New Saphire r9 290 tri x completely useless, black screen, going to smash it.

EatMyPizza · Sep 20, 2014

Due to the time involved in RMA and return processes and the fact I may not even get my money back for this pieve of shit card, or even get a new card, I think I am going to video myself smashing the living crap out of this card with a sledge hammer, after which I will proceed to pour lighter fluid all over it, light on fire, and throw it off the 20th floor.

New viral youtube video coming your way lol

tambeshakunt · Sep 20, 2014

Sapphire is really not a bad brand and have some of the best coolers out there. Nevertheless, its your card and you have the freedom to do what you want to it.

Not sure why you posted this here though- what do you want help on? :??:

EatMyPizza · Sep 20, 2014

tambeshakunt :

Well I already asked for help regarding this card. Unfortunately I was unable to solve the problem and the card must go (somewhere) .. I guess it was more of a rant due to the extreme frustration caused by wasting many hours and a lot of money.

tambeshakunt · Sep 20, 2014

justynhoward · Sep 21, 2014

have the same problem, i should have bought a ps4 <Mod Edit> pc's

smeezekitty · Sep 21, 2014

Way to generalize because a few random failures.

RMA isn't so bad you know

justynhoward · Sep 21, 2014

my card was rma 3 months ago

EatMyPizza · Sep 22, 2014

smeezekitty :

A "few" random failure are you fucking kidding me? The number of people who can't seem to get 290s working is about the same as the number who do. I wish I knew this before I bought it, but the more reseach i do, the more and more all I find is horror stories. I don't remember any card in recent memory that had this many horror stories compared to good ones.

The problem is, under certain rare conditions, these cards may actually work for a few minutes or hours, so when they test the card when you are trying for a refund or RMA, you either get the same card back, a new card and have the same problem, or get charged restocking fees, plus the cost of the free games. All this, in order to get a refund for a product that should have worked in the first place.

So many people (who have computers and power supplies that meet and/or exceed the requirements for this card) have been screwed hard with their R9 290 purchase and have nothing but a really expensive paperweight, or they had to shell out 15% restocking plus 60 bucks for the cost of the free games (games which they might not have even cared about). All this extra cost just because they bought a card that doesn't fucking work right..

Most people who do have "working" 290s, are just people who manage to have their cards only black screen sometimes rather than all the time.

tambeshakunt · Sep 22, 2014

Please don't swear on forum posts. Thanks.

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