HD 7870 RMA, or RMA for GTX 660 Delimma

[maclgallant]

I recently purchased a sapphire HD 7870
and of course, .... black screen
i then RMA'd the card

NCIX has just shipped out a replacement which i have not received yet (A124900015525, which is still not the new revision)

i have concerns , from reading online, many sapphire hd 7870's have gone through multiple RMA's (2-3) and still have black screen issues

recently sapphire stated they have finally fixed the issue, but i have not seen or read from any users with the new revision

"SAPPHIRE Technology has confirmed that a technical issue has been identified in two models of its HD 7870 series graphics cards, specifically SKU numbers 11199-16 and 11199-19 that were manufactured before Jan 23 2013 and before serial number A130300061911.

Cards with serial numbers after A130300061911 (ie A130300061912, A130300061913, etc) have already had the correction implemented."

So i contacted NCIX about my concerns,
they are now offereing a refund, if i send it back in exhange for Asus GTX 660



so do i take a risk and keep the HD7870, and possibly deal with a huge head ache of issues

or do i take a performance hit, and switch to the pricier GTX 660


please no FANBOY responses

 

[maclgallant]

it would be nice to hear from Sapphire users who have the newer revision A130300061911 or newer ... so far i have not seen or read any feedback

 

[maclgallant]

i need to respond to NCIX within 24 hours, i could really use some input

 

[Mousemonkey]

Don't...

Bump posts


http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/283384-33-read-first

 

[wanderer11]

I have one of the first Sapphire 7870s and it works fine. They don't make mine anymore so it's probably the old one you're talking about. I never use sleep so I can't comment on if that works or not (I read that was part of the black screen issue). Just stick with the 7870 it performs pretty well even at 2560x1440. By the way, what psu do you have?

 

[maclgallant]

ocz z-series 850w gold+

 

[wanderer11]

PSU should be fine. Just wait for the new 7870 to show up.

 

[maclgallant]

i get crash's with dead space , and trine 2, so as soon as i get the card, i'll put it to the test,

i want to keep my 7870, i just don't want a head ache thats all

 

[maclgallant]

just got my RMA hd 7870...... yet another black screen ... 2 bad cards in less than 1 month... come on sapphire!!!!!!!!