PowerColor
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| PowerColor | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Founded | 1997 [1] |
| Headquarters | Industry, CA, United States |
| Industry | Computer |
| Products | Graphics card |
| Website | www.powercolor.com |
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[edit] Company
Established in 1997 by TUL corporation [2] , PowerColor, Inc. is one of the largest graphic card manufacturers in the world. [3] It is headquartered in City of Industry, California, and is a subsidiary of TUL Corporation (Taiwan).
[edit] Manufacturing Facilities
The majority of PowerColor cards are manufactured by a company, little known outside the hardware manufacturing world, called FoxConn. [4]
[edit] Products
PowerColor is a licensed producer of AMD Radeon video cards, but does also produce Nvidia video cards under the Zogis brand name.[5] [6] [7] PowerColor targets a wide range of customers by producing ATI video cards that range from affordable cards appropriate for low end workstations to cards for high end gaming machines. [8] [9] PowerColor's manufacturing arrangement with FoxConn has given it an opportunity to change specifications of cards, giving PowerColor the ability to announce products with higher specifications (overclocked by default) than ATI or it's main competitor Sapphire offer. [10]
PowerColor products have been widely reviewed and some even given awards by hardware review sites. [11].
[edit] Support
PowerColor provides it's products with a 2 year warranty. [12] In order to RMA a video card, the end user must sign up to the PowerColor User Club and register their card.[13] The RMA process is only available to end users in North America [14] (not retailers) and the customer must pay shipping.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.powercolor.com/eng/comp_branding.asp
- ^ http://www.powercolor.com/eng/comp_branding.asp
- ^ http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17059
- ^ http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12997
- ^ http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34404
- ^ http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_35375.html
- ^ http://www.power-color.com/club/
- ^ http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16470
- ^ http://www.powercolor.com/eng/Products.asp
- ^ http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12997
- ^ http://www.powercolor.com/au/Awards.asp
- ^ http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/10/30/powercolor_radeon_x1950_pro/1
- ^ http://www.power-color.com/club/
- ^ http://www.powercolor.com/eng/support.asp
