When you have a RAM by G-Skill, GPU by ASUS, AIO by Corsair, fans by Lian-Li, and case by NZXT, Razer keyboard, and an RGB strip connected to your Gigabyte motherboard, you're gonna need 8 different RGB software, so yeah please give us something that unifies everything LOL
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Long time Evga user. What did you switch to?
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I just told you it's supposed to support everything. Please read the details and maybe try it. I'm not guaranteeing it will work, but they say it does.
So far, I tested it with ASRock, Kingston, Predator, Arctic, G.Skill, and Colorful. Only Colorful doesn't work for me.
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I don't know how I missed that, but it was probably because there was no news at all about him ... so Kingpin said that he would skip any custom RTX5000 under his name because of problems with logistics, etc. He works for PNY for a year or something. Somehow, PNY has nothing new or nothing better since he joined. All the stuff they bragged about were pretty basic versions with some RGB LEDs. It would be nice to see something more from them, but I feel it's the same as it used to be with Shamino or other old-generation extreme overclockers. They were jumping between brands like Foxconn, releasing one OC line and dropping the project. Shamino has worked for ASUS for a long time, but others have disappeared. The same behind the EVGA Kingpin series was not only one guy, so if PNY got only him, it doesn't guarantee the same product level. Moreover, EVGA had the best warranty and all the logistics that PNY doesn't have.
Btw. I got in touch with PNY a while ago, but one guy seems like a waste of time, and the one who takes care of graphics cards didn't even reply. It looks like their marketing asks for improvements too.
I still wish for more brands on the Nvidia market, as there is no big choice nowadays. AMD has many more partners but also lower quality. I don't know what is the lesser evil, problems with availability or worse quality. By worse quality, I mainly mean coolers, shrouds, RGB stuff (like it or not), warranty, and other things. The PCB and components used, like memory chips, type of power delivery, and more, are almost always the same for all brands, as AMD gives the minimum requirements. It's like putting the same stuff on a PCB with a slightly different layout.
I don't know how I missed that, but it was probably because there was no news at all about him ... so Kingpin said that he would skip any custom RTX5000 under his name because of problems with logistics, etc. He works for PNY for a year or something. Somehow, PNY has nothing new or nothing better since he joined. All the stuff they bragged about were pretty basic versions with some RGB LEDs. It would be nice to see something more from them, but I feel it's the same as it used to be with Shamino or other old-generation extreme overclockers. They were jumping between brands like Foxconn, releasing one OC line and dropping the project. Shamino has worked for ASUS for a long time, but others have disappeared. The same behind the EVGA Kingpin series was not only one guy, so if PNY got only him, it doesn't guarantee the same product level. Moreover, EVGA had the best warranty and all the logistics that PNY doesn't have.
Btw. I got in touch with PNY a while ago, but one guy seems like a waste of time, and the one who takes care of graphics cards didn't even reply. It looks like their marketing asks for improvements too.
I still wish for more brands on the Nvidia market, as there is no big choice nowadays. AMD has many more partners but also lower quality. I don't know what is the lesser evil, problems with availability or worse quality. By worse quality, I mainly mean coolers, shrouds, RGB stuff (like it or not), warranty, and other things. The PCB and components used, like memory chips, type of power delivery, and more, are almost always the same for all brands, as AMD gives the minimum requirements. It's like putting the same stuff on a PCB with a slightly different layout.
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That's very interesting to know, Woomack. I didn't know Kingpin was with PNY either, but it's nice to read. Let's hope they give him a team to develop new coolers for the next (6000?) series of GPUs. I know with EVGA he focused on performance, not bling, which is what we want as enthusiasts. Do I remember correctly that EVGA had a limited lifetime warranty on some GPUs? Was that standard or an additional cost option? I don't remember the details. PNY has a 3 year warranty on graphic cards, that is pretty much the industry standard (in the US) these days.
On the aRGB control topic. Isn't there an open source program that's supposed to control various maker's RGB, similar to the program Fan Control? I wonder how well it works. I don't have any cases with side windows so I don't run any RGB software, what I have just cycles in default - while hidden behind a solid side panel.
On the aRGB control topic. Isn't there an open source program that's supposed to control various maker's RGB, similar to the program Fan Control? I wonder how well it works. I don't have any cases with side windows so I don't run any RGB software, what I have just cycles in default - while hidden behind a solid side panel.
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On the aRGB control topic. Isn't there an open source program that's supposed to control various maker's RGB, similar to the program Fan Control? I wonder how well it works. I don't have any cases with side windows so I don't run any RGB software, what I have just cycles in default - while hidden behind a solid side panel.
I mentioned it earlier in this thread.
I don't remember a lifetime warranty for EVGA products. I know graphics cards had an extension option. However, I think I only had three of them because it was always hard to buy them in Poland, or they were highly overpriced. The EVGA EU store was dead for years, and ordering from their official store took time (shipping from Taiwan and long logistics), and it also wasn't cheap.
EVGA is an example that you can't have unique products on the current market as they don't sell well and support costs way too much for the manufacturer. Many things end-users never consider. Brands like ASUS, Gigabyte, or MSI focus mainly on mass-sale products and make noise with a few top and OC models that don't sell well, but in the worst case, they can afford to have losses on them.
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I've run EVGA forever, My last rig I started with a GB and had to RMA it don't remember for what but there was no problem at all and the turn around was fast. I went back to EVGA 980ti for the last upgrade for that system. This system is EVGA and I wish they kept making video cards, I don't know who I'm going with this time.
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I missed your link in post, but yes the one I was thinking of might have been that one or possibly this one.
Like I said, I don't use any RGB software, just trying to remember options for those who do.
In the end it's not a good business model to "have the best costumer service". You want mass production with as little as possible manpower but still be a "known brand". Everything you said is true.
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back in the day my brand of choice was XFX, i wish they would come back. when they left it was nothing but evga, i went from a 1060f6gb to a 3070 recently. Not looking at another card anytime soon. I do not see the new cards being worth it. If i were buying now, my choice would MSI, zotac, PNY before the others tbh. i mean i guess GB would actually be my top 3 dropping msi. It really all seems the same just warranty length. with the Asus peice out there, man they have damaged on purpose. reject things that should not be a cause to reject them. this was the story with Abit in the last off the few months. someone would send in a mobo with a issue, physical damage to the edge of the pcb. only to be sent a pict of the pcb as if someone dropped it from the roof.
For me, XFX was dead when multiple series had mixed memory chips and stability issues. Literally, they were using two different IC brands on one card, but memory settings were programmed for one of them. Somehow, I got in touch with them some years later and reviewed 2 or 3 cards, which were pretty good, but it was when they refreshed the brand, and I think it was in other owners' hands.
I know that ASUS has problems with support when, for some reason, HQ forces them to reject RMAs. When there was a shortage of sockets/connectors, they were rejecting all motherboards for faulty sockets, even if the socket wasn't faulty. I mean the audio didn't work -> user's fault because of a damaged CPU socket. The support employee actually told me that after a long talk (well, I was pushing him) when they rejected my mobo for a CPU socket, when one of the M.2 was losing connection. Btw. issues with support breaking something were also with MSI and Gigabyte in the EU. However, it was long ago. I guess I haven't heard anything bad about any support except ASUS in the last few years.
I see on the web that people make brands like Abit, DFI, or Epox legendary. In reality, anyone who was working in distribution or larger support center saw how many of them were breaking for various things. It's hard to call a brand legendary when 20%+ of its products go back to RMA. Some distributors in the central EU decided not to sell DFI because of the very high RMA rate and long manufacturer response time that was causing product replacements and too high costs for stores. I was working for one of them back then. The same was with Epox when it disappeared from large stores, and in the end, the brand disappeared.
I know that ASUS has problems with support when, for some reason, HQ forces them to reject RMAs. When there was a shortage of sockets/connectors, they were rejecting all motherboards for faulty sockets, even if the socket wasn't faulty. I mean the audio didn't work -> user's fault because of a damaged CPU socket. The support employee actually told me that after a long talk (well, I was pushing him) when they rejected my mobo for a CPU socket, when one of the M.2 was losing connection. Btw. issues with support breaking something were also with MSI and Gigabyte in the EU. However, it was long ago. I guess I haven't heard anything bad about any support except ASUS in the last few years.
I see on the web that people make brands like Abit, DFI, or Epox legendary. In reality, anyone who was working in distribution or larger support center saw how many of them were breaking for various things. It's hard to call a brand legendary when 20%+ of its products go back to RMA. Some distributors in the central EU decided not to sell DFI because of the very high RMA rate and long manufacturer response time that was causing product replacements and too high costs for stores. I was working for one of them back then. The same was with Epox when it disappeared from large stores, and in the end, the brand disappeared.
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Had been an EVGA buyer since BFG stopped making NVIDIA cards, as they were the only ones even close to the BFG no questions asked lifetime warranties(that also allowed you to remove the heatsink for a waterblock). Now that EVGA is "defunct" I've hopped over to Gigabyte as they seem to be pretty much tied with MSI for customer complaints but still way less than ASUS. MSI was also having issues with their fans last time I looked into them but I don't know if that's been resolved as of the 40 series.
I love my current Gigabyte 4070 Super AERO OC, it has gone way over meeting my expectations for this card and I wish I had snagged a second before everyone went into a panic buying frenzy due to tariffs and 50 series unknowns. The cooler alone on this thing made it worth the purchase. I'm waiting for their 5070 series of cards to come out and I'll probly snag one when that happens.
I love my current Gigabyte 4070 Super AERO OC, it has gone way over meeting my expectations for this card and I wish I had snagged a second before everyone went into a panic buying frenzy due to tariffs and 50 series unknowns. The cooler alone on this thing made it worth the purchase. I'm waiting for their 5070 series of cards to come out and I'll probly snag one when that happens.
