Wednesday, August 18th 2010
BFG Tech Explored AMD Partnership Before Quitting?
The enthusiast community witnessed the sad "demise" of BFG Tech, as it categorically announced an exit from graphics cards business, and then unofficially left other businesses such as PSUs and PCs. It has come to light, however, that BFG Tech did in fact toy with the idea of doing what XFX did, and become an AMD add-in-board partner. Pictures surfaced that showed a Chinese OEM had made samples of ATI Radeon HD 5000 series graphics cards carrying the BFG Tech name, and other things BFG has been known for - such as free 24/7 tech-support, lifetime warranty, and other tiny BFG-esque details.
Under a partnership with that company, BFG would just have to market the cards and run support, while everything from manufacturing to packaging would be carried out by the OEM (earlier BFG, like EVGA, would package, market, and run support for the products). The company while working with BFG did produce a batch of ATI Radeon graphics cards to supply to BFG. When inquired by AMD about who these cards were being made for, the company mentioned BFG Tech. AMD responded saying that BFG Tech wasn't an authorized board partner, and would not be allowed to sell ATI Radeon graphics cards. This sent the OEM into panic, which got back to BFG only to find out that the marketing staff there had been let go of. The company now has with it a batch of "BFG Tech" labelled graphics cards it can't sell. It plans to rebadge and exhibit them at the China Sourcing Fair later this October, to exhibit its capabilities and possibly find a buyer for those cards.
Source:
PC Perspective
Under a partnership with that company, BFG would just have to market the cards and run support, while everything from manufacturing to packaging would be carried out by the OEM (earlier BFG, like EVGA, would package, market, and run support for the products). The company while working with BFG did produce a batch of ATI Radeon graphics cards to supply to BFG. When inquired by AMD about who these cards were being made for, the company mentioned BFG Tech. AMD responded saying that BFG Tech wasn't an authorized board partner, and would not be allowed to sell ATI Radeon graphics cards. This sent the OEM into panic, which got back to BFG only to find out that the marketing staff there had been let go of. The company now has with it a batch of "BFG Tech" labelled graphics cards it can't sell. It plans to rebadge and exhibit them at the China Sourcing Fair later this October, to exhibit its capabilities and possibly find a buyer for those cards.
44 Comments on BFG Tech Explored AMD Partnership Before Quitting?
Meaning, they're pretty much two different companies. I never said there was no Visiontek today. Quite the contrary, actually.
Visiontek went bankrupt.
Some Employees left and founded BFG before the company goes under.
Visiontek goes under and Hartford buys the name right afterwards but sells ATI cards
Visiontek is almost bankrupt again in 2009 and nothing more is heard about it.
BFG starts to go under.
it sad to see BFG in the same boat possibly as Visiontek.:shadedshu
problem is hartford saidso even if they go under and get the name bought everyone who bought something already still won't have a warranty more than likely:shadedshu
DejaVu
did you work for BFG Jonny
I'm glad that they finally failed, I'm also glad I sold their crap products on ebay. :shadedshu
www.bfgtech.com/bfgrgtx4701280e.aspx
Look... you're pissed at BFG. I get it. But if you don't know what you're talking about, then leave it.
IDK if there is any truth in it, hell I just made it up, but it sure would be kinnda funny to see them do that.
google turns up multiple links on people who have said the exact same thing as you, but asside from whats on that page you linked - there is no other evidence that the cards did make it to the retailer. the cards are still probably sitting inside their depo/warehouse awaiting distribution which of course...aint gonna be happenin any time soon. it was probably like the ATi thing they tried out - a last ditch attempt to save themselves from going under. Making 470/480's while they debated about making the move to ATi which of course everyone knows what happend with that. The BFG 470/480 was probably a ruse/faint to keep people thinking they were still hanging in there n doing alright while they were trying to dig themselves out of a hole which fell through to the otherside of the earth when BFG realised it had not talked to ATi directly or finished talks with them about becoming a certified ATi partner, they no longer had the time or expenses left to keep going so started shedding its staff.
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this is all speculation of course. I doubt if BFG will tell anyone the truth or what really happend within the company that drove them to the stage they are at now