All,
What happens when you've got a R9700 that acts sketchy on air and you put a pelt on it and push it?
Toast.
Yeah, my rig won't even post, dead card. Oh well, so how's the Powercolor retail 9700pro evil commando kit? $291 at Newegg.
Or the Sapphire's (although they're sold out at Newegg) for $311-320
Or the Gigabyte can be found for about $330...and last but not least, the Hercules for $375.
Now I don't really care about fancy pcb color or features, I just want to OC/Vmod the heck out of it.
Is it all luck of the draw? It seems that Newegg's return policy allows you to return a card that you're simply not happy with (as long a it's not modded yet) hmmm.....
Last, if I get one at BestBuy, it's $400 + tax BUT if/when I bork this one, I can clean it up and return it! Easy. Much easier than rma'ing a card and faster too. For example, I got my R9700 used for $250 and now I need to spend $291 min. on a new card. If I just would have spent $400 in the first place, this new card would have been free...a new ATI retail R9700 Pro.
Last alternative...buy a Geforce FX, strap a pelt on it and crank it up, if somethings there, keep it, if not sell it on Ebay. Some Nvidiot would certainly snap it up. OR I could just return it if I find it at a retail outlet...
C
Bookmarks