Apparently, MSI believes that its video cards are bought exclusively for mining.
MSI has updated the warranty terms for graphics cards: the warranty period for 17 models has been reduced by 6 times at once! Was 3 years old, and now – 6 months. It is even more interesting than the service life of these models is indicated equal to … the same 6 months. Instead of 4 years.
“MSI reserves the right to change the warranty conditions without notice.” The warranty for some of the company’s video cards is now 6 months instead of 36
It is clear that such draconian measures were taken due to the fact that many of these models are used for mining cryptocurrencies, that is, they operate 24/7 with a decent load of the memory subsystem. However, many are not all. Even with the current high prices for video cards, they are bought not only for mining – after all, gamers need to play on something. However, MSI chose not to understand and not introduce any individual rules, but simply published a list of models with heavily curtailed warranty obligations. Obviously, in the eyes of gamers, the models of the Ventus line have now lost a lot of their attractiveness.
This is a very strange move on the part of MSI. It is clear when the warranty is limited to models designed exclusively for mining – like the Nvidia MCP HX, but introducing such restrictions indiscriminately (there are only 6 models of video cards for mining in the list, the other 11 are initially gaming) is a very strange decision. So far, these measures have been introduced in Russia, but they will probably soon be extended to other markets as well.
