ExcaliburMM
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I personally would take the stock 4890, but comparable is ambiguous, therefore the OP can say he believes he is entitled to an XT or better.
I personally would take the stock 4890, but comparable is ambiguous, therefore the OP can say he believes he is entitled to an XT or better.
What I think XFX should do is offer the upgrade to a 5850 at a discounted price, not at the MSRP price difference. In all honesty, XFX really isn't doing anything wrong by offerring the 5850 at $130 more, but it comes off as an insult that a warranty means nothing more than step-up program, a la EVGA.
Look, you can believe what you want. In this day and age with viral marketing and untrustworthy people I take his post with a grain of salt.
I would not refund his money based on him messing with the cooling setup alone. You people are batshit crazy.
XFX going down the drain eh
I go to the auto lot and buy a 8 cylinder Mustang.
The engine blows.
Do I accept a 6 cylinder replacement (untill they find me a 8 cylinder which could be forever?) because they are out of stock of the 8 cylinder motors?
They should give me a motor thats has as much or more horsepower. ( mabe a cobra motor).
Lesson learned by XFX. Don't give out a warrenty you cant make good on.
OR make good on it.
Look at this complaint this way. Where theres one there is many.
Mabe they do this to alot of customers?
They should give the guy a 5850 for making him wait and stringing him along and for the inconvinience.
Shame on them.
Woha, american law from the wrong side (e.g. no multi billion dollar company that can spend millions lobbying) really is scary, though european law is not that much better (and there's always the difference between praxis and theory)I *did* buy a v8 mustang (see sig) and it was ingesting coolant through the headgasket after a month or two. Basically, the cylinder heads were warped. Covered under the warranty, natch. However, there's nothing in the warranty about providing a replacement while the repairs are in progress. And nothing about the repairs having to be timely.
Short story long, I got to drive an Aspire clown car for quite a few weeks while paying insurance on a brand new v8 'stang. It was mortifying. And the original dealership wouldn't even provide a loaner in the first place, I had to look around for one that wanted the warranty business enough to offer one. Needless to say I will not be recommending the original dealership.
I didn't say they should give back his money, I'm saying he hasn't been assertive. Pay attention.
They'll make good with a 5850 at a reasonable price, they just need some pushing.
Sounds like the company is doing everything right!
If I'm reading the OP right, the card isn't *obviously* defective. Coil whine is in a grey area. The card does what it's supposed to do (deliver video to the monitor), but it does it with a very annoying noise. I've had this happen to me on motherboards and video cards, and it is pretty annoying. I took a restocking fee hit on both returns.
But seriously, it sounds like XFX is propsing reasonable solutions. Why the hate?
XFX DID test the card and DETERMINED THE CARD WAS DEFECTIVE. I mean, they admitted the whining to be the problem. I did not just make it up.