VisionTek is Closing Its Doors

Doomtrooper · Aug 18, 2002, 10:37 PM

Hardocp is reporting that Visiontek will Foreclosure its operation and will be closing its doors.

arkaine · Aug 18, 2002, 11:32 PM

ouch, that sux, my video card was made by them

DallasStar · Aug 19, 2002, 01:27 AM

I thought they were a successful company and one of the most popular nvidia manufacturers

Andrew275 · Aug 19, 2002, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dallasstar
I thought they were a successful company and one of the most popular nvidia manufacturers

Yeah

GravY · Aug 19, 2002, 01:37 AM

Intresting, I thought they would have been fairly stable with the Nvidia line.. they were fairly prominant(sp)..

steeliechaser · Aug 19, 2002, 02:00 AM

http://www.visiontek.com/releases/06_18_02.shtml

sounds like everything is fine according to this release, no???

Dom · Aug 19, 2002, 05:14 AM

I had a VisionTek card (GF2 GTS), the GPU fan died within a month. Two of my friends had VisionTek's also (GF3's) thier fans died too.

Spigot · Aug 19, 2002, 03:18 PM

I think that video card manufacturers need to hire me to buy their competitor's cards.

I picked up a Voodoo 5 back in the day and 6 months later 3DFX was dead and gone.

I went out this May and picked up a Visiontek Geforce 4 ti4400... why? Because I didn't want to make the same mistake I did w/ the Voodoo 5. And Visiontek is (was?) the leader of the pack.

Now this.

Sigh.

I'm going to just go out and buy some wacky card next time by some company that nobody's ever heard of and that isn't compatible with anything I own. At least that way I'll be sure to not have the company go under.

And if it is true and Visiontek is gone for good, at least it's not as bad as when 3DFX went under, as Nvidia is still around (for now at least).

Sigh.

nForcer · Aug 19, 2002, 04:56 PM

That sucks very much. I have an Xtacy 4600 - but its not like we won't be able to find drivers for the cards 2 years from now. We just won't get any customer support.

Oh well, such a loss. Guess my next card will have to come from Gainward or LeadTech

FatalDog187 · Aug 20, 2002, 04:03 AM

Yeah, Leadtek is nice.

So-Unreal · Aug 20, 2002, 06:31 AM

I just this past weekend gave up my 8500 for a Xtacy 4200

nForcer · Aug 20, 2002, 07:48 AM

All is not lost... VisionTek is still honoring rebates and tech support and after all...

nVidia is still better!

So-Unreal · Aug 20, 2002, 08:53 AM

I dont know about that one (TV-out)

Blurayfan · Aug 23, 2002, 08:10 AM

Has anbody found out if this is all true yet.
I ask because I saw something like this
2 months ago for dell, & they are still
in business now and are a top notch computer
company with profits. Even going to start
own printer devision.

Malus · Aug 23, 2002, 08:13 PM

I think Nvidia will keep them afloat for the time being.

ChaosBlizzard · Sep 25, 2005, 03:49 AM

Well, the Visiontek website is down, and has been for over a week. I am pretty sure Visiontek is dead now. :-/

nForcer · Sep 25, 2005, 03:52 AM

why the hell did you dig up a 3 year old thread?

newbies.

Aug 18, 2002, 10:37 PM	#1
Doomtrooper Driverheaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 206 Rep Power: 0	VisionTek is Closing Its Doors Hardocp is reporting that Visiontek will Foreclosure its operation and will be closing its doors. __________________ "It's time to kick A$$ and chew bubble gum....and I'm all out of gum." Duke Nukem November 1996

Aug 18, 2002, 11:32 PM	#2
arkaine DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In this not so perfect world... Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	???? ouch, that sux, my video card was made by them __________________ my set of worthless junk: windows xp pro with sp1 1090, 184 mb of ram, 850 mHZ AMD Duron o.c. @ 977 mHZ, old as hell sounder blaster card, visiontek geforce 2 mx 400, cambridge soundworks speakers, toshiba cable modem, Logitech cordless, optical mouse, broken 8x4x40 phillips cd-rw, and my favorite SQUISHY MOUSE PAD!!!

Aug 19, 2002, 01:27 AM	#3
DallasStar Junior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wave Existence Posts: 2,065 Rep Power: 0	I thought they were a successful company and one of the most popular nvidia manufacturers __________________ "A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night." --- Franz Kafka

Aug 19, 2002, 01:37 AM	#5
GravY Master Shake Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 199 Rep Power: 0	Intresting, I thought they would have been fairly stable with the Nvidia line.. they were fairly prominant(sp).. __________________ Amd 2400+ @ 2415mhz 11.5x210, Vantec Aeroflow, 512mb Pc3200 5-2-2-2, 9500np->9700 [color=red]17697[/color] 3dmark2k1 [color=red]5630[/color] 3dmark03, Epox 8rda+ Mobo, WD Special 8mb cache 80gig, Plex 48/24/48

Aug 19, 2002, 02:00 AM	#6
steeliechaser DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Huh?? http://www.visiontek.com/releases/06_18_02.shtml sounds like everything is fine according to this release, no???

Aug 19, 2002, 05:14 AM	#7
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	I had a VisionTek card (GF2 GTS), the GPU fan died within a month. Two of my friends had VisionTek's also (GF3's) thier fans died too.

Aug 19, 2002, 03:18 PM	#8
Spigot ph34r the l33t ducky Join Date: May 2002 Location: It's worth the drive to Acton! Posts: 116 Rep Power: 0	It's a curse. I think that video card manufacturers need to hire me to buy their competitor's cards. I picked up a Voodoo 5 back in the day and 6 months later 3DFX was dead and gone. I went out this May and picked up a Visiontek Geforce 4 ti4400... why? Because I didn't want to make the same mistake I did w/ the Voodoo 5. And Visiontek is (was?) the leader of the pack. Now this. Sigh. I'm going to just go out and buy some wacky card next time by some company that nobody's ever heard of and that isn't compatible with anything I own. At least that way I'll be sure to not have the company go under. And if it is true and Visiontek is gone for good, at least it's not as bad as when 3DFX went under, as Nvidia is still around (for now at least). Sigh. __________________ In Canada, we take "An Army Of One" literally.

Aug 19, 2002, 04:56 PM	#9
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	That sucks very much. I have an Xtacy 4600 - but its not like we won't be able to find drivers for the cards 2 years from now. We just won't get any customer support. Oh well, such a loss. Guess my next card will have to come from Gainward or LeadTech

Aug 20, 2002, 04:03 AM	#10
FatalDog187 Messenger Friend Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 80 Rep Power: 0	Yeah, Leadtek is nice.

Aug 20, 2002, 06:31 AM	#11
So-Unreal DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 56 Rep Power: 0	I just this past weekend gave up my 8500 for a Xtacy 4200

Aug 20, 2002, 07:48 AM	#12
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	We ^still^ own! All is not lost... VisionTek is still honoring rebates and tech support and after all... nVidia is still better!

Aug 20, 2002, 08:53 AM	#13
So-Unreal DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 56 Rep Power: 0	I dont know about that one (TV-out)

Aug 23, 2002, 08:10 AM	#14
Blurayfan HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: USA Posts: 178 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Visiontek gone!! Has anbody found out if this is all true yet. I ask because I saw something like this 2 months ago for dell, & they are still in business now and are a top notch computer company with profits. Even going to start own printer devision.

Aug 23, 2002, 08:13 PM	#15
Malus BSD SMASH! Join Date: May 2002 Location: A rabbit hole. . . Posts: 1,170 Rep Power: 0	I think Nvidia will keep them afloat for the time being. __________________ quad (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel Q6600 - Asus P5E-VM HDMI - 2x2 GB Kingston PC6400 DDR2 Ram - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - 2xSeagate 1TB 7200RPM HD in RAID 1 via ZFS - Lite-On 20x DVD Multi Recorder - Coolermaster Centurion 5 router (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel E4500 - Intel D945GCNL - 2 GB PC6400 Mushkin Ram - Lite-On 48x24x48x16 - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - Silverstone SST-SG02-F wanderer (FreeBSD/i386 7-CURRENT): Lenovo Thinkpad T61p mini (OS X 10.5): Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.8Ghz, 4 GB Mushkin PC5400 Ram - Headroom MicroDAC Portable sound: Rockboxed iPod Video -> Westone UM2's Not-So-Portable Sound: Headroon MicroDAC -> Singlepower PPX3-SLAM -> Grado RS-1's or Beyerdynamic DT-880's Very-Not-Portable-Sound: Squeezebox v3 -> Denon AVR-1507 -> B&W 683's & Sunfire HRS-10

Sep 25, 2005, 03:49 AM	#16
ChaosBlizzard DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Well, the Visiontek website is down, and has been for over a week. I am pretty sure Visiontek is dead now. :-/

Sep 25, 2005, 03:52 AM	#17
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	why the hell did you dig up a 3 year old thread? newbies.