ATI Refurb @ Newegg-Which one?

Immortal1

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Newegg has udated their refurbs Newegg Refurb
I don't do a lot of gaming (Flight Sim basically) but will be doing a lot video editing and some Cad design.
AIW Radeon 32DDR $89
Radeon 64DDR VIVO $109 (2 versions whats the diff?)
New Radeon 7500 OEM $96 (retail OEM What's the Diff?)

I'm not sure how useful the VIVO would be (I'm sure I could find a use) or even the TV. I would rather have more than I need than less.
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GeForceG

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Get the ATI Radeon 7500 OEM.
OEM are products that were not ment to be on sell. The usually overclock worst, and use slower RAM.
Usually clocked lower then the retail version.

 

Wuzup101

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I would go with the new OEM one also...unless the 64 ddr card is new also...and not a referb wich i think you said it was. Yes OEM cards (for ati atleast) are clocked a bit lower. They might be like 30mhz core/mem slower. They can usually be overclocked to retail specs though. I would definitly rather have the radeon for video editing and cad though...it is a good choice. If you really want to I think you can get an OEM 8500 for around 170ish new....which will give you the gaming performance of about a GeForce3 TI500...
 

Killrose

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The new OEM MADE BY Ati for $90 is a great deal. The Retail has now dropped to $110 as well.
 

dolph

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i bought a refurb vivo - but you should buy based on your needs. if you want to make your computer a replay, get an aiw, if you want games, get 7500, if you just want to transfer video, get the vivo, like me :)
 

Immortal1

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Thanks for all the input.
After thinking about it, I ordered the Radeon VIVO
I think I found a use for the VIVO ;)