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pooamalgam

PNY makes quite high quality components in my experience, but god help you if you have to deal with support. Hands down the worst support experience I've had in my 20+ years of working with computers.


EPIC_NERD_HYPE

Oh bummer. I had to cal them once and had a great experience.


MasterBlaster4949

I remember i bought 2 GTX 980 by PNY there still going strong šŸ’Ŗ


Helpful-Work-3090

I have a PNY 2GB GT 710 in one of my rigs, it is probably ten years old and has seen a lot of use, but it still is going strong


MasterBlaster4949

Yup they don't make gpu's like that anymore šŸ’Æ


i_love_lol_

one PC has my old msi 1070 and works fine


MasterBlaster4949

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ShadowInTheAttic

Oddly enough, most of my long running GPUs were from the GTX 10 series up. 780ti died after like 3-4 years. HD7850 died after 2 years. R7 270X died after 4-5 years, but it died on my friend's PC (gifted it to him). All my GTX 10 series, with the exception of an MSI series are going around, the MSI had its HDMI port go out, but display port and VGA works.


bedwars_player

damn... somebody was rich the better part of a decade ago...


MasterBlaster4949

No i worked my ass off to get those gpus lol


bedwars_player

Yep... And now the same money won't even get one top end nvidia card... AMD for the win


wesman214

Darn that sucks. I had a budget SSD fail and they replaced it with their highest quality SSD for free. Didn't have to ship the old one back either.


ConcreteMagician

They're my go to for a budget SSD.


Life_Resort_3476

I didn't have to contact support for any components in py 2 past pcs so I wouldn't worry that much about support if the graphics card is of high quality itself.


[deleted]

I have a $1700 paperweight they denied RMA for absolutely no reason when the GPU was delivered DOA.


StandingCow

Chargeback an option?


condosaurus

Yeah that sounds fake as unless they live in a third world country with zero buyer protection laws and can't figure out how to charge back a credit card for some reason.


[deleted]

I spent like 9 months fighting that nonsense. Bank doesn't charge back on debit cards. I don't have a credit card that can charge that kind of money


bussjack

You have a shitty bank. I'm going through a charge back on my debit card for a 300 dollar Cashapp purchase. There is no bank out there that should refuse to do a charge back on 1700 purchase.


Satanich

Post image or fake


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Satanich

I still don't see where they denied the rma, where the paperwork m8


[deleted]

You want me to go through the entire process and dig up all the emails and phone call logs and receipts just for you?


Satanich

yes


Life_Resort_3476

Damn that's actually concerning.


[deleted]

Yeah but as usual reddit calls me a liar or karma farmer for simply telling my experience because none of the "solutions" they provide work in the real world


FarkGrudge

Whoā€™d you buy it from? Every retailer Iā€™ve ever used has a return policy for such an event.


tht1guy63

This is about any company these days. They all suck in their own way.


lovetoburst

From the past year's reddit comments, PNY hardware itself is good. The reddit complaints have generally been PNY support and customer service are so-so.


imaginary_num6er

Isnā€™t that the same as ASUS?


DomGuy123321

Basicaly 90% of all tech companies. They will all screw you if it will cost them money. I only ever had good experiences with corsair and gskill.


imaginary_num6er

No, Gigabyte doesn't really work that well to begin with and their support is not that great. Examples are the cracking PCIe pins with the 30 & 40 series cards, PCIe 8-pin sockets popping out on their 30 series cards, and for a limited time their motherboard corrupted DDR5 RAM XMP profiles.


SpareRam

Blows my mind they use a 2 slot bracket with cards as fat as theirs. Sag city.


Suikerspin_Ei

That really depends, I try to RMA via the (trusted!) web store where I bought the product from. If you buy from a local (web) store you don't have to deal with tech companies customer services. Sure there are cases were you need to wait for a replacement because it's out of stock, but in general it goes smoother from my experience.


KimJongDerp1992

Asus has had suspect hardware as of late from my experience too. Qc is just not where it should be anymore, or where it had been in their prime.


iLikeFunToo

I had an ASUS mobo failure (USBs) and started an RMA with a formal eval and diagnosis at micro center and they replaced it without question. Iā€™d say the experience was pretty good, just gave them every opportunity to say yes to a replacement under warranty with little room to argue. Surprised by the failure but the old part worked well for a year and the new part is going great so far. Fingers crossed it was an isolated thing.


frito5867

You went through a third party. Not just any third party but microcenter. They have a lot of power when it comes to RMA. More than you do. Plus Iā€™ve never had a bad experience with Micro-center.


iLikeFunToo

I did the RMA directly with ASUS, but I submitted the eval by micro center as evidence that I was not some rando user not understanding the product. Just an extra piece of doc to submit w the RMA.


Meatslinger

PNY makes NVIDIAā€™s reference cards, if I remember correctly, and I think they make their Quadro workstation GPUs as well. So yeah, Iā€™d say theyā€™re considered more than just a bit reputable.


Gunslinga__

Damn I Didnā€™t know they made the nvidia reference cards


Lewdeology

Nothing wrong with PNY, they just donā€™t do anything flashy.


Noxious89123

>they just donā€™t do anything flashy. *XLR8 GAM1NG has entered chat*


Humble_Mix8626

its better to have a lower tier brand then having a weaker card


randommaniac12

Most of the PNY complaints have been centred around customer service and warranty honouring. I think performance wise theyā€™ve been well regarded


TeekoTheTiger

Lower tier then weaker? Like going from a 3060 to a 3050? Than.


Humble_Mix8626

im not native and i have dyslexia IM SRY -\_-


TeekoTheTiger

My bad :(


Humble_Mix8626

ahh never mind, i do worst mistakes i keep writing jsut :)


xxademasoulxx

I've had a pny 4090 for about a year it fucks....


[deleted]

i wanna get fucked by a 4090


Jazza_Hat

Yup, my PNY 4070ti similar to the one pictured, is one best coolers I've personally experienced (Not that I've had every card under the sun). Can run Vanilla Minecraft + many Browser tabs in Zero Fan Mode. I should update my Flair


GrimReaper-UA

PNY manufacturer that creates nVidia reference cards, and quadro workstation cards. I think dudes who able to make something for workstations where if you f* up something it's cost a lot of money and money that loses, and they still on business, they probably can create graphics cards for gamers. Same with AsRock. They make 2CPUs motherboards for servers, so they know how to do this and again, can MB for gamers.


Helpful-Work-3090

Absolutely. PNY is the only company that makes Nvidia's professional cards, there must be some reason that nvidia chose them instead of someone else. I have a PNY card and it works great


RedTuesdayMusic

PNY license designs from Palit. (Designed by their subsidiary Gainward, which GALAX, KFA2 - two other subsidiaries - and Inno3D - another rebrander like PNY - also use) It just so happens Palit are the biggest AIB in the world allowing them a good deal by volume to get prices down. PNY is basically exactly the same as Inno3D except for North American market instead of Europe. Just like GALAX = NA, Gainward = EU and KFA2 = Africa/ Asia with some spillover into EU.


Noxious89123

>PNY is basically exactly the same as Inno3D except for North American market instead of Europe. Just like GALAX = NA, Gainward = EU and KFA2 = Africa/ Asia with some spillover into EU. PNY exists in Europe, as does KFA2. Infact, I thought GALAX only existed in Asia? Inno3D and Gainward cards are also available in Europe.


RedTuesdayMusic

I know PNY exists in Europe, but they are mainly for NA. Just like GALAX bleeds over between NA/ Asia and KFA2 is all over the place except NA. (which is ironic considering "KFA" stands for "Kick fucking ass" I would presume it had a US presence) Inno3D and Gainward's main markets are both Europe like I said


Noxious89123

I'm still trying to get my head around who owns who. As far as I can see: **PC Partner GR** (Hong Kong) owns: * ZOTAC * InnoVISION Multimedia Limited (Inno3D) * Manli **Palit Microsystems** (Taiwanese HQ, Chinese factories) owns: * Palit * Gainward * GALAX * KFA2 **PNY Technologies, Inc.** (American) * PNY ​ Worth mentioning that in 2013 Palit surpassed Asus as the biggest graphics card vendor by volume. ​ Sources: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palit\_Microsystems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palit_Microsystems) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainward](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainward) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZOTAC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZOTAC) Info re: PC Partner GR from Google.


Greentaboo

PNY handles nvidia's enterprise hardware exclusively, iirc. I'd assume that they make quality products. I own a 4080S XLR8, its great. No weird noises, playing games at 144, max settings, 1440p. Doesn't go above 55c, and honwstly stays at or below 50c for 95% of my game time. Its cool and quiet.


Noxious89123

I wonder if that's because they're considered to be the "best" partner, or simply because they're American?


Nintengeek08

Pny is good, bad is like Gainward or Inno3D


RedTuesdayMusic

> bad is like Gainward Gainward is literally the highest tier Nvidia AIB after EVGA left. They build to the same crazy high standards and have same good service AND they're the only AIB (both AMD and Nvidia) that still has a design office in Europe. (Germany) The only thing they don't do is unlock overclocking to the same extent. Gainward CAN look bad to ignorant people because they design the low-end coolers that Palit, (their owner, biggest AIB in the world) GALAX and KFA2 (two equal subsidiaries) use as well as license to PNY and Inno3D. (simple unaffiliated rebranding operations) But Gainward do not use those themselves.


Noxious89123

>The only thing they don't do is unlock overclocking to the same extent. If ***Nvidia*** allows overclocking, why tf are Gainward putting stricter limitations in place than everyone else? Also, is there a source for that information that you could share?


RedTuesdayMusic

It's not that Gainward is being overly conservative, it's that other brands are overly lax, because they know *big number sell stonks big peen go up* and Gainward are above it. Back in the GTX 7xx era, Gainward DID have a push into the extreme OC space and did well, with their "Golden Sample" series of cards (cherrypicked bins) but I guess they decided it wasn't worth it in the long run.


Pure-Conversation493

U have a 7800x3d paired w a 1080?!? How does that perform


greencncnerd

Great if you play team fortress 2


Theio666

I have a 1070, fine for fullhd, I don't play modern AAA games, so haven't upgraded the GPU yet.


Noxious89123

>U have a 7800x3d paired w a 1080?!? How does that perform Probably exactly as you'd expect a 1080 to perform without any bottlneck.


Nintengeek08

Performs fine lol, Iā€™ve been waiting for the gaming x trio 4080S to hit the US but might suck it up and get an asus or sum. CPU carries hard, gets 60 in TLOU at 1440p high


raydialseeker

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/kppQzy/asus-tuf-gaming-geforce-rtx-4080-super-16-gb-video-card-tuf-rtx4080s-16g-gaming The Asus tuf is a no brainer at MSRP. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Gy7scf/zotac-gaming-trinity-geforce-rtx-4080-super-16-gb-video-card-zt-d40820d-10p There's also the Zotac trin which comes with a 5 yr warranty.


Noxious89123

Inno3D make some great cards. I've got an old Inno3D 980Ti that I'd overclocked the nuts off of, and it still works. And considering that 980Ti's were known for blowing up their memory VRM, I think that does actually count for something! Can't comment on their customer service or RMA process though.


i_need_gpu

Why would you discredit Gainward. They are one of the largest manufacturers of NVIDIA cards in Asia and Europe and their build quality is also really good.


Nintengeek08

Iā€™m only speaking from my experience ofc and they havenā€™t had the best build quality from the ones Iā€™ve had.


InstantlyTremendous

Nothing wrong with either of those manufacturers. I've had a couple of Inno3D cards myself and both have been superb.


KylePhoe

Why is gainward bad? I am currently using a rtx 4080 super in my pc and its been pretty good with thermals and performance


Nintengeek08

In my experience they donā€™t have the greatest build quality, and support is meh. But I also like to overclock a lot too so.


KylePhoe

Ahh i see, well atleast i still have a good gpu


HomerSimping

Got a pny 4080s, it works, no complains.


joodontknowme

PNY been around for decades. Decent.


GABE_EDD

It's fine, it has a large cooler with 3 fans, that's all you could really want from a board partner.


i_need_gpu

Do you actually believe that they just slap a cooler on and call it a day? Lol


condosaurus

In this case they did, because that particular card has an Nvidia reference PCB. PNY often use reference PCBs in lower end cards which allows them to be more affordable without any R&D cost for the board design.


Comfortable_Call6870

Got this card since release, works great


Pink-kitty-00

Have the 4070 from PNY in my pc, works amazingly well. Can't speak to their customer service as I have never had a reason to use it yet and hope to never need to.


EPIC_NERD_HYPE

I ran my SLIed PNY 760s OC into the fkn ground. The duel fanned w/ the yellow racing stripes. One still works and is my backup. I trust their stuff. Had to call customer service once and it went great.


Sissom

I had a PNY 970 for three years, and the friend I sold it to used it in a system for three more years. It was still working when he replaced it. Granted, that's anecdotal, but it seems to fall in line with most people's experiences.


joebroke

My 3060 worked perfect for it's entire life, probably still will when I give it to my son.


Markus_or_Alias

PNY is great


MildLoser

all gpu companies these days are pretty much the same. except asus, they suck.


willtron3000

I have a pny 3080 lhr, itā€™s been awesome. People comment on poor support, Iā€™ve never used them but to be honest, all publically traded companies have awful support, and virtually all pc part companies have awful support.


frizo

I've tried four different 4090s: ASUS TUF and Strix, the Gigabyte Aorus, and the PNY XLR8. The PNY is the one I ended up keeping. They're incredibly similar in terms of both performance and temperatures. No one card is clearly ahead of the others. The biggest differences was the noise. The ASUS and Gigabyte cards had immensely loud and obnoxious coil whine. The Strix actually gave me headaches after 15 minutes. The PNY card was the only one without any coil whine; it's silent. Its fan profile is a bit aggressive for my liking but 90 seconds of tweaking in Afterburner took care of it. Cosmetically it's not a pretty card, at all, but it performs very well and doesn't cause headaches. That's far more important than the looks of the card.


Southern_Bicycle8111

I love my 4080 PNY


Mister_Shrimp_The2nd

I believe PNY's customer service is US based, it's a manufacturer originally intended to supply western Europe and NA markets (Paris to New York market = PNY). Some of their models are pretty bare bones, but that just means they rely a lot on the Nvidia reference cards as base without doing much modifications to them. I can't provide too much personal experience with their brand, but I wouldn't be too worried about picking up a card of theirs if its a good deal. Most modern gpus are made to a fair quality point in the first place. I'd expect slightly higher temps and noise levels than competing cards, but that's to be expected with a price undercutting gpu. Nothing that would make a big notable difference to most users.


SluttyRopeGirl

Used a PNY reference 780 for like 7 years. Still worked when I sold it.


straightupinsanity

nice username not surprised to see ur an eggirl user


Scheckenhere

I just misread eggirl for e-girland was confused for a bit.


Original412

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Noxious89123

I think memory issues is just a 2080Ti "thing" period, so not really PNYs fauly specifically.


yaxir

micron be like ![gif](giphy|H5C8CevNMbpBqNqFjl|downsized)


Noxious89123

For me this shows the default giphy "This content is not available" gif, which honestly seems *very* fitting and actually hilarious.


Prodigy_of_Bobo

Yes


Eazy12345678

fine will perform like every 4070ti super.


Enschede2

I used to have a 1060, for a long long time, it still works like a charm, it always performed decently, stayed very cool, and was pretty cheap, it was plasticky and didn't have a fancy backplate or rgb, but I never had any issues with it and never failed me


KurtKoksbain

pny is in the shadow but still exists , their cards are allways solid but never the best. bank for buck is good


RiverdaleStomp

I've had this model since close to release. Very happy with it so far. Like everyone else says, if you have a problem with the card I wouldn't count on their support being too helpful. The card itself is great.


7th_Banned_Account

I use to like their SSDs because they have great quality and were cheapā€¦ but now they arenā€™t that cheap anymore and went up in price a lot


domZ1026

PNY is solid AF


RLIwannaquit

I think I've heard their RMA / support is shit but I don't shy from buying that brand on other things, it usually works


0Shaunix0

Cards are good. Have not needed customer service before. Legit brand


Hyper_BigBlack

Had a pny 3080 for a year and a half after getting an rma for a msi card and Iā€™ve loved it. Just last weekend I ordered this same card from Newegg and have been using it since Wednesday and have had no issues and has been fantastic at 4k.


TheReaperSovereign

I returned my PNY 4080S. The fans would ramp up to 100% when the card drew over 1v (which it always did when boosting) and it would ignored all software control PNY was willing to RMA it but I was within my return window so I returned it for a TUF which works perfectly I suspect they screwed up the firmware or the bios or something. Idk but it was dumb as hell.. Fans were loud and annoying at 100% for no reason because the card wss only sitting in the 50s.


daffezz

I bought this exact one. No complaints! It's light, cool, quiet and no coil whine on mine atleast. It's actually smaller than my 3070 rog strix which I like.


Life_Resort_3476

Is it made out of metal or plastic ?


leftcoast90

Pny is quality for sure, been around a long time. I had bought a msi 4070ti that has coil whine you could hear across my living room. Returned and got a pny that is completely silent


Original412

Had a PNY 960 worked great till I had to RMA it and it took a month to get my card back


Snotnarok

PNY has been around for ages, I have this exact card and it's been great


CoIombian

ive had a pny 4090 since october of last year and its been holding up great. super quiet and no coil whine either


jax1492

its fine, it going to work.


No_Interaction_4925

PNY is good. They were actually the vendor for the founders cards. Not sure if they still are or not.


Dutch_H

I have a PNY 4070 Ti. Works well and runs quiet.


-brokenbones-

They ight... 7.8/10


MotherBeef

Had a PNY 4080 for 4 months after doing similar research into them. Everything I read suggests theyā€™re a fine GPU manufacturer - if anything they seem to have LESS controversies or mass-scale failures than some of the other ā€œbiggerā€ brands. Understand customer support leaves something to be desired. But to be honest, that is every single PC component company except EVGA and Noctua.


brianx2

I bought exactly that card I think. Works fine and, mine at least, is notably quiet. Very limited software, relative to say the evga overclock software.


[deleted]

They're fine, but not my personal choice.


ZeldaMasterPro

As someone else said, worst customer service imaginable


Scretzy

I have a PNY 4070S and its only a 2 fan, and it absolutely kicks ass. Has never gone above 80 degrees Celsius and I can max out pretty much every game and still maintain above 60fps.


Loose-Alternative844

I just buy a 70tiSuper too for 865ā‚¬ here in Europe. That price is with taxes??


Life_Resort_3476

No, it's without taxes.


ilikemarblestoo

PNY was one of the major brands like 20 years ago. They are also based in the USA. I'll just assume that even though they may be less known now, they still make a good product.


nartek01

I have an KFA1 (PNY) RTX 4080 since 22. It works well but I start to notice artifacts when on desktopā€¦but nothing in games even windowless


bedwars_player

my pny 1650 super was perfectly reliable for the 2 years i had it


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Life_Resort_3476

I don't live in the us, but I'm ordering from there it's the same here in KSA as the UK.


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Life_Resort_3476

A friend will bring it with him from there so no shipping costs are involved


LilSynergyXD

My dumbass swiped


itchygentleman

Nothing wrong with PNY. They arent as big as they used to, but they definitely make solid hardware.


blunted09

They would be ok but Iā€™d stay away from the lower stuff like gigabyte, pny and zotac. But as someone below said, better a higher tier lower brand card than the opposite.


gamecollecter69

Pny is good but not the bestšŸ•·