EVGA Announces Availability of GeForce GTX 680 SC Signature Edition Graphics Card

I'm guessing the new suped-up warranty is their way of saying they've improved their quality control? I had such a bad experience with EVGA once that I will gladly pay $20 more for a PNY card with the exact same specs.

i havent had a problem yet with one of their cards

That's HOT. We need to get one in for review.

Wasn't it just a few years ago that buying an EVGA Card got you a lifetime warranty?

Still love to own a few of these monsters.

I always love the "I had a bad card once" line. Every mfg. you are going to have a bad card and go to a different mfg? The logic there is just bad, you'd have to a) make sure you didn't shock the thing putting it in, or b) have at least 2 of their products go bad to make a judgement against a company. Even at two you're still not being fair, they all go bad at some point some time. Buy 10 of any brand and one will be bad out of the box, two more will be bad in 90 days, the rest will be "magical" and last five years which who would want a five year old video card anyways? Just saying, be fair. :) EVGA has always been good in my book.

>> I always love the "I had a bad card once" line.

Yes, but what if it turns out that your problem is not unique and there are dozens and dozens of people reporting the same problem yet there's no product recall. And, on top of that: The manufacturer was doing RMAs and sending out defective cards with the exact same problem as the replacement? THAT was my experience with EVGA.  Even after it was apparent that they had produced a bad batch of cards, they mishandled the situation.

I had the option of sending back my defective 9600GT and potentially receiving a defective replacement, as others had reported... or buying another manufacturer's card (I think I went with an Asus) and then relating my experience on message boards again and again over the years until such point that EVGA had to change their warranty and improve their QA.  (That's how I like to picture it happened)  :p

Also, if 3 out of 10 video cards you buy are bad, you're either buying the wrong brands or using refurbs.  The one EVGA I bought is the only defective video card I've ever had in 20 years of building PCs for myself, friends, and family.  Usually, I'd cut a company slack for one bad experience, but the extenuating circumstances outlined in the first paragraph put them on my forever-avoid list.

You know I had a bad 8600Gt from EVGA (mine just completely burned out) that I purchased in another country. I created a RMA, sent the card in and got a new one a few days later.

If all else fails just forcibly short out something and ram the card, it always works :P

Anyway I'm disappointed with the 3y warranty thing, a 680 should last more than 3 years. At least a 5 year warranty sounds more like it. Despite that I think EVGA is one of the top manufacturers out there at the moment.

When it comes to gpu makers i personally love sapphire the most,however, since they only make ATI cards I look at asus or xfx when it comes to nvidia chips. I have only used one asus card,but my experience with their motherboards and other products has made me a fan of them.

My GTX285 2GB EVGA card is still going strong. It came with a lifetime warranty though. (that's why I asked about the length of warranty in an earlier post)

Zotac is ~my~ brand to avoid. They put it to me once, and I've been putting it back to them ever since.      

Spending a lot of money on something that doesn't work and then being jerked around when you try to get it fixed is no picnic. I can see where one could get a serious case of the a*s*s over it too.