SKYMTL writes “Once one of NVIDIA’s primary board partners, BFG Tech has now officially started denying RMA requests for their supposedly ‘lifetime warranty’ graphics cards. According to a letter from BFG, they are ‘…winding down business’ and are ‘unable to replace’ any non-working product. A sad turn of events for the thousands who bought BFG’s graphics cards and power supplies.”

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