BFG pulls out of Europe

[GheeTsar]

It had been rumoured that some of NVIDIA's partners had been struggling over the last 12 months and now it seems that there was some truth to that rumour with BFG Tech pulling out of Europe.

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/18182/1/

Sad for us the consumer - I found BFG exceptionally helpful and their products came with the longest guarantee. RMA's to the US now?

[GoNz0]

ffs..

[jim]

Supplied me with both of my nVidia cards, my favourite partner by far. EVGA now I guess, but they always charged too much for me to consider them.

Sad day

[maverick77_uk]

Indeed a shame. BFG were good, and the less the competition, the worse for us

[Antagram]

If I was going to buy an nVidia card it would of been BFG only. Due to the manufacturer RMA service being based in Wales, and the continual stories of upgraded cards being provided for older models.

[Pob255]

This has been know for a while, shortly after Hipper closed down, just not the offical date when they would finally close up.

[GoNz0]

If I was going to buy an nVidia card it would of been BFG only. Due to the manufacturer RMA service being based in Wales, and the continual stories of upgraded cards being provided for older models.

just the fact they had a company in wales that dealt with RMA's was enough for me to use them, the fact the company didnt have a bloody clue was another story but they did jump through hoops when they shipped me a duff refurb water cooled GTX280 and sent another wihtout collecting the RMA 1st !

i think the fact they forgot to place me on hold while insulting me had a part to play with it as well

no wonder they pulled the contract with that bunch of morons

[TAKTAK]

I thought this had been out there confirmed for aaaaaages?

Or am i thinking of another partner?

[vian_siu]

very sad news for nvidia fans...

[LuckyNV]

I thought this had been out there confirmed for aaaaaages?

Or am i thinking of another partner?

No you're right, there were strong rumours circulating for some time now

[MadduckUK]

not worth holding on the few weeks for fermi then obviously

[GheeTsar]

not worth holding on the few weeks for fermi then obviously

You would have thought so, although if Charlie is right, apparently for every 20 Fermi cards the AIB maker orders they have to order 80 of the 200 series cards:

If you want any GF100 based cards, you get them in bundles of 10 GTX470s and 10 GTX480s. For each of the bundles, you have to buy 20 G210s, 20 GT220s, 20 GT240s and 20 GTS250s

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/03/...nting-gtx480s/

If the AIB is not making enough money on the 2xx cards, the extra fermi sales probably aren't enough to swing it.