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Originally Posted by cottonvibes
i'm pretty sure you're only going to get back a 8800GTX.
i doubt they'll give you a new card since you're RMAing and not stepping up.
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That'd be cool with me as well. Although I do remember reading about some people getting back newer cards from an RMA process when they didn't have the same card in stock anymore.
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Originally Posted by cottonvibes
if they gave you a new card of equal value everytime you RMA, then you can just get an expensive card once, and then keep RMAing it every year to get a newer card...
that dosn't make sense...
especially since EVGA has lifetime warranties...
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I'm sure they check the returned cards for damage as well as test the card for why it was RMA'd. They'll also catch on pretty quickly if you keep RMA'ing their cards every year.
On another note, I've been playing some games with this 8800gt and it's definately got some power for such a small card. Coming from an 8800gtx which was huge in comparison. I was going to return the card once I got my replacement from EVGA, but maybe I'll keep it for my old Athlon 64 x2 system. I do notice the card is a bit slower than my 8800gtx in running UT3 with 4xAA@1680x1050 though. My 8800gtx ran at those settings without a hint of slowdown, but this card does actually chug in a few short instances of heavy fragging(32 players). The card runs Assassins Creed practically the same as my 8800gtx did though. I'm going to run some Crysis on it tomorrow and see how it handles that game compared to my 8800gtx.
Maybe once I get the replacement back, I'll run some benchmarks of both cards and get some real performance numbers of both to compare. I do have 30 Days to return the 8800gt back to Best Buy.
