Refurbed vid cards

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 814102007R


that worth it? or should i get a new X1800XL and OC it.


Also would 2 X1600PRO beat 1 X1800XL or XT? OR would a X800 and another X800XL?

personally, I wouldn't buy it. For $40 more you can get the same card brand new and have a 1 year warranty instead of 14 days. Plus you may not get the extra cables or DVI adapter on the refurb. They'll peform the same obviously, so just ask yourself if the savings is worth the gamble.

I sometimes trust refurbs more than 'normal' gear - provided the warrenty is good. Over here we sometimes get better warrenties than on 'normal' products because people are put off by the 'refurb' tag and they try to offer something more so that people buy them.

They're also garunteed to come fully tested and working - such is the nature of refurbishment. And everyone knows that great feeling you get when you get something for less than cost and it works just as well. And if it does come to you broke, it's no skin off their balls to send you a working one (that's usually a boxed new product, such is my experience).

You may have guessed that I've had good experience with refurbs, whether they've broken or not, in the past.

I was just giving you a warning as I have had my fair share of newegg refurbs over the years. It won't come without a heatsink though, so don't worry about that. Although it's at best a customer return, so some noob may have pulled the heasink and remounted it with juicy fruit.

As I said, you may not get any of the cables, the DVI adapter, or the software. It is not guaranteed to work either, I have had 2 newegg refurb cards arrive in unworking condition. One of which I got stuck with becasue I waited too long to test it. Also, the card is a Sapphire not a BBA, so I wouldn't count on Sapphire honoring the 1 year warranty. You may only get the 14 days to RMA it.

Again, your call; if $260 AR is too much money for a new one, and you don't mind not getting the extra bundle nor taking a higher than normal risk of failure, then go for it. You won't find a better performing card for $221 shipped. All you have to lose is the $1 shipping plus your return shipping.

yes but im truly on a budget, 100 dollar more is a lot to me

It's your money; therefore your decision.

Not to steal a thread but this prompts my curiosity. Assuming that the vendor (Newegg, etc.) doesn't have a bunch of the same refurb cards lying around, what do they replace your DOA refurb card with? A new one perhaps?

My experience with newegg refurbs is they refund the money and do not even try to replace the card. Their stock of them changes too often and they aren't going to sit on a card for 2 weeks while they wait for yours to arrive. I have never had to pay a restocking fee for a rma'd & refunded refurb, but i did have to pay the return shipping fees. Also, they now have a $1 shipping charge for refurbs (used to be shipped free). You will not get that $1 refunded either.

They may have changed their refurb policy to have that mentioned 15% restocking fee, if so that would be reason alone to never buy a refurb again.

hmm....ewww restocking fee.. u sure u cant get a replacement on a refurb?


if ther eis a restocking fee i'll stick with a X1800XL and OC the poo out of it.

whee are u finding this $250 XT?

o, 250 after rebate.


hmm for 280 would i be better off with a 7900GT or an X1800XT

well if the 7900Gt is better by a hair or 2 ill get an X1800XT since its 20+ dollars cheaper, its the 7900GT completely obliterates the X1800XT then ill get the 7900GT

btw i do like AA and HDR and i kno Nvidia cant do AA + HRD at the same time

good questiong, I am not really sure, never had that happen.

How many games can the Radeon do OpenEXR + Antialaising on at the same time Prozac?

yeah.... had the same thing happen with a motherboard I bought refurb from newegg. They shipped it and it came with everything in the retail box. I am assuming they are returns that are just opened boxes in alot of cases.

I was looking at the SAPPHIRE and POWERCOLOR. I don't own one, I only thought about purchasing them. I have purchased other refurb cards though. I have two 7800GTX's and thought about selling them on ebay and buying one card that is fast. BUT, the 1900 series cards are so loud...... I like my 7800GTX's cause I cannot hear them, even when OC'ed I don't hear the fans. I value my quiet setup and don't like noise polution. Hmmmm.... just noticed that you were probably posting that to hideout.....

How is it that you are so able to make those 7800GTX's sound like you're still running with a 3DFX or TNT card? I mean that your pair of GTXs can't be all that slow can they?