Peter Rahilly

Review of Overclockers UK

Incredible service; the benchmark all other retail...

Incredible service; the benchmark all other retailers should strive to achieve!

Basically, I bought x2 Asus Strix GTX970s at release: As usual, great service from Overclockers UK - quick dispatch, free delivery and some Haribo to top it all off. Omnomnom.

Then all that beef around the specs and performance of the card came about. Nvidia acknowledged an error communicating specs, then after that Nvidia have buried their heads and said it's meant to work that way? Don't know what I'm on about? Just search "nvidia gtx 970 memory issue".

I only noticed issues in games when running in sli at large resolutions with high AA - at 1080p and 1440p with lower AA this card will still rip through games, it's fast as hell. My issue is mis-selling from Nvidia who are doing nothing for their customers other than showing contempt and utter, utter greed.

This is where Overclockers UK stepped in. AT THEIR OWN COST, and under no obligation whatsoever, they are taking returns and giving full refunds on ALL gtx 970s, regardless of purchase date, despite Nvidia saying they won't be accepting returns.

You don't get that from anywhere else. I won't be buying an Nvidia card again, but you can be sure I'll be buying my crossfire AMD cards and Freesync monitor from Overclockers Uk, knowing that if something does go awry, they've got my back :)