I am not that surprised by it. Their production process and facility is totally standard. For competitors not much to see.

@@p_mouse8676 "I am not that surprised by it" Let me see any other from ASUS or someth, No other tech YTber has done this before from start to finish.

@@p_mouse8676 that's what i thought

@@marsruben well ASUS is just not a friendly company. i think gigabyte showed some of a motherboard factory tour.

@@p_mouse8676 I guess in this case they want to show pride in their process.

Make sure you repaste it as soon as you get it, they put the shittiest paste they can find that dries out quickly

​@@KG_BM by the looks of their production line and quality control, I doubt they are using the cheapest paste

that's why they showed this stuff, so some like you might say to yourself that you will buy one of their cards hehe

@@Hitomaru-shiki.sensha oh I'm fully aware, but PowerColor seeing people SAY it will encourage them to continue this kind of thing. I could say nothing and just buy a card later in the year, but that's not easily attributable to this video

@@kodikuu My Red Devil Limited Edition 7900XTX don't have any of the dry up thermal paste problem. It sure is an issue but its also on a small scale. Was definitely a bad QC during some of their production line.

​@@OskarHersch he is a nkigkger actor, he takes BBC down his pipe hole

@@OskarHersch who?

@@OskarHersch how do u know he is pron actor

why wouldn't they? there aren't that many manufacturers in the world and it's impossible to copy

Tom's Hardware had an article about how often graphics cards are sent back to manufactures from consumers due to faults and holy moly PowerColor is one of the worst along with Gigabyte and Saphire. I can't remember the exact numbers but around 2% of their cards are faulty when they reach consumers YIKES!! For Palit (yes, cheaper card) the percentage was the lowest with around 0.5% or 1 in 200 being sent back.. 2 in 100 is just too much.. I was gonna get a Gigabyte 4070 but hmmm this has made me stop and think..

Powercolor is top dog when it comes to amd choices, I had them before and I would choose them over any other, they are bit more pricey tho, but they are high quality

Tom's Hardware had an article about how often graphics cards are sent back to manufactures from consumers due to faults and holy moly PowerColor is one of the worst along with Gigabyte and Saphire. I can't remember the exact numbers but around 2% of their cards are faulty when they reach consumers YIKES!! For Palit (yes, cheaper card) the percentage was the lowest with around 0.5% or 1 in 200 being sent back.. 2 in 100 is just too much.. I was gonna get a Gigabyte 4070 but hmmm this has made me stop and think..

@@KS-nm6rt i bought sapphire twice they somehow dead for like a year, i bought low end asus it died few weeks after the waranty void, im so unlucky

THAT'S CAPP @@KS-nm6rt

@@robb5828 why do they do only buid amd cards? wouldnt they make much more money with nvidia gpus

That's wholesome

show a phone pcb to your father and he’ll be mesmerized twice more

Well this is nothing compared to a silicon fab. All they do here is assemble the pcb, there isnt anything secret or unique. This is just mostly pr for powercolor.

It's not quite unprecedented - LTT has been inside the intel fabs before.

I'm a first time buyer of team group drive and I have to say I'm very happy with the quality and performance.

I'm proud to have RX 6700 XT RED DEVIL. WHAT A GRAPHIC'S CARD!

since ati cards i always go with power color

Tom's Hardware had an article about how often graphics cards are sent back to manufactures from consumers due to faults and holy moly PowerColor is one of the worst along with Gigabyte and Saphire. I can't remember the exact numbers but around 2% of their cards are faulty when they reach consumers YIKES!! For Palit (yes, cheaper card) the percentage was the lowest with around 0.5% or 1 in 200 being sent back.. 2 in 100 is just too much.. I was gonna get a Gigabyte 4070 but hmmm this has made me stop and think..

@@KS-nm6rt Ah thanks for the info ! :)

@@CriXsToxGamer mine hellhound too bad it has no rgb :(

I have a PowerColor Red Devil RX 5700XT GPU and it was the best buy of all my PC components. Not one issue EVER since Holiday 2019. Bad boy is still running strong and acn handle event the most demanding games modestly. Usually they are some of the best rated AIB's available on the market. This video tour just cements my confidence (if possible) in a PowerColor buy.

Many other companies are so secretive it's almost funny at times. I have an engineer friend who worked at a few places and they often forbid employees to show pictures of their workplace even if it's just a random office or corridor. Meanwhile Powercolor just does this and everyone likes it.

Tom's Hardware had an article about how often graphics cards are sent back to manufactures from consumers due to faults and holy moly PowerColor is one of the worst along with Gigabyte and Saphire. I can't remember the exact numbers but around 2% of their cards are faulty when they reach consumers YIKES!! For Palit (yes, cheaper card) the percentage was the lowest with around 0.5% or 1 in 200 being sent back.. 2 in 100 is just too much.. I was gonna get a Gigabyte 4070 but hmmm this has made me stop and think..

@@KS-nm6rt Sapphire and powercolor are one of the best amd vendors dont think you ever owned one and still copying and pasting the same shit on multiple peoples comments

Speaking as an enthusiast and an consumer, PowerColor didnt had my respect before this video, now I'mma buy their product without thinking twice

sad reality is that if those sweatshop workers did a single mistake they would not be paid for the whole day. so they are forced to worked like robots.

There's a reason power color has been around, and a favorite, for a long time now.

@@PauloRondynele just remember they are testing only 10% of their products so you can still receive a faulty card.

@@PauloRondynele my first graphic card i think it was the Radeon x800xt or so and it was a powercolor card and this thing was awesome.

Too bad I bought an ASUS 7900XTX HAHAHAHA.

@@HenryPotier Jokes on you with Asus' anti-consumer behaviour. Good luck getting any support if it acts up.

Exactly - Its not a brand name Im that familiar with but now I would consider one when the time comes for an excuse for another card 😅

Have bought 3 Power Color cards, next card will most likely be another power color.

Most are made by PCPartner

Imagine ASUS getting exposed about cheap makeshift handler picking up randomly organized capacitors and slapping them on precariously

@@fruitbouquet5479 imagine that it's not hardware that's the problem at ASUS but it's software :o

I used to work in a facility like this (but not VGA and I was in a clean room) and I'm 100% confident that all the other brands build their cards the same way, they probably use the same machines too (or very similar ones). Because this is the way you _have to_ make these cards, there is no other way. The difference is how the different brands QC their end-products and where do they order their PCB and SMD components from.

Big players like NVIDIA or ASUS would never allow this, and definitely not to der8auer. Someone like Linus might have a chance under strict surveillance like the tour with Intel.

Spelled their name wrong

@@dhLotan its in french lol

This is very true. What an incredible way to get good press - please more companies show off like this!

I think this may be part of why they agreed to it. Not knocking it at all as it's a win-win, just pointing it out

I don't know much about quality but they have style.

well i bought power color red devil 7900 xtx few months ago, and it was faulty from beginning, artifacts on every game. I was so disappointed on my luck so i went back to nvidia. Now waiting my new 4080 msi suprim x gpu...lets see how it goes. 😅 I can smell burned burned cables allready.

Especially impressive when we consider they told him "do whatever you want" and factory is still running...

I'm curious - do you enjoy the work? It seems very interesting to me. I work in a company shrouded in secrecy also. Some of the things we work on are amazing, and I get to play with things long before people know they exist. It's hard to keep it to myself sometimes :)

@@AJ_UK_LIVE I enjoy it enough to keep working there lol. It's easy work but I agree with you. Getting to see future products or experimental products is fun

@@jessiejames1681 guys.. where do i sign up lol

why would the process of graphics card assembly be a secret? I dont understand. Anybody can buy these automatic machines.

Tom's Hardware had an article about how often graphics cards are sent back to manufactures from consumers due to faults and holy moly PowerColor is one of the worst along with Gigabyte and Saphire. I can't remember the exact numbers but around 2% of their cards are faulty when they reach consumers YIKES!! For Palit (yes, cheaper card) the percentage was the lowest with around 0.5% or 1 in 200 being sent back.. 2 in 100 is just too much.. I was gonna get a Gigabyte 4070 but hmmm this has made me stop and think..

I just wish they make a more subtle design like XFX

I know this is 7 months later, but this is definitely a career path I'm trying to pursue. Technology just amazes me and something I am enthusiastic about, making it a career is something I would definitely like to do for one.

I think you meant slaves.

@@User_1795 Maybe. Probably poorly paid, compared to what we in the "developed world" would expect. But then we who want the cards cheaper and cheaper are partly responsible for that. But I hope that they are well enough paid to make beautiful cards.

@@Zzzxx2 Sad to hear that. But, then in a positive light, can you name any GPU makers who are known/proved to treat their workers in a good way. I am sure that I am not the only one who would be interested to know.

@@Zzzxx2 That was/is my feeling too. And as I said originally, we the purchasers are, partly, responsible, as we demand lower and lower prices. So it comes down to trying our best to find ethical suppliers, not complaining if the price is a bit higher, and ruthlessly avoiding companies that have crap customer service or are proven to exploit workers. Its a tough job to keep all that in mind when you just want a decent GPU.

I doubt about that.. new gen cards are power-hungry, those manufactures have electricity bills to pay Probebly they run them like 10 minutes to see how they handle heat & as last QA test to pass Any failure card will be spotted in first few minutes mostly

@@Jack_Sparrow131 they do run them an hour each, even more for some cards. They do not care about electricity costs for QA testing. Source: Cousin worked for Galax factory in Taiwan as QA tester.

@randomasdfx7891 not sure about galax, but even more known brands do not test their GPUs for long time unless it was high end GPU or high cooling tier

​@@Jack_Sparrow131 Oh yes sir they do. Only the very low end GPU's don't get that much quality control testing. Even with the big "known" companies they always pick sample cards from the batch and run them hard to test for batch integrity. It will cost MORE money to recall a batch of 10,000 cards plus all the negative PR that goes with it than to run 10 cards for an hour. There are certain standards in QA that AIB's are made to sign, and very strict quality control is part of the contract.

@@Jack_Sparrow131 The electricity is not as expensive there as in the EU and they will probably also use some solar power.

Learned something new today. Thanks!!!

freshly baked balls are nuts too.

Makes sense, if a piece of dust or hair lodged itself inbetween a PCB or IC or VRAM it would fry the pcb and become a fire risk, or a doa risk

Exactly.