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I'm pretty sure the person who bought it, got it as a retail package. I don't think they seem to be used or previously opened, they just have a poor packing method. :o
When I got my XFX 8800GTS I noticed that the HDTV adapter and one of the DVI to VGA adapters was missing. I contacted their support team and they sent me out those missing parts pretty snappy via Fed Ex. I saw in one of the Newegg customer reviews someone had the same problem but with different...
I'd go with the antec 900. It's an excellent case but sucks if you've got a lot of cables. I assume you won't have too much since you've got the corsair psu (same as mine :D).
It certainly is for me. Now I know not to dick around with anything with small fast spinning fans like my 6600GT. That was hell on earth, thank god it died lol.
I've had artifacting like that in spiderman 3, not that bad though. I'm using the same drivers... Every other game runs fine for me, have you by any chance tested other games?