Hey guys, need some help here.
I orded a ATI Radeon X1900XTX 512mb PCIe video card in early march and when I recieved it, the memory was bad. I RMA'd the order and recieved my new one and had the same problem. I have RMA'd the next one and have been wandering...If the same problem happens again for the 3rd time should I swap the video card out for the eVGA e-GeForce 7900GTX 512mb PCIe video card or just keep on until I get one of the ATI's that work correctly?
Note: I realise that there are other websites with lower prices for similar video cards. At the time...there was not and I want Retail only, not OEM! Also I can only exchange the video cards...as in no refunds and then order from another place. So, I will have $550 to spend on this issue if the vid card is bad and your opinions on the matter will not go overlooked.
Also I know the the performances of the cards are very similar and I play near every game so I am not one that would benefit from optimization of one card or the other..."I just prefer ATI and that is why I bought that one" but I am not ATI or nVidia Bias. (I used to have an eVGA 7800GT 256mb PCIe video card)
Here are the 2 cards...one I bought and one I am looking at getting if...
One I ordered ---> http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=321349
One I am considering ---> http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=322775
Thank you very much in advance!
Best,
3Ball
Antec NeoHE 550w PS
Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro
AMD Athlon 3700+ Sandy - 2.28ghz - "Arctic Freezer 64"
2gb (2x1gb) Patriot Performance Memory (2.5-3-3-5) 415mhz
(ATI Original X1900XTX or eVGA 7900GTX)
(2x120gb WD SATA HD's) - Raid 0
Mobo limiting OC!!!
I orded a ATI Radeon X1900XTX 512mb PCIe video card in early march and when I recieved it, the memory was bad. I RMA'd the order and recieved my new one and had the same problem. I have RMA'd the next one and have been wandering...If the same problem happens again for the 3rd time should I swap the video card out for the eVGA e-GeForce 7900GTX 512mb PCIe video card or just keep on until I get one of the ATI's that work correctly?
Note: I realise that there are other websites with lower prices for similar video cards. At the time...there was not and I want Retail only, not OEM! Also I can only exchange the video cards...as in no refunds and then order from another place. So, I will have $550 to spend on this issue if the vid card is bad and your opinions on the matter will not go overlooked.
Also I know the the performances of the cards are very similar and I play near every game so I am not one that would benefit from optimization of one card or the other..."I just prefer ATI and that is why I bought that one" but I am not ATI or nVidia Bias. (I used to have an eVGA 7800GT 256mb PCIe video card)
Here are the 2 cards...one I bought and one I am looking at getting if...
One I ordered ---> http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=321349
One I am considering ---> http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=322775
Thank you very much in advance!
Best,
3Ball
Antec NeoHE 550w PS
Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro
AMD Athlon 3700+ Sandy - 2.28ghz - "Arctic Freezer 64"
2gb (2x1gb) Patriot Performance Memory (2.5-3-3-5) 415mhz
(ATI Original X1900XTX or eVGA 7900GTX)
(2x120gb WD SATA HD's) - Raid 0
Mobo limiting OC!!!