[H]ey guys, I work at best buy and I found out something very interesting yesterday. We sell the Visiontek hd2400 agp cards, but inside every single one is actually an HD2600! and no, it's not just one, or two. I opened the entire stock yesterday with a manager and they all had the hd2600 (512MB agp), completely oblivious to the fact that the box displays all the info for an HD2400 (512MB AGP). also strange is that the card doesn't exist in our system at all (the hd2400 does, and so does a 256mb agp hd2600 and a 512mb pcie hd2600). the only accessory in the box is a single dvi to vga adaptor, no secondary and no power adaptor cables for the six-pin plug. even some customer reviews online state this fact!
This might seem great, but here's the downside: a coworker of mine decided to buy a 4870, but when he openeed it there was an x1900xt inside (OMGWTF!) so if you decide to buy an ATI card from best buy (or anywhere for that matter), please open the box in front of an employee (AFTER buying it) so they believe you when you try to return an x1900 inside of a 4870 box. also, this is not a best buy problem, but an issue with the manufacturer. all of these come prepackaged from the, so it is a major issue for the manufacturer as well as customers, best buy seems stuck in the middle because they purchase and sells these as the box advertises.
any questions, please respond, ill be free to answer any questions regarding this.
UPDATE:
I think a lot of you guys are a little confused about what i said originally. the cards were not returns (at least the hd2400s, I never did see my coworker open the 4870). all of them were off of a recent shipment and were all sealed. the inside packaging was all the same, but they all had hd2600s inside. and it wasn't just a mislabeled sticker, the unit had a 6-pin plug for extra power, which the 2400 series does not have.
again, this is not a best buy return issue (though we've had some HUGE F* ups in the past, like returning a laptop box with nothing but soup cans inside the box to make it heavy...seriously, it happened, but not at my store)
This might seem great, but here's the downside: a coworker of mine decided to buy a 4870, but when he openeed it there was an x1900xt inside (OMGWTF!) so if you decide to buy an ATI card from best buy (or anywhere for that matter), please open the box in front of an employee (AFTER buying it) so they believe you when you try to return an x1900 inside of a 4870 box. also, this is not a best buy problem, but an issue with the manufacturer. all of these come prepackaged from the, so it is a major issue for the manufacturer as well as customers, best buy seems stuck in the middle because they purchase and sells these as the box advertises.
any questions, please respond, ill be free to answer any questions regarding this.
UPDATE:
I think a lot of you guys are a little confused about what i said originally. the cards were not returns (at least the hd2400s, I never did see my coworker open the 4870). all of them were off of a recent shipment and were all sealed. the inside packaging was all the same, but they all had hd2600s inside. and it wasn't just a mislabeled sticker, the unit had a 6-pin plug for extra power, which the 2400 series does not have.
again, this is not a best buy return issue (though we've had some HUGE F* ups in the past, like returning a laptop box with nothing but soup cans inside the box to make it heavy...seriously, it happened, but not at my store)