The TPU UK Clubhouse

[cheesy999]

You live about 40 miles away from me...

I have a lack of money as you don't get paid for work experience

 

[scaminatrix]

Still South East of the country
40 miles? Ashford and Canterbury are less than 20 miles from me; 40 miles is past Maidstone - Gillingham-ish. Bugger all money generated down here, unless you're Roger De Haan lol

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I wished i purchased a sapphire card instead....

[ 7/10/2011 1:46:35 AM] Good morning. I just bought two of your 6970s last week (i will register both of them after this) and after reading up on the warranty it would seem that you void warranty for people who want to put a 3rd party cooler on their card or at least to let you know before any changes are made so you can update the warranty status. as it stands, I only wish to replace the thermal paste on the graphics card with some Arctic MX-4. I have carried out this process many times before on my older cards. so i just wanted to double check with you first before i do anything as i don`t want to void the warranty just after getting the 2 cards. thanks

[JAMES 7/11/2011 10:06:08 AM] Hi, thanks for your message, unfortunately, removing the fan will almost certrainly void the warranty held by your reseller, even if this is temporary, so we would not recommend doing so. please can you register the products using the correct serial number (e.g. I4H917634). thank you, James.

time to add these cards to my FS thread. Im not happy with warranty thats so restrictive....

oh and my response to them...

thanks,

Well, in that case, I will be returning both of these of these cards a swapping them for another brand. I understand the reasoning behind your restrictive warranty. as you don't want unnecessary RMA's but not allowing me to apply new thermal paste really takes the biscuit. The cards run very hot and MX-4 could really help lower the temperatures a little more.

I wont be registering my cards as i will be returning them straight away.

Good day to you sir!

 

[FreedomEclipse]

^Totally not a troll

 

[InnocentCriminal]

</sarcasm>Great</sarcasm> use of the English language there Freedom.

 

[scaminatrix]

Damn Freedom, I thought XFX were the ones who allowed you to do that, as long as you tell them? Or have I got it very wrong?

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Damn Freedom, I thought XFX were the ones who allowed you to do that, as long as you tell them? Or have I got it very wrong?

thats how its supposed to work. and thats what i read in forums. so I know people have contacted XFX before hand to keep them updated on whats their going to be done to their cards. and XFX have given them the go ahead to do it as they need to log it in their RMA database.

but this is stupid. as i did mention that i have done the same thing countless numbers of times on older cards. and lets face it, If i was a real noob with no technical knowledge what so ever i probably wouldnt even known what the fuck MX-4 was or what thermal paste does or how beneficial thermal paste is to cooling.

They were once on the side of the enthusiast. but this is taking it too far. I think they got sick of dealing with peoples RMA's. waiting for a response from SCAN on the matter.

Just told them I used the card to browse the net and run a few benchmarks but i wasnt 100% satisfied with the product and wish to return them both. (well within my rights under the distance selling regulations) then I'll go to ebuyer and pick up some Sapphire or HiS cards. ebuyer have a better stocked selection of 6970s then SCAN for some reason.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

and damn it ive just been shot down by SCAN

If the cards have been installed and used we would be unable to accept them back for a refund.

Due to the sensitive nature of IT equipment we cannot accept the return of any item that has had the manufacturer official seal opened.

Regards,

Michael W
Scan Computers

Micheal W... thats the dude who gave me bad RMA service the last time round.

Oh well. Nevermind, The Returns dept manager is also a rep on Bit-tech. I'll go take my claim directly with him as i know Mr. Micheal W. here will stonewall me If i tried to persist with my claim.

 

[Millennium]

In the spirit of posting bargains (to cheer Freedom up if nothing else!) here is another one.

Assassins Creed 2 for £2.50 digital download. UK only.

Gotta have some good games for all that kickass hardware, right?

 

[scaminatrix]

Bunch of bar stewards! I still got like a year and a half warranty before I can change the paste on my 5770. Don't want to do it yet because the fan's been (quietly) buzzing for about a year.

My 5770 @ 960/1440 doesn't go over 65 deg.c (with my extra heatsinks all over the card) - I'm addicted to low temps. I won't let any componenet in my rig go over 65. (Gammy un-unlockable) CPU seems to be convinced it's only 29 deg.c!! It won't move even after a few hours of gaming!!

Shame there's no Vapor-X/Toxic version of the 6970 - the Vapor-X's run nice and cool generaly - would you consider one of them?

 

[FreedomEclipse]

If the price was right i would. usually cards with Vapor X or Toxic coolers charge a small price premium.

these 6970s are supposed to have Vapor chamber cooling anyway but that still doesnt stop them from hitting 81'c in BC2.

Ive got 3 bloody years to wait for warranty to end before i can start fiddling with the card. if SCAN wont accept them back then I'll try to get rid of them along with my 5850s and go with a sapphire card instead

 

[scaminatrix]

Yea the Vapor's are a little bit more expensive AFAIK. I would have had one off you, but I need an nvidia card for my vid editing rig. Gonna be the first nvidia card I've actually bought for myself
You might have to ebay them to get a proper price, I can't see them going for top dollar on here.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

yeah, Im gonna need to throw the 2 5850s up on Ebay too i thinks. not too much traffic here.

I could put them up on gumtree too and see if i can get anyone local to take them off me. but all im gonna get is a bunch of polish people calling me up and trying to lowball me.

 

[scaminatrix]

Pffft I've had decent stuff up on gumtree for aaaages and didn't even get a sniff of interest. It's crap on there man, less traffic than here
I just bought a videocamera off the bay - I was supposed to buying a broken one to fix my little brother's, but ended up buying a semi-broken one I know what's wrong with this one so easy fix!!

The seller sold it to me straight instead of all the bidding crap, I'm just waiting for her to take down the listing now.
Here

 

[MightyMission]

bloody hell that looks like it could just be the retention mechanism!
hope you got some tiny little screwdrivers sir!

 

[Bo$$]

I pulled the trigger on an MSI GTX570, it is the one most expensive thing i have ever bought!

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Pffft I've had decent stuff up on gumtree for aaaages and didn't even get a sniff of interest. It's crap on there man, less traffic than here
I just bought a videocamera off the bay - I was supposed to buying a broken one to fix my little brother's, but ended up buying a semi-broken one I know what's wrong with this one so easy fix!!

The seller sold it to me straight instead of all the bidding crap, I'm just waiting for her to take down the listing now.
Here

I have had tonnes of interest when selling my Xonar D2X and the first time i tried to sell my 5850 on there. Its just full of foreign people trying to get a cheap deal.

 

[scaminatrix]

bloody hell that looks like it could just be the retention mechanism!
hope you got some tiny little screwdrivers sir!

Yea I got all the tools, I've done one of these before, slightly different model but same series. I've fixed countless amounts of phones and digicam's over the years and I got tiny little fingers lol The worst bit about these is that the ribbon connectors are really hard to break when you're pulling them out of the boards; I've killed a few cameras like that

I have had tonnes of interest when selling my Xonar D2X and the first time i tried to sell my 5850 on there. Its just full of foreign people trying to get a cheap deal.

Aah, I never had anything that high value on there - £50 mobo and £60 CPU.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

The 5850s are up on there anyway. hopefully i should have them both off my hands in about a week

 

[MightyMission]

I was thinking about gpu pricing when i saw an radeon 2900x at a bootsale yesterday,it prolly retailed at £150+ at some point,now it was on offer for £10

yet when you look at what todays £150 gets you in terms of 3d performance and no blockies and jaggies etc,it doesnt seem so bad,i wonder what £150 does in terms of performance in another 5 years.
my 470s were 240 (just released)and 180 (6 months later) brand new
though i got not alot of shekels right now,i am glad i got them when i did.

Fixing my n97 was a mare scam,the ribbon cables are so tiny i had to use tweezers to pull them out,i've not tried cameras but some lappies seem to be a million parts waiting to explode when you get that last screw out.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Going Fishing@gumtree

 

[MightyMission]

no way!
i sold an 512mb x1900 xtx for 13 on ebay a couple months ago lol
pretty card though,all translucent red and stuff.
£100!!!
is huskie not here any more? i thought he was just on holidays or something

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Yup, it was the 512MB aswell. I don't deal with ab_ anymore, for obvious reasons.
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145508

Na not on holiday, he done one back home.

so huskie is no longer coming back to the UK???

 

[MightyMission]

My word.
i thought they were _just reasonable_ cards five years ago,but i guess huskie had his reasons for going ahead with it.bad form on abu mentals behalf to pull a stunt like that though

 

[scaminatrix]

so huskie is no longer coming back to the UK???

No, he didn't make any mention of coming back. Just seemed sad at having to go. Obviously, there's only so much emotion that can be conveyed through a text message though shame.