Anyone heard of Visiontek? Not familiar with the brand.

[newbnerd]

Amazon has the R8 380 for $175. Never heard of the brand before they seem to do some of the lower budget cards it seems. Looking for a new card but dont want to burn myself on what seems like good deal. Would it be worth it to go for it?

 

[renz496]

They have been making gpu for quite sometime. Just not the top brand.

 

[newbnerd]

Small bump lol

 

[coozie7]

Agree with Renz496: Visiontek are an OK brand, just not very common, they've been around for a number of years so they're obviously doing something right.
Amazon are usually good when it comes to warranty issues BTW so I think you can purchase with some confidence in that respect as well.

And don't bump threads on this or any other site, if your question isn't getting too much attention, just repost, remember communities can get a lot of posts, so it's easy to miss one and we're not all online at the same time!

 

[Venom Six Actual]

Hi Newbnerd. We have US Based Technical Support available M-F, 8:00 - 5:00 CST, except holidays. That re-seller is not one of ours however, and the price listed is far below even our cost to produce the card. That being the case, it is possible that it is a fraudulent listing. The problem you would have if you bought that card is if you needed support, we would ask for proof of purchase. If it is not from an approved vendor, then the warranty would be denied.

The question you have to ask yourself is "Why are they selling a card that is well below the cost to make it?" No answer I can think of is good. I checked the listing, and the images are ripped from the stock images we produced. I'd be cautious in dealing with this vendor.

 

[Bossyfins]

We do have a visiontek support 😱 never knew that.

 

[junkeymonkey]

were they not the ones that bought out BFG or something ??? that was the big name at one time for a NVidia card ..


http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/news126.html

 

[Venom Six Actual]

Hi folks, I am with VisionTek and I cruise Tom's Hardware (and other sites) as part of our support efforts. We do have a rather colorful history as junkeymonkey states, here is the link: https://www.visiontek.com/about-visiontek.html

 

[Meg jason]

Hi folks, I am with VisionTek and I cruise Tom's Hardware (and other sites) as part of our support efforts. We do have a rather colorful history as junkeymonkey states, here is the link: https://www.visiontek.com/about-visiontek.html

Do you know if Visiontek honors warranty for graphics card purchased from CDW.com and Sabrepc.com ?

 

[Venom Six Actual]

Hi folks, I am with VisionTek and I cruise Tom's Hardware (and other sites) as part of our support efforts. We do have a rather colorful history as junkeymonkey states, here is the link: https://www.visiontek.com/about-visiontek.html

Do you know if Visiontek honors warranty for graphics card purchased from CDW.com and Sabrepc.com ?

Replied via your personal message. For everyone else, CDW is definitely good to go; I don't see a problem with the other company, but it may be a case by case basis. The registration requirement is something to take note of, in any event, however.

 

[Magoto2k]

Hi Newbnerd. We have US Based Technical Support available M-F, 8:00 - 5:00 CST, except holidays. That re-seller is not one of ours however, and the price listed is far below even our cost to produce the card. That being the case, it is possible that it is a fraudulent listing. The problem you would have if you bought that card is if you needed support, we would ask for proof of purchase. If it is not from an approved vendor, then the warranty would be denied.

The question you have to ask yourself is "Why are they selling a card that is well below the cost to make it?" No answer I can think of is good. I checked the listing, and the images are ripped from the stock images we produced. I'd be cautious in dealing with this vendor.

In line with this subject, I find this R7 370 in almost $110. Fishy listing or price? That model has no user feedback in amazon. This one: http://www.amazon.com/VisionTek-Radeon-Express-Grapics-900807/dp/B00ZQ9JKE2/ref=sr_1_14?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1445294802&sr=1-14&keywords=r7+370

 

[Venom Six Actual]

It looks like it is being sold directly by Amazon, who is one of our resellers. Perhaps they are running a special. Now that the card has been out a little bit, it seems reasonable. Day 1 at $100 plus under cost would make me suspicious, but we are several months now and Christmas is coming up. So, maybe.