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Originally Posted by Smilie
Hi guys
don't know if you guys remember or not
but a few months back i was deciding to RMA my Asus 7970Ghz or not
in the end i RMAed it in NOV
thing is it was damaged in shipping to retailer (Scan)
even with the amount of bubble wrap i used
looks only cosmetically damaged from photos
but cause of that
retailer won't do any testing
but they gave me the option of sending to manufacturer and see if they accept it and test it
well be over 2 months now and been chasing Scan a few times
who in turn said will chase the supplier
but they ain't getting any update either
worst thing is even though the usual time frame is 4-6weeks
there's no actual deadline for the supplier to get it done
gotten to the point of thinking of just go and get a GTX970
on Monday if i get no update by then
but been reading some memory problems with them
which might or might not be that serious
so now in a bit of a dilemma
should i go and get a GTX 970?
get a AMD 290X (i have 600W PSU is it ok?)
wait for the RMA and/or next AMD card release(read its be released in march?)
what do you guys think?
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Depends what you intend to do about the 7970.
Did you take insurance out during shipping? Either way, the retailer's legally obliged to replace or repair the item in a reasonable amount of time (usually considered 30 days or less) and some explicitly state this in their T&Cs. It is irrelevant what their supplier does or thinks.
In the end it depends if you want something now or to wait. There's nothing wrong with buying a GTX 970 now, and unless you want to game at 4K there's no real benefit to a 290X.
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Originally Posted by idi banashapan
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The 'issue' according to NVidia is not an 'issue'.
I've heard nothing about a recall. I see no reason why they would recall a working product.
The GTX970 was deliberately designed to work that way and it works fine as far as anyone can tell. It is not the first card to be designed to work that way and previous cards with the same design have never been recalled.