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Haha so I made a mistake.

I spent a while researching video cards and ordered the xfx gtx 260 c216 on newegg here:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150329

What I didn't know, and stupidly didn't look further into, was that there was the same card, just black edition, for 15 bucks more:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150330

Both come with a 30 dollar rebate, Farcry2, and CoD:5

So, given the fact that I placed the order and they probably already shipped the regular gtx260, is it worth the trouble to ship the card back?

Does newegg even replace? Say I don't open the box and send it straight back, would they give me credit towards the black edition card?

I just feel dumb for not looking further into it.

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I have no experience dealing with Newegg at all, so I don't even know why I'm posting.

From what I read from reviews on Newegg, the USA newegg sounds like they're willing to listen to customers and somewhat 'flex' their policies. Newegg.ca stinks, which is why I don't use newegg

It's worth a try, give them a call. Best of luck.

Oh yea, you can get an EVGA gtx260 for the same price in CAD, not sure how much 195 CAD is in USD...

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Actually, it's ok. I spent more time looking into the Black Edition and saw nothing but mad customers.

It's fine. I'm happy with the normal non-overclocked version.

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23 Bad reviews : 171 Excellent reviews is nothing but mad customers to you? lol...

Message edited by dragonfang18 on 05-15-2009 at 07:23:24 AM

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Haha you counted?

What I did was set newegg to look at the bad reviews of BOTH cards.

It just seemed like the regular card's bad reviews were all "really hot card", "really loud card", "not enough space"

Whereas the bad reviews on the black edition were all about crashing, etc.

I don't know though, I can't find any recent postings about the black edition, only stuff back from march.

Would it be worth it to you to return and get the black edition for 15 bucks more?

I just depend on the MIR to make the budget for my build, and I don't want to have to RMA the black edition and find out I can't after getting the MIR.

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It sucks when you do stupid stuff doesn't it ?

I have an XFXGTX260 640/2300/192 card. I just purchased an MSI Lighning Black Edition hoping it would be better. Only thing it will do is enable you to apply more aa and get decent performance with it but it won't do anything that the higher clocked card can do..... like really PERFORM.

At this point it's always safer to assume that when picking cards of the same type ( GTX260's here ) that going with the higher clocked cards will give you better performance. How much depends on how you game and what you expect from them.

At this point in time, returning the card will hit you with a 15% restock fee and return shipping charges. Not really worth it IMO. Take it as a lesson learned and pay better attention next time. Tough thing for me to say because I screw up once in a while too. The card you chose will be ok don't worry too much about it.

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@ swifty: Its not your fault... its these damn manufacturers that come out with modified video cards of the same chip until Nvidia or ATI come put with new chips. That makes a new video card every 2-3 months... IMO...WTF?!?!

So yeah... I just wait for a chip. It doesnt really matter what memory, a GPU is a GPU, you dont really get that BIG of a jump you want with slightly better memory. Unless you are ANAL about it or OCD or just want to be the best in a competition that will wear out your wallet.

I may want a high end GPU, but I also want to save money for a Porsche or that Audi R8. (I think I went off track here, but whatever.... I have a final tomorrow for Organic Chemistry II so I'm really wacked out...)

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Haha its ok guys. I'm pretty new to Newegg so I didn't know what they do for people in this situation. It's not bad though, I got my build right near where I wanted for a great price. Plus, I'd rather not deal with RMA's and not having a GPU for 2 months.

I feel safer getting the normal core 216 and overclocking it when I feel ready.

Thanks anyways!

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I have that same XFX card and it's been a whole month I've been running it at 740 mhz core and 1150 mhz memory. So you can overclock it with ntune.

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HundredIslandsBoy wrote :

I have that same XFX card and it's been a whole month I've been running it at 740 mhz core and 1150 mhz memory. So you can overclock it with ntune.

You have the XFX GTX 260 Core 216?

Or the XFX GTX 260 Core 216 Black Edition?

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