Need someone else's opinion

[3Ball]

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!!!

 

[cleeve]

The 7900 GTX is a fine card, even beats the X1900 in some things. If you're luck is bad with the X1900's there's nothing wrong with getting a 7900 GTX.

Pity if you can't get the X1900 XT though, they're really very good.

 

[bluntside]

Stick with the ati X1900XTX cuz thats waht I've got, in the long run its only worth the $money$ if you are going to set it in high res, and use full AA and AS , if not stick with the 7900gtx, both great card, you cant go wrong with neither of them.
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Amd +3700
Ati X 1900XTX
2x 150gb WD Raptor
X-fi Xtreme music
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Really stick with the x1900xtx,
Want 2 save some $money$ ? Get a x1900xt and overclock it to x1900xtx settings, that what my little bro did

 

[Mach5Motorsport]

yeah, they are both freaking fast.