AMD (Malaysia) Official Thread
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 Aug 30 2015, 11:24 PM
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I have a question. I am looking to get a custom PC soon. I initially intended to get a R9 380 4gb and included that in my spec sheet.
But the shop I plan to buy from suggested me to get a nvidia card (gtx 960), on the reason that amd's market share is dropping in Malaysia and this causes a shortaage in stock and also quality. IT seems more RMA are being done for AMD cards. Is the above statement somewhat true ? Just asking for an opinion. |
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Aug 30 2015, 11:58 PM
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QUOTE(Acid_RuleZz @ Aug 30 2015, 11:49 PM) So they want to kill AMD market in Malaysia? Why does it affect quality as well? Which shop btw? Just for argument sake, asus makes nvidia as well, do they suffer from simillar OEM QC issues ? I am rather new to this and just want to get your point of view. Yes, more RMA is being done for AMD cards in past years but mostly because of poor OEM quality control like ASUS VRAM issue on their 280/280x, PowerColor BIOS issue on 290/290x, MSI leaking fan issue. Which R9-380 you planning to get and how much?  I was thinking of getting a sapphire R9 380 4gb, around RM 900+. |
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Aug 31 2015, 01:19 AM
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QUOTE(Acid_RuleZz @ Aug 31 2015, 12:22 AM) Not so much because Nvidia have tighter quality control with their Green Light program which requires board partner to validate their board design with Nvidia before finalizing the product. That makes sense. Sapphire is great, they are one of AMD's best board partner if not the best and their track record is good too. So do you suggest I go with the R9 380 over the the GTX 960 ? |
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Aug 31 2015, 01:03 PM
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QUOTE(Acid_RuleZz @ Aug 31 2015, 02:18 AM) Yes. R9 390 for 300 ? I think you mean 1300. Where did you see that price ?Powercolor R9-390 is only RM300+ more , if you can grab that it will be much much better imo. |
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Aug 31 2015, 01:50 PM
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QUOTE(Acid_RuleZz @ Aug 31 2015, 01:09 PM) for RM300 more, yeah around RM1300+. Sorry, I miss read your earlier post. Ill look into it. Thanks Anyway i saw Lingloong listed Sapphire R9-290 for around RM1200+, not sure if trolling or clearing up old stock so you better ask PM him yourself since this is a really good deal especially the Vapor-X. QUOTE(goldfries @ Aug 31 2015, 01:17 PM) R9 380 is price of a GTX 960 but faster. Exactly why I intially decided on the R9 380 over the gtx 960.Aim for the R9 380 4GB though, 2GB loses out a little when the game uses more VRAM. BTW, have you had a good experience with AMD cards ? Just asking because I was suggested a nvidia card as the market share of AMD has dropped causing low stock availability and also low quality control. Apparently more AMD cards are being sent in for RMA. Any thoughts on that ? |
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