Apart from the extra value added stuff (Eg. More that 12 month warranty, free game or 2), is there any point in worrying about with manufacturer to get a new video card from?
Example :- I get some one calling me up saying that want a Radion 9800 Pro 256 Video Card. Now considering that we main deal with corporates, my sorces on certain products can be a little limits.
So I suggest this Gigabyte Radion 9800 Pro 256 with a price.
Anyways, this is followed by the guy at the other end of the phone laughing his head off and saying that he could another brand of Radion 9800 Pro 256 for about $100 cheaper than my buy price.
I quickly explain to him that this a Gigabyte Video Card, the company has been around for years, free game, 2 year warranty, blah blah blah....
In the end, the guy got his video card elsewhere.
Now with margins being the way it is, I am not going to ring up every Tom, **** and Harry so I can find the cheapest Video Card Manufacturer. Especially when i really do not focus on the gaming market in the first place.
In the end with the fact that both chipset manufacturers nVIDIA and ATI have brought out there own TWEAKED UP chipset drivers, it buying a video card from a well known video manufacturer mean anying any more?
Example :- I get some one calling me up saying that want a Radion 9800 Pro 256 Video Card. Now considering that we main deal with corporates, my sorces on certain products can be a little limits.
So I suggest this Gigabyte Radion 9800 Pro 256 with a price.
Anyways, this is followed by the guy at the other end of the phone laughing his head off and saying that he could another brand of Radion 9800 Pro 256 for about $100 cheaper than my buy price.
I quickly explain to him that this a Gigabyte Video Card, the company has been around for years, free game, 2 year warranty, blah blah blah....
In the end, the guy got his video card elsewhere.
Now with margins being the way it is, I am not going to ring up every Tom, **** and Harry so I can find the cheapest Video Card Manufacturer. Especially when i really do not focus on the gaming market in the first place.
In the end with the fact that both chipset manufacturers nVIDIA and ATI have brought out there own TWEAKED UP chipset drivers, it buying a video card from a well known video manufacturer mean anying any more?