Msi GT725 being discontinued for GT729?

I read on some threads that this model would be discontinued... now that makes me wonder if they still are gonna offer support for Gt725(cause i might buy it in the next few days and i don't want to have problems with the warranty if they don't produce this unit anymore)So, is that true?

Thanks
Frank633

 

This is most likely, although some places may still offer it for sale, its just a searching thing i guess.

 

well for now it's still available on a canadian website, but as for the warranty... would it be a problem if i needed to get replacement... cause if the model isn't available anymore... I'd be in trouble... since i don't know much this company... i don't know how their customer service is.... are they a trustable company? Do they honor their warranty?

 

Yes eventually it will be discontinued. As far as the warranty goes, they will still honor it reguardless. Say your GPU goes bad and they dont have the 4850 512MB, then they will probably give you a 4850 1GB instead. Dont worry about the warranty if the GT725 gets discontinued, they will still honor it. Hope this helps..

 

Yes thank you, anyway as my father told me.... the lifetime of a computer is always short(i mean of a model in particular) so he said it's normal that it gets discontinued... and that in 1-2 years the gt729 will be too... that'S technology^^

 

You bet, tech never stops moving :/ i suppose our CPUs will be turned into wifi products and i series tech will be released haha.

 

lol i'll go with a c2d i guess... don't really have choice XD

 

Either way frank, the c2d is extremely capable, and features the most one touch overclocking support, so dont hesitate to buy either model.

 

Looks like it, but the 729 has 1680x1050 no 1920x1080. Wish I could find someone looking to get rid of their 725.

Cheers,

 

lol, anyway, i son't get the 1920 X 1200 on the 725, ill get the 1680 X 1050 ^^(the 1920 X 1200 not being available where i'll buy it)

 

MSI's web page still lists the 725 as well as the 729 now. I suspect the problem is that retailers are the ones clearing out 725 stock in favor of selling the 729, which does have nicer looking specs on paper v. the 725 although the only real improvement will be the 1GB GDDR3 for the 4850 and even that will be of limited value ATM.

i.e. I have yet to see benchmarks for Core 2/quad series(or AMD Phenoms) with DDR3 DRAM that show any significant bandwidth improvements over DDR2. From what I've read it looks like the only winner with DDR3 is the core i7 series with tri-channel memory.

 

DDR3 reminds me of the Rambus days with the Pentium III. All the added bandwidth will not change the max width of the data pathway interface of the CPU, and thus DDR3 is pretty much a waste for Core 2 processors with added latency to boot for most memory kits except the Kingston DDR3 kit you can order directly from their website (not the Newegg XMS spec POS), that actually provides real 5-5-5 timings for DDR3, but even then it is overall a waste. In the end, they will usually end up being equal.

But with the industry moving towards iX (X = 3,5,7) architecture and DDR3 being the next standard, like previous chips, new motherboards and chipsets will offer support for the newer memory standard for older chip architectures while the memory technology is best used with the newest chip architecture or what is right around the corner.

For the i7, it can actually take advantage of the memory bandwidth that is provided via DDR3 1066 for the lower end i7's, i5's and i3's down the pike and low end Xeon Nehalem chips and 1333 for the Extreme chips and mid to upper level Xeon Nehalem chips with the 6.4 QPI.