What is an aftermarket GPU?

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I am looking for a new GPU and my cousin said to wait for the aftermarket radeon r9 cards because I was thinking about a 270. Are these the ones produced by MSI and asus and other manufacturers with different cooling and specs, because if so are they not already out (and if not when will they be?), Thanks.
 
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gpu's can't be after market. coolers, pcb and others can be 3rd party. what your cousin told you was to wait till r9 cards with custom cooling system (heatsink and fans) and/or custom pcb and probably factory tweaked settings. there's a significant price difference between higher end r9 cards and r9 270. what is your full pc specifications and budget?
latest rumor is 3rd party customized r9 290 cards will come out before r9...
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I am just getting a new card as my msi 6870 died (probably) so I am getting a new one and when speaking with my cousin and his employee they both said to wait till the after market r9 270 because I said I was looking at it, do you reckon they will be after market soon?
 
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They are already on sale. Let me explain how Graphic Cards are sold. First, AMD or Nvidia designs and makes a reference card. Then other manufacturers such as Asus and Gigabyte add better cooling systems and they distribute them to different places. Reference cards are not for sale. But you can find them on pre-built Desktop PCs.

I could recommend to you a good GPU provided you tell me where you live and what your budget is.
 
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gpu's can't be after market. coolers, pcb and others can be 3rd party. what your cousin told you was to wait till r9 cards with custom cooling system (heatsink and fans) and/or custom pcb and probably factory tweaked settings. there's a significant price difference between higher end r9 cards and r9 270. what is your full pc specifications and budget?
latest rumor is 3rd party customized r9 290 cards will come out before r9 290x cards. amd already has custom r9 280x, 270x and 270 cards on the market. you need to specify which r9 cards you're comparing with your early-chosen 270.
 
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http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-asus-radeon-r9-270-directcu-ii-oc-28nm-5600mhz-gddr5-gpu-950mhz-boost-975mhz-1280-streamsdp-dvi-

I was thinking of that card, my specs are:
gigabyte ga-970a-ds3 motherboard
msi radeon hd 6870 OC edition
amd phenom ii x4 965 black edition
3 x corsair vengence 4GB (1600)
Corsair cx600w psu
1 x pci wlan card
1 x cd/dvd rw drive
1 x 2tb seagate hard drive (7200 rpm I think)
4 x 120mm fans
 
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The R9 270 you mentioned is good, but overclock it to 1GHz and you get the R9 270x

If you stretch your budget , you could get the GTX 760 for £190
http://www.ebuyer.com/525309-gigabyte-gtx-760-2gb-gddr5-dual-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-card-gv-n760oc-2gd-rev2-0

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The R9 270 comes with BF4, don't forget that. But the GTX 760 is bundled with these games
nvidia-geforce-gtx-holiday-bundle-with-shield-tiers-v2.png
 
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AMD and Nvidia design a reference card, which is what is sent to their board partners to sell. Typically after a graphics card launch, all the board partners do is slap a sticker with their name on it, put it in a box and sell the reference card to you. Although technically aftermarket as it has passed through the board partners, it is still a reference design card, no different than if Nvidia/AMD sold it straight to you.

Aftermarket colloquially refers to models of cards that have been changed by the board partners, usually putting their own cooling solution to a reference board, although this can extend further to the partners manufacturing and using their own PCB's and just using the GPU's from AMD/Nvidia.
 
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the card looks good. you should know that both r9 270 and r9 270x cards have the same gpu albeit tuned for different power limits and tdp. that's why this card seems better to me:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-asus-radeon-r9-270x-directcu-ii-28nm-5600mhz-gddr5-gpu-1050mhz-1280-streams-displayport-2x-dvi-h
just a tad more but gives you more headroom should you choose to o.c. the listing doesn't show bundled bf4, though.
 
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Ok if we keep around this budget I could probably push it up to the nvidia card but if I can get complete insurance, that includes accidental, for at least 3 years then I would probably go for that.
 
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there is no guarantee that an electronic product will not fail. the companies provide with warranties so that you can replace it or get it repaired as long as the incident falls under the conditions set by the company.
 
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all I do is leave it in my PC so I won't be damaging it but my GPU only had 1 year warranty and died after 1.3 years so I need one with a longer warranty
 
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f.y.i., 5 years warranty does not mean that the card will not fail within 5 years. you need to check the warranty terms to see if they fit your requirements.
edit: how about this evga one?
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-evga-gtx-760-superclocked-acx-28nm-pcie-30-%28x16%29-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-1072mhz-boost-1137mhz-cores-1
 
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any bundled games?😀
 
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Ok, I will email scan ask if they do the bundle games with that card just to be sure if they do I think it is likely although I am pushing my budget alot, my grandparents are going to pay £100 as a Christmas present but I have to pay the rest
 
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