- PowerColor
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foundation = 1997 [http://www.powercolor.com/eng/comp_branding.asp |- Welcome to the PowerColor World -| ] ]
location_city = Industry, CA
location_country = United States
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industry = Computer
products =Graphics card
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homepage = [http://www.powercolor.com/ www.powercolor.com]
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Established in 1997 by TUL corporation , PowerColor, Inc. is one of the largest graphic card manufacturers in the world. [ [http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17059 Power Color's X800PRO is a gadgeteer - The INQUIRER ] ] It is headquartered in City of Industry, California, and is a subsidiary of TUL Corporation (Taiwan).
Manufacturing Facilities
The majority of PowerColor cards are manufactured by a company, little known outside the hardware manufacturing world, called FoxConn. [http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12997 Why PowerColor Radeons are different to ATI Radeons - The INQUIRER ] ]
Products
PowerColor is a licensed producer of AMD Radeon video cards, but does also produce Nvidia video cards under the Zogis brand name. [ [http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34404 Power Color USA does Nvidia - The INQUIRER ] ] [ [http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_35375.html Press Release ] ] http://www.power-color.com/club/] 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. [ [http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16470 Powercolor range stands out from the graphics crowd - The INQUIRER ] ] [ [http://www.powercolor.com/eng/Products.asp |- Welcome to the PowerColor World -| ] ] 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.
PowerColor products have been widely reviewed and some even given awards by hardware review sites. [ [http://www.powercolor.com/au/Awards.asp |- Welcome to the PowerColor World -| ] ] .
upport
PowerColor provides it's products with a 2 year warranty. [ [http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/10/30/powercolor_radeon_x1950_pro/1 bit-tech.net | Review - PowerColor Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB ] ] In order to
RMA a video card, the end user must sign up to the PowerColor User Club and register their card. The RMA process is only available to end users in North America [ [http://www.powercolor.com/eng/support.asp |- Welcome to the PowerColor World -| ] ] (not retailers) and the customer must pay shipping.References
External links
* [http://www.powercolor.com/ PowerColor Homepage]
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