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BFG LIMITED LIFETIME CONSUMER WARRANTY and RMA POLICY APPLIES TO ALL GRAPHICS CARDS INTRODUCED BY BFG ON OR AFTER 2/21/08 BFG Technologies warrants to the original purchaser of the graphics card included in this package ("Product") that the Product will be free from defects in material or workmanship for as long as the original purchaser (residing in the United States or Canada) owns the product, when given normal wear and proper usage. For original purchasers residing in areas outside the USA or Canada, the limited warranty for graphic cards shall be for a period of ten (10) years from the date of purchase. In connection with such Limited Lifetime or Ten Year Warranty, all BFG graphics cards introduced on or after February 21, 2008 must be registered on www.bfgtech.com within thirty (30) calendar days of the original purchase date to activate the limited lifetime warranty or limited ten (10) year warranty. Products not properly registered will be covered from the date of purchase by a two (2) year warranty in Europe, and a one (1) year limited warranty in the U.S. and other countries. Proper registration includes submitting proof of purchase to BFG. This warranty is VOID if the product: * Has evidence of the serial number sticker being altered, removed, replaced, or defaced. * Was damaged while being installed. * Was damaged by software or hardware from a company or individual other than BFG Technologies or by motherboard incompatibility. * Was not operated in accordance with BFG Technologies specifications, instructions and any technical support directions. * Was modified or damaged by overclocking, tampering, user error, accident, disaster, abuse, misuse, power supply, power application, alteration, repair, modification, a fix or replacement by someone other than BFG Technologies. Third party products, such as motherboards and other system components using or interacting with this Product are not covered by this warranty. All products sent in for Return Merchandise Authorization ("RMA") in connection with warranty claim must include a copy of the original invoice or receipt. BFG Technologies' liability under this warranty, or in connection with any other claim relating to the Product, is limited to the repair or at BFG Technologies option, the replacement of the portion of the Product which was defective in material or workmanship. This warranty does not apply to any software component. Customer pays for shipping RMA product to BFG. Customer assumes the risk of loss (insurance from loss or damage) in transit and the returned Products shall become the sole property of BFG Technologies. BFG Technologies warrants that the repaired or replaced Products will be free from defects in material or workmanship. BFG Technologies reserves the right to inspect and verify the defectiveness of any product returned. Please allow 48 hrs processing time once item has been received by BFG, and 3-5 days for shipping of the repaired or replacement product (shipped ground to the U.S.). BFG will cover the cost of return shipping back to the customer for RMA replacements via ground shipping through UPS in the United States and Canada. BFG is not responsible for any fees charged by the Canadian Government or brokers due to brokerage fees. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED ABOVE, BFG TECNOLOGIES MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHETHER OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE, OR OTHERWISE ON THE PRODUC

Companies like BFG

Believe it or not, some companies do care about their reputation and dont ship stuff they know is broken out the door. A company like Dell, however, see's that broken batch as an opportunity to fuck both you AND their supplier.

Here's BFG's Limited Lifetime Warranty
http://www.bfgtech.com/warranty.aspx

Don't forget BFG, they have lifetime warranty too.

Those links are about 5 months old. I bought Vista with the BFG 8800GTS OC 320MB last weekend, and everything is running smoothly. Got the Aero effects and ran some DX10-only demos. So far so good.

I like the BFG GeForce 6200 Turbo Cache cards, for example the http://www.bfgtech.com/6200TC.html -- I bought the 64MB Model recently for a customer and it was under CND$39. The car has both DVI and VGA Output.

20 Game Titles Announced for AGEIA PhysX in 2006(taken from http://www.bfgtech.com/physx/index.htm):

        * Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter

        * Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends

        * Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport

        * Cell Factor

        * City of Villains

        * Unreal Tournament 2007

        * Gunship Apocalypse

        * Sacred II

        * Loki

        * Dogtag
        * Fallen Earth

        * Crazy Machines 2

        * Arena Online

        * Diabolique
        * Warhammer MMORPG

        * Eye of the Storm

        * KARMA

        * Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

        * Alpha Prime

"In 5 years modern games won't even run on the machine you are talking about building, yet PS3 games always will. Games will become more and more optimized for the PS3 hardware where as in the general purpose computer realm developers will expect more powerful machines to be purchased so no need to optimize."

Lol. In 5 years there is a high chance that modern games will run on this rig.

I bet you're wondering why.

BFG overclocks their boards. Because the perceived risk in this they warranty them for life. 350MHz is standard for the GT, 370MHz is what BFG runs the card at.

Check out the product description

http://www.bfgtech.com/7800GTX_256_WC.html

BFG GeForce(TM) 7800 GTX OC(TM) with Water Block. Factory overclocked to 490MHz / 1300MHz (vs. 400MHz / 1000MHz standard), this built-to-order card will feature a water block instead of a GPU fan for those wanting to purchase or who may already have an existing liquid-cooled PC system. BFG will hand-build your card using Arctic Silver 5 Premium Thermal Compound. Easily hooked up to any existing 1/4" tubing system or to 3/8" tubes with the included adapters, this card runs cool and silent. BFG Tech is proud to offer their true lifetime warranty on this graphics card. (Card with water block requires internal or external water cooled system, sold separately.)

Will the low-end of this generation be fanless?

bfg technologies striks me as another company like this. If you go to their web site and look around you will see that theya re a group of techie gammers who made a video card company. If you look at the "Why we are different" section of their web site you will see that the

1. offer 24 hr tech support.
2. a lifetime guarantee on all their cards.
3. that the owners of the company are huge gamers who make the cards so that can use them when the play games.

When I talked with the guys from BFG (who are already taking preorders) at the HardOCP Workshop, they had a FX card on hand that you could look at up close. I asked one of their guys about the huge ass coolers and they said that the manufacturers had the choice to put their own type of cooling on it if they wanted. So I'm sure there will be some 1 slot options out there if the customers demand it...