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 Post subject: What would you do?
PostPosted: 15 Apr 2010, 08:57 
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My Matrox TH2Go went out, and they want $170 to fix it. The product is decent, but the newest generation of video cards really make it obsolete, and i'm a little upset they won't stand behind the product. My question is: should I just pay to get it fixed or forget about it and use the money on the EVGA step up program and get a GTX480?


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 Post subject: Re: What would you do?
PostPosted: 16 Apr 2010, 03:18 
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Hard to say, how long are you willing to wait before getting back to gaming? The Drivers will either be out in "...may or when it's done."

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 Post subject: Re: What would you do?
PostPosted: 16 Apr 2010, 06:20 
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Besides drivers, 3DVS requires 2 NVIDIA cards in SLI, so there is significant cost increase to consider (and I don't even want to think about how much power multiple 480's will draw :shock: ).

$170 stinks, though. Honestly, that should be the new retail price for a TH2Go these days if the product is going to compete at all with the new GPUs. If I were in your shoes I would consider that repair quote my signal to jump to an ATI 58xx card.

I really hope my TH2Go lives long and prospers....

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