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News BFG Tech leaves graphics card market

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by CardJoe, 19 May 2010.

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  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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    CardJoe, 19 May 2010
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  2. Mraedis

    Mraedis Minimodder

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    Who?
     
    Mraedis, 19 May 2010
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  3. yuusou

    yuusou Multimodder

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    Aww :(
     
    yuusou, 19 May 2010
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  4. Blademrk

    Blademrk Why so serious?

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    Woah, that's a shock. I've still got one of their 6600 GTOC's in my old Athlon PC.
     
    Blademrk, 19 May 2010
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  5. [USRF]Obiwan

    [USRF]Obiwan What's a Dremel?

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    Seems like PC game piracy, and as result the lack of new innovated PC games, is finally hitting the hardware market...
     
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  6. mi1ez

    mi1ez Modder

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    Seems like Nvidia's Fermi disaster is hitting resellers more like!
     
    mi1ez, 19 May 2010
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  7. mull

    mull What's a Dremel?

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    Good. The motherboard and add-in card markets are in need of some serious seller and product rationalisation, as far as I'm concerned. I'm not at all surprised that the market's not profitable for resellers atm.
     
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  8. somewhereoveryonda

    somewhereoveryonda You'll never know when to buy!

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    I think the "focusing on power supply and gaming system divisions" really means theres no cash coming out of graphics for us any more... "we give in.. we'll make more else where"!
     
    somewhereoveryonda, 19 May 2010
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  9. BlackMage23

    BlackMage23 RPG Loving Freak

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    That is a surprise, they always had good cards and one of the best warranty policy's.
     
    BlackMage23, 19 May 2010
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  10. Jim

    Jim Ineptimodder

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    My favourite reseller back in the day... before I switched to ATI, that is.
     
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  11. Omnituens

    Omnituens What's a Dremel?

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    A loss to the industry. Fantastic RMA, great cards.
     
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  12. azrael-

    azrael- I'm special...

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    That's how it goes when you're "premium partner" for a certain company, and said company cannot deliver the goods (for quite a while now). Probably won't be the last "partner" to bite the dust, either. It's a shame though...
     
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  13. l3v1ck

    l3v1ck Fueling the world, one oil well at a time.

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    It's no surprise. Graphics card manufacturers come and go and it's very had to differentiate your graphics card from someone else's these days.
     
    l3v1ck, 19 May 2010
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  14. thehippoz

    thehippoz What's a Dremel?

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    it's the economy
     
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  15. el_diablo_72

    el_diablo_72 What's a Dremel?

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    "Seems like PC game piracy, and as result the lack of new innovated PC games, is finally hitting the hardware market..."

    Huh? Pirates don't need video cards?
     
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  16. Fizzban

    Fizzban Man of Many Typos

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    I'd say that the economy, Fermi or the lack of any significant progress in graphics over the last few years would be more likely reasons.

    I am surprised though. They always struck me as one of the better Nvidia card providers.
     
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  17. zelachang

    zelachang What's a Dremel?

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    Pirating -> less profit on PC -> Less development for PC -> Fewer decent games on pc -> fewer pc gamers

    That said, I'm pretty sure that has nothing to do with why BFG is getting out of the graphics card business.
     
    zelachang, 19 May 2010
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  18. pendragon

    pendragon I pickle they

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    this stinks.. I really like my BFG 8800 GT :-/ ... first ABit ..and now them.. *le sigh*
     
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  19. samkiller42

    samkiller42 For i AM Cheesecake!!

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    That is such a shame, I'm a huge fan of BFG Tech GPU's, so it comes as a huge surprise, but i do wonder if it's because of the limited amount of popularity that Fermi has generated.
    Still, i wonder what happens to BFG's Warranty on existing cards?

    Sam
     
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  20. ./^\.Ace./^\.

    ./^\.Ace./^\. What's a Dremel?

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    I have 4 computers and 5 video cards all of them are BFG, I have enjoyed there quality and I was hoping to buy more cards from then in the future.
     
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