I would be, but from my understanding Asrock RMA process for Canada is very subpar (according to many hate on them for this) but alas, we NEED partners that have RMA within canada so as not pay an arm and leg to ship to USA or overseas. Asus and MSI were awesome in this regard as they can handle RMA within canada..
but GPP BS, they are fools only see $$$ or at least drank the Nvidia koolaid very deeply instead of making a stand and saying "screw you, that is not right" which really sucks because I have been wanting/needing a good gpu for quite a long time now (replace my 7870) I personally have always loved Asus for motherboards and MSI for GPU, but, will not support companies that support direct anti competitive/monopolistic corporations (Nvidia) who ONLY care about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ not quality of their products and never about giving their all to the industry even if they are not directly profiting from it.
how many time do you recall Nvidia "offering" opensource 3rd party "tweakable" software/hardware like their direct competitor (ATi/AMD) I can count on one hand the amount of times (basically zero) Nv gives "minimum" acceptable run things to the ground and never admits to their BS, whereas (IMO) AMD gives the BEST they can (even if it means and often does less revenue per higher spec product)
anyways, hopefully Asrock bolsters north america RMA procedures (reduced cost and upset for consumers) as well as increases the "quality" of this experience (which seems to be either 100% very satisfied or 100% piseed off consumers who sought RMA from them)
will be interesting to see, at the very least hopefully Asus and MSI are not complete putzes and still offer high quality Radeon/AMD products ad not the "poorest quality" options such as DUAL (RX 500) Asus (very poor quality VRM, cooling etc) or Armor MSI (vastly inferior quality cooler compared to their Gaming X brand, which is/was an evolution of their Twin Frozr of course which are not THE best, but for sure among them overall)
That's right, I also like to play with the underdog, Asrock always have been putting out pretty decent motherboards over the years and finally I think they are getting credit for it. Hope the same thing happens for the Graphics cards.
I've been happy with ASRock motherboards and their support. I'd be eager to buy their video cards based on past experience. However, there will be no computer upgrading until GPU prices come back down to MSRP. I want to play games and 3D sculpt -- not deal with the cryptocurrency bubble!
The more cards out there, the better. Im positive that asrock will fill in a lot of demand from gamers, specially when they do have such a strong position with their motherboards.
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LordSojar - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
nVidia says "Hey. Partner Program. COMPLY OR PERISH. So that's happening? When? ETA - < 1 year. nVidia says "Hey, thanks. Dump AMD" When? ETA - < 1 year. nVidia gets away with this? Yes! Why? Money! "Okay" says AMD. Courts? "Nah, we're chill bro." says them. Why? CORRUPTION. Then? I dunno.JoeyJoJo123 - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
Illegible comment structure? Maybe.Tewt - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
Good, looking forward to moving to ASRock and away from GPP partners MSI, Gigabyte and ASUS.Dragonstongue - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
I would be, but from my understanding Asrock RMA process for Canada is very subpar (according to many hate on them for this) but alas, we NEED partners that have RMA within canada so as not pay an arm and leg to ship to USA or overseas. Asus and MSI were awesome in this regard as they can handle RMA within canada..but GPP BS, they are fools only see $$$ or at least drank the Nvidia koolaid very deeply instead of making a stand and saying "screw you, that is not right" which really sucks because I have been wanting/needing a good gpu for quite a long time now (replace my 7870) I personally have always loved Asus for motherboards and MSI for GPU, but, will not support companies that support direct anti competitive/monopolistic corporations (Nvidia) who ONLY care about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ not quality of their products and never about giving their all to the industry even if they are not directly profiting from it.
how many time do you recall Nvidia "offering" opensource 3rd party "tweakable" software/hardware like their direct competitor (ATi/AMD) I can count on one hand the amount of times (basically zero) Nv gives "minimum" acceptable run things to the ground and never admits to their BS, whereas (IMO) AMD gives the BEST they can (even if it means and often does less revenue per higher spec product)
anyways, hopefully Asrock bolsters north america RMA procedures (reduced cost and upset for consumers) as well as increases the "quality" of this experience (which seems to be either 100% very satisfied or 100% piseed off consumers who sought RMA from them)
will be interesting to see, at the very least hopefully Asus and MSI are not complete putzes and still offer high quality Radeon/AMD products ad not the "poorest quality" options such as DUAL (RX 500) Asus (very poor quality VRM, cooling etc) or Armor MSI (vastly inferior quality cooler compared to their Gaming X brand, which is/was an evolution of their Twin Frozr of course which are not THE best, but for sure among them overall)
darckhart - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
Also add in the shenanigans with effects that only run on nvidia like the gameworks junk and now RTX.mrmessma - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
MSI & Gigabyte have signed on, but I have yet to see any evidence of Asus...Samer - Friday, March 30, 2018 - link
That's right, I also like to play with the underdog, Asrock always have been putting out pretty decent motherboards over the years and finally I think they are getting credit for it. Hope the same thing happens for the Graphics cards.Lukart - Saturday, March 31, 2018 - link
Looks like they are doing it right, those clocks on the overclocking mode are impressive. Its a nice looking card, would definitely buy one.BigDragon - Friday, March 30, 2018 - link
I've been happy with ASRock motherboards and their support. I'd be eager to buy their video cards based on past experience. However, there will be no computer upgrading until GPU prices come back down to MSRP. I want to play games and 3D sculpt -- not deal with the cryptocurrency bubble!Luka213 - Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - link
The more cards out there, the better. Im positive that asrock will fill in a lot of demand from gamers, specially when they do have such a strong position with their motherboards.mode_13h - Monday, April 2, 2018 - link
Phantom Gaming: one minute they're in stock, the next they're ...gone!Hey, where'd they go? Phantom Gaming.
mode_13h - Monday, April 2, 2018 - link
In all seriousness, pricing and availability of RX 580's has really starting to improve, recently.