I recently purchased a brand new PNY GTX260 video card off ebay. The card arrived in the plastic cellophane with the PNY stickers on the cellophane and everything inside was brand new and sealed. Upon inspection of the card I noticed the tab that you screw down into your case is bent big time on the left side of the card. I also see that where the right screw hole is it's bent down in the center, as if a screw was put in extremely hard. I can only imagine the force that was required to bend that tab as badly as it is. Otherwise, the card is in mint condition.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com...53682_3939968c6e_o.jpg
The seller sells a ton of these on ebay and has flawless feedback for all the GTX 260s he's sold. Check out for yourself:
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eB...name=VIP:feedback:2:us
I think I'm going to bend them back myself and see if the card works before trying to return it. I was just checking in here to see if anyone else purchased a brand new card before and received it damaged.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com...53682_3939968c6e_o.jpg
The seller sells a ton of these on ebay and has flawless feedback for all the GTX 260s he's sold. Check out for yourself:
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eB...name=VIP:feedback:2:us
I think I'm going to bend them back myself and see if the card works before trying to return it. I was just checking in here to see if anyone else purchased a brand new card before and received it damaged.