Why not just refuse shipment and go out and buy the BFG 5900 FX for 299?[/quote]Cuz it was part of a 5-piece order (CPU, HS, RAM, mobo, FX) and I couldn't reject just the card cuz it came in one big box. Also, the Chaintech is the only non-Ultra 5900 FX I've seen that has VIVO and it comes with some games and content creation SW.
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With tax, the BFG comes to $318 and even w/o the 15% restocking charge, by the time I paid to ship it back, it'd be a virtual wash. I can afford the $20 difference, but it doesn't mean I have to be all happy when I get ahead of a price drop by less than a week.
I've always been cursed: I bought a Dreamcast 3 weeks before it got discontinued and price cut and a 2nd-gen iPod a few weeks ahead of the new models and subsequent fire sales (though I was able to buy one cheap and get credit for the expensive one.) I'm just (un)lucky like this. [/quote]
BFG does have VIVO. I just pick one up at fry's for $299.00 over the weekend. BFG look exactly like Chaintech.