 120mm fan in front, and an 80mm fan on the radiator of the self contained wc unit. I cleaned the wires up the best I could, it was a rat's nest in there. I then cut out the front grill and the rear grills, and came up with a couple of ghetto mods hehe :D

I took an Antec Tri Cool I had laying around, and cut 4 pieces of shipping foam, and screwed them to the fan, and then I put velcro on top of the foam, and attached it to the rear of the case for exhaust. I had to do this because the rear grill was sticking out too much, that when I screwed the fan down to the mount, it was rubbing against the blades. It took me a min to figure that out, I powered everything up and it didn't come on, but then I noticed in the bios that the fan was spinning at 1500 RPM. I put my hand on the fan and it was getting hot haha...I also hacked the 4 pin molex off, and cut the tail off of a spare 3 pin mobo header I had laying around, and attached the fan to the motherboard, so I wouldn't have to unzip tie the psu wires and run one to the fan lol...After that I put the radiator on the back inside of the case, behind the 120mm fan.

Next I took the 80mm fan that was on the radiator, more of that velcro, and attached it to the front of the case, above the 120mm fan, over the 2 external 3.25" drive bays. I had to cut up the front face plate a bit to get it to fit again, but it worked :) Now cool air is drawn directly into the case over the video card :p You can't tell from any of the pics of the front of the case with the cover on, but there is a small hole that I cut, so you can get to the speed adjustment of the 80mm fan, I have it fastened to the inside front of the case, through one of the holes already there.

My youngest son was always trying to get his hands on her computer, constantly turning it on and off, and hitting the reset button, so much that I had disconnected the front panel power and reset switch. I thought for a while how I could fix this, and also try to elevate it enough so that maybe it wouldn't collect as much dust. So I finally decided to rearrange our living room, took the entertainment stand out (put those components under the TV stand), and set it up in her room with the PC on the top lol...

We got home about 10:30 PM last night when I started on this little project. I spent a good 2 and a half hours trying to figure out why when I turned it on, I got one long continuous beep from the motherboard. I tried different 6 pin connector, different PCI-e slot, tested 1 stick of ram at a time etc..I was about to try the card in my other PC to see if they sent me a dead card, but then as I was moving the video card again to the other PCI-e slot, and then fired it up, the beeping stopped, but still no post. I looked at the card again closely, and for some reason the 6 pin on the back of it sucks. It looks connected, but it was loose. I had to apply a ton of force to get it seated, I thought I was going to snap the card lol...After that, I finished up the wiring, and then realized it was almost 7:30 AM, and I'm covered in dust, and cuts, and bits of dried blood here and there lmao...But in the end, all was well, and everything is back to normal.:)

Any way here are some pics of the revival of my old 939 system now used as a TV and movie player in my daughters room lol


Link to slideshow
 
Whether it be a video card or a website forum I am a very loyal customer and continue to buy from people who treat me good or create good products. My EVGA mobo and video card have been awesome with notrouble so I'll buy from them in the future.
 
I like EVGA for graphic cards. I don't think their motherboards are worth it. I owned a 750i SLI and a 750i SLI for the win. They just don't offer as much as other companies do on their lower end stuff.
 
it just seems to me I see these type of threads every other day. People say they love BFG, great. They love EVGA, great. They love XFX, great. So I guess I can safely assume you cant go wrong with either of the three.
 
BaronBamboo said:
it just seems to me I see these type of threads every other day. People say they love BFG, great. They love EVGA, great. They love XFX, great. So I guess I can safely assume you cant go wrong with either of the three.
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Depends what you want to do, the small print may apply to you.
ie BFG dont support changing the heatsink or the paste.
 
BaronBamboo said:
it just seems to me I see these type of threads every other day. People say they love BFG, great. They love EVGA, great. They love XFX, great. So I guess I can safely assume you cant go wrong with either of the three.
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I try to give every company a chance. I've used ECS, XFX, ASUS, etc. For me, it's mostly just an issue of price to performance. I'll lean towards the brand ASUS if the prices are the same as other boards.
 
ciggwin said:
I sent in my 7900GT because it stopped working with the drivers they were putting out and when I did find drivers that worked with it, I would continually get graphics crashes.

They just shipped me out a replacement for free... I am going from a 7900GT to an 8800GT! Thank you EVGA!
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Got my card today :)
 
ekuest said:
so when evga warranty replaces your card with a newer model, are these used cards that people hav stepped up from? im just wondering what they do with the cards after they get them from someone stepping up. they cant sell them as new...
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usually, or repaired cards.

I was working on a project for one of my courses, I was using 7 74HC161 counters along with a good deal of TTL (as in BJT, these are the older transistors that require a good deal more power then the modern CMOS transistors) decode logic, normally the power supply we use is a heavily regulated 5V max3A output, which outputs a maximum of <0.2mV ripple, but it also has a variable DC output. I accidentally plugged my +5V VCC connector into the variable output (which was set to 5.1V so everything ran fine for a while), and bumped the adjustment screw which sent my 5V VCC skyrocketing up to over 20V VCC.

What do you think happens when silicon designed for 5V gets 20V?

Well its actually pretty anticlimactic, a couple of my (CMOS) counters made an audible popping sound and my power supply's Over Current Protection (OCP... Hardware|OverCurrentProtection?) light started blinking away angrily. There was no burning wire or smoke or fire or (visible) arcs. I was actually kinda disappointed (I was hoping for big explosions or infamous-like super powers or something, alas). I replaced three of the 74HC161's and the circuit worked good as new, all the way up to 20MHz (which is as high as the function generators we use will go). A circuit which had received over 4X the rated voltage was functioning like nothing had happened.

Its surprising to me just how much abuse silicon can take and how easily (and cheaply) it can be repaired for if you have the right tools --granted a 74LS256 (EEP ROM, the most complicated chip in said circuit) isn't exactly as complicated or as finicky as a GT200, still, I'd wager most of the support logic and regulation can take a fair beating.
 
My last two cards have been EVGA and I have not had a single issue with them. Also, they both have lifetime warranties because I registered it no their site. However, i bought their motherboard once and when the new CPUs came out it wouldn't support it (680i). I got an asus now.
 
I got an EVGA mobo recently. Between their customer service, well illustrated and written manuals/quick starts, and forums, I think they make a great choice for a first time do-it-yourself system build. Or even if your an occassional builder.
 
Some of you guys really got huge upgrades from them. When my 7900GT died they replaced it with a 7950GT lol.
 
I have never had any problems with EVGA, I've had several mobo's and video cards from them and luckily never had to RMA.
 
vanilla_guerilla said:
evga was just another player until around the 4200/4400/4600/4800. they were first with lifetime warranty, then first with oc/3rd party cooling not voiding warranty. first with streamlined rma service, first with step-up, first (maybe only) with pre-ship rma. because of nvidia's recent vid cards
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EVGA was not "first" with all of those. They're just better at creating fanboys.

lgestle said:
This has bothered me as of late as EVGA, to me at least, were known for lifetime warranty by default. It appears they are now flooding the market with models that have various warranties within the same product line. Example, lately we have seen 260/280GTX's that either have 2 year or life time, only way to know for sure is lookup the product on http://www.evga.com/support/warranty/
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I've noticed that too. Seems as if the majority (maybe 2/3 or 3/4) of the EVGA cards available on Newegg do NOT have a lifetime warranty.
 
Everything in my system is from EVGA! I've had no issues with both their step-up and warranty programs and I reside in Canada :p
 
nathan3b said:
Everything in my system is from EVGA! I've had no issues with both their step-up and warranty programs and I reside in Canada :p
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Incredible, I had no idea!
Can you let us know where to buy EVGA CPUs, EVGA Ram, EVGA fans, EVGA heatsinks, EVGA Cases, EVGA PSUS's, EVGA hard drives, EVGA Blu ray drives...

Or perhaps you have you got just a few EVGA components, few enough that it is easy to list them?
 
I'm loving EVGA, I've had 2 EVGA mobos, and 4 EVGA GPUs. CS is excellent, never had a problem.
 
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