XFX

XFX

Type	Division of Pine Technology Holdings Limited
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	2002
Headquarters	Ontario, California, USA
Area served	USA, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Poland, Russia, Japan, Brazil
Products	Computer Graphics cards, motherboards and PSUs
Revenue	$280 million (2007)[citation needed]
Parent	Pine Technology Holdings Limited
Website	www.xfxforce.com

XFX is the manufacturing division of Hong Kong-based Pine Technology Holdings Limited (SEHK: 8013). The XFX division, begun in 2002, has its major office in Ontario, California and specializes in the manufacturing of video cards based on Nvidia and AMD graphics processing units and motherboards. XFX is also one of the leading graphics solution manufacturers in the United States, and claims to be ranked number one in Europe.^{[citation needed]} XFX products are geared towards the mainstream, gaming, and enthusiast computing market.^{[citation needed]}

Video cards

An XFX manufactured GeForce 8600 GT

An XFX manufactured ATI Radeon HD4770 Video Card.

XFX originally only produced nVidia graphic cards, however during the beginning of 2009, XFX decided it would exclusively manufacture ATi based graphics cards, and would no longer use nVidia chips. XFX also produces non-reference design graphic cards, and is well-known for their double lifetime, modder-friendly warranty.

Warranty

All XFX graphics cards sold in the US or Canada come with a 'Double' lifetime warranty, meaning the card may have 2 owners, both of them receiving lifetime warranties. Though as of Jan. 30, XFX will be dropping this warranty and replacing it with a 2 year limited warranty.

Overclocked cards

In addition to reference clocked graphic units, XFX also supplies overclocked graphic units that are similar to the ones produced by BFG, EVGA and ASUS. This is targeted at the enthusiast market, as well as those who may be unfamiliar with overclocking. These overclocked cards are often sold alongside cards with standard clocks at a slightly higher price. Overclocked solutions are commonly designated with the names "Extreme Edition", "XXX Edition", "Black Edition" or "Alpha Dog Edition."

Fatal1ty video cards

In 2006, XFX made an agreement to use the name of a computer tournament game player, Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel, on a division of graphics cards. However, the Fatal1ty branding has seemingly been dropped for unknown reasons.

ATI/AMD Cards

XFX produces many ATI Radeon cards from the R700 Series to the Evergreen series. From the R700 family, XFX only produced high end and enthusiast-level graphics cards. From the Evergreen Family XFX produced cards from all levels; these cards include the HD5450, HD5550, HD5570, HD5650, HD5670, HD5770, HD5850, HD5870, and the HD5970. High end cards from both the R700 and Evergreen families are given the Black Edition designation. From Barts family, XFX produced an AMD Radeon HD 6870 card. XFX has also produced, from the AMD Radeon HD 6 Series, The HD 6850, HD 6870, HD 6950 and HD 6970.

Power Supplies

XFX began selling power supplies in 2009, with their first unit being an 850w model under the branding "Black Edition". Since then, they have expanded their lineup to include a total of three brands: "Black Edition", "XXX Edition", and "Core Edition". XFX exclusively uses Seasonic topologies in their power supplies.

	Wattages	Modularity
Black Edition	850W, 750W	Semi-Modular
XXX Edition	650W	Semi-Modular
Core Edition	850W, 750W, 650W, 550W, 450W	Non-Modular

Television

XFX produced a low-budget infomercial called Extreme PC Garage, which was claimed to be the pilot for a television series. XFX took an obsolete model PC and attempted to upgrade it. However, in the infomercial the entire PC was actually replaced with a custom built ATX case and expensive XFX components, which is not an "upgrade". The program was intended to mock the concept of MTV's Pimp My Ride.

External links

• XFX official website