wow, there does seem to be a high rate of problems here. I ordered one myself, will arrive Friday. this high failure rate with white box make me suspicious that these are returned or "refurbished" cards...
I had bought one of the "XFX 6600GT for $117" at buy.com, arrives today.
but i figured this PNY 6800 was the same price (not counting rebates), was planning on returning the 6600GT unopened.
I want to run 1280x960, 1280x1024 with FSAA so it seems that the PNY 6800 is a better card for me.
now i think i better hold on to that XFX 6600GT (they are also sold out) until I get a chance to see if my PNY 6800 works.
you guys who got a bad one, I think that newegg will allow refund with no restocking since there are no replacement cards available. please keep us informed how your RMAs work out.
unrelated question: i am hoping i will not be CPU-bound running 1280 x 960/1024 res with 4xAA, 8xAF. i have northwood P4 , 3.0 Ghz, 400/800 FSB with 1.0 GB dual channel 3200 SDRAM. am i mistaken on this?