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Refurbished Video Cards

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jimbojones1013

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I did a search on refurbished video cards and found nothing.
I was wondering if anyone has had any good/bad experiences with them.
I can save some coin by going refurb but I am a little scared of it, any help would be apprieciated.

Thanks.
 
Personally a video card is something I would buy new. The money your going to save isn't going to outweigh the potential problems of saving a few bucks.
 
I bought my radeon 9800 256mb off newegg refurbished. I havent had any problems with it, it doesnt overclock that well but that probobly because its an r350 and it has ddr2 ram on it.

I also bought an Abit IC7-G refurbished off newegg and the onboard network card was bad and i had to send it back to abit.
 
A friend bought a ti-4200 refurb from newegg. It worked for a little over a year and then died.
 
i bought my radeon 9500 np refurb from the egg, and it is still going strong aafter about 2 years of heavy use. it is now in my spare system and runs cs:s at 1024x768 2xaa 2xaf at about 50 fps, not bad for an old video card
 
I have built a few systems computers with motherboards and video cards from newegg refurbished section.

The motherboards arrived without set-up cd or manuals but those were down loaded from manufactures websites.

The video cards arrived with all items.

The cost savings was about $50 per item and manufactures warranty still applied.

Good deal for me but might not be for everyone
 
It depends on the VC refurb. Many times, people return VC's because they dont OC well, dont flash to the 'higher' model, or are broken. Sometimes you will get a 'refurbished' card, that was flashed and failed by another customer and now your stuck with a FUBAR'd card.

Just be weary.. If the price difference is 50$, then ide say try it out if you have patience. If the difference is only about 10-15$, then buy new, its worth it.
 
I've had good experiences with real refurbished video cards. I've had bad experiences with newegg "refurbs".

The problem is that newegg relies on the fact that most "bad" products are returned due to user error, failed expectations and possible poor overclocking/unlocking. That works great for maybe 80%, but that also burns the other 20% who are being sent an untested customer return that really is bad.
 
I bought a Newegg "refurb" Radeon 9600 Pro and the memory went bad a few weeks later. It would shred the image during 3D games and after a few months, started showing yellow instead of white on the image. Threw that dog in the trash! Stay away from refurb if you don't want the hassle of returning bad cards or want the risk of early death.
 
I have a x700pro from newegg that was refurb.It came with the box manuals cd's and cables like a brand new one comes.

got a decent overclock on it also.

Stock is 425 core 432 mem

passed 3dmark no problems at 470 core and 470 mem

Will be volt modding it soon :)

22.6k 3dmark 01 not bad for 140 bucks.

I say get a refurb card.
 
i say get a refurb if you REALLY cannot afford the new, unused version of the card, then you should try a refurb. otherwise you should try to get a new version of the card to insure reliability.
 
Dillusion said:
It depends on the VC refurb. Many times, people return VC's because they dont OC well, dont flash to the 'higher' model, or are broken. Sometimes you will get a 'refurbished' card, that was flashed and failed by another customer and now your stuck with a FUBAR'd card.

Just be weary.. If the price difference is 50$, then ide say try it out if you have patience. If the difference is only about 10-15$, then buy new, its worth it.
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I don't think that you can get "stuck with a FUBAR'd card" because you can easily return a defective refurbished item. I've bought 2 refurb video cards - one was fine and one arrived with physical damage and I didn't have a problem returning it. I agree with your recommendation to let the refurb vs. new price difference help decide - a big enough discount brings out the gambler in most of us. The cost of shipping back to Newegg should be all you have at risk if you get a bad one.
 
BlackPearl said:
I don't think that you can get "stuck with a FUBAR'd card" because you can easily return a defective refurbished item. I've bought 2 refurb video cards - one was fine and one arrived with physical damage and I didn't have a problem returning it. I agree with your recommendation to let the refurb vs. new price difference help decide - a big enough discount brings out the gambler in most of us. The cost of shipping back to Newegg should be all you have at risk if you get a bad one.
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People seem to forget that, the only risk you really take buying refurb is it's DOA, then simply you return it and get another one. if it dies outside Newegg's return date, turn it in to the manufacturer. The only things I would never buy refurbed are

Monitors *shutters*
Speakers
Harddrives
Optical Drives
RAM
Maybe mobos
 
I never buy refurb, ever.

People say just return it, but the time I lose testing the product, determining it is bad, parking/transit costs, travel time (twice, once to get it, once to return it) Sorry my time is worth more than the chump change you can potentially save.
 
That's a good policy for you because of the testing/shipping problems you face. For me, the product is delivered to my office, it takes me 5 min. to test it and, if it's bad, I put it back in the box and UPS picks it up. If I can get 15%-20% off on a significant purchase for that level of effort, it's worth it to me.
 
On the Lam said:
I never buy refurb, ever.

People say just return it, but the time I lose testing the product, determining it is bad, parking/transit costs, travel time (twice, once to get it, once to return it) Sorry my time is worth more than the chump change you can potentially save.
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I buy refurbed all the time.80 % of my current system right now is refurbed.My 2 Hard drives,2 DVD\cdrw drives,Video card and wireless card are refured and they all run fine.

My best motherboard I ever had was refured from new egg.I paid 30 bucks 3 years ago for an abit kxr333 and did 207 fsb with some bh5.That was the best deal I ever got.

If anything dosnt run just return it.

Even the cpus are fine most people buy the wrong stuff and end up returning them.

Newegg had a fx51 at one point for like 200 dollars cheaper than the retail.Now if 200 isnt worth your time then by all means blow your money away.
 
Only buy refurb from the company that made the product in the first place. That is the rule I stick to. Since a company MUST test and/or repair it to factory standards(as in like new condition) before they let it out the door again. Retailers only have to not sell it as new, no matter what it was returned for. Buying refrub from a retailer ( or e-tailer) is a crap shoot, but buying from the company that made it is not.
 
I just built a system with amd(939) MSI k8t neo2 fir mobo refurbed $54.

The price varies regularly for some items.Watch what you want and buy when it drops.

Leadtek 6800nu refurbed $220 an asus 6800gt was $260 but sold before I could order it.

The $100.00 saved was 1/2 the price of a 17" lcd with 16ms response and dvi input.

Built very inexpensive gaming rigs for my kids last year with AMD athlon mobo and didn't have any problems.

Asus and MSI customer support even sent missing items for the cost of shipping only.

Your taking a chance but depending on your tech skills,it can be a good way to save a few bucks or build a better system on a tight budget.

But do not buy something only because of lowest price.Read reviews of product and understand what mobo / video card will suit your needs then wait for a good price.

I made the mistake of buying a soyo motherboard once because of a rebate offer.Well the board sucked and the rebate never was paid.So I a crappy/expensive motherboard.Definately a bad combination :p
 
Ive bought lots of stuff refurbished, hell my whole curent system is refurbished, and Ive had it running for 5 years now, without any problems (well there have been problems, but thats usually because I have a tendency to mess with settings alot, and every now and then my sister would d/l a virus because SHE JUST WON AN IPOD!!! CLICK HEERE TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE!!!)
 
Most people don't read Newegg's disclaimer on refurbished products, they clearly state that the MANUFACTURER has refurb'ed the product, not Newwegg. As someone else pointed out, Manufacturer HAVE to restore it to factory condition to call it "Refurbished goods"
 
Ke0 said:
Most people don't read Newegg's disclaimer on refurbished products, they clearly state that the MANUFACTURER has refurb'ed the product, not Newwegg. As someone else pointed out, Manufacturer HAVE to restore it to factory condition to call it "Refurbished goods"
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Thank you
My 2 refurbed hard drives came in the sealed static bags like new ones do.
 
skratch said:
Thank you
My 2 refurbed hard drives came in the sealed static bags like new ones do.
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Exactly

Frankly, I have never had 1 hardware related issue when it came with refurbished... hardware.
Sometimes there would be some scratches on a monitor or tv, or a loose button or something, but nothing really bad.

Frankly, if I can save $100 buying somethin refurbed, rather then new, I will.
 
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