After having my ATI AIW Radeon 8500DV for over a year now, I've come to conclude that my video card is most likely defective. I bought it from newegg.com and it was OEM. Anyway, the reason I think it's defective is because it basically sucks! I'm running an Athlon XP 2000+ processor with 512 RAM and all high quality components. This piece of crap video card can't even run Quake 2 or the new Need For Speed Underground. And sometimes Windows is reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly sluggish. I know it's the video card because I used my brother's cheapo GeForce 2 MX400 and both the above games ran flawlessly.
Now, I can't RMA the product through NewEgg because it's been over a year and if I want to talk to ATI about it, I have to pay 1.25 per minute through their 900 #.
Does anyone know what I should do? I've already bought a new video card and I want to get this one either replaced or sell it. Does anyone have any experience w/ defective video cards through ATI? What should I expect if I do decide to call them?
Thanks for your help.
Now, I can't RMA the product through NewEgg because it's been over a year and if I want to talk to ATI about it, I have to pay 1.25 per minute through their 900 #.
Does anyone know what I should do? I've already bought a new video card and I want to get this one either replaced or sell it. Does anyone have any experience w/ defective video cards through ATI? What should I expect if I do decide to call them?
Thanks for your help.