Leadtek AGP6800GT
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A 6800GT AGP is probably the least likely to have been punk-hosed of all the other refurbs. It doesn't need to be flashed to unlock anything, and isn't very popular with the overclocker junior set.
It may have been returned because it didn't run stable at an Ultra overclock, but more likely this powerhungry card was put into a spyware infested box with an underspec power supply and ran like utter ass, crashing all the time.
Newegg refurbs have a 15 day return window, or did last I checked. Call and ask what your options are if it arrives DOA just in case some moron damaged it doing a heatsink replacement. For $180, if it runs problem free, you can't beat it for an AGP rig.
It may have been returned because it didn't run stable at an Ultra overclock, but more likely this powerhungry card was put into a spyware infested box with an underspec power supply and ran like utter ass, crashing all the time.
Newegg refurbs have a 15 day return window, or did last I checked. Call and ask what your options are if it arrives DOA just in case some moron damaged it doing a heatsink replacement. For $180, if it runs problem free, you can't beat it for an AGP rig.
What if they are just using the refurbish name to sell overstock? Just like ATI was said to do with some of their cards.. Hmmm
I've ordered two VGA refurbs from newegg, both of them had artifacts at stock. RMA process was pretty painless, so it's worth a shot.
That's a damn good price.
-z
That's a damn good price.
-z
That's a great price for a 6800GT and NewEgg will honor a return no questions asked if it's dorked-up... two weeks is plenty of time to figure out if there is anything wrong with it.
50% of "refurbs" are simply because some noob who was the original owner didn't know to plug a power-cord in, or had a sh!tty system to begin with... about another 45% of refurbs are actually "new" surplus stock... only a small percentage of refurbs are usually dorked-up in some way.
Well worth the minimal risk for that price and a garuanteed 16-pipes for AGP. NewEgg will take it back if you don't like it.
(The question now is, how many folks read this post and ordered it out from under you?)
50% of "refurbs" are simply because some noob who was the original owner didn't know to plug a power-cord in, or had a sh!tty system to begin with... about another 45% of refurbs are actually "new" surplus stock... only a small percentage of refurbs are usually dorked-up in some way.
Well worth the minimal risk for that price and a garuanteed 16-pipes for AGP. NewEgg will take it back if you don't like it.
(The question now is, how many folks read this post and ordered it out from under you?)
Originally posted by: Cygnus X1
What if they are just using the refurbish name to sell overstock? Just like ATI was said to do with some of their cards.. Hmmm
Unlikely. ATI couldn't just sell their overstock undercutting their partners and resellers. Not without a huge backlash. Newegg could just run a 'weekend special' if they needed to clear out overstock.
Leadteks are known to be excellent overclockers. That card probably wasn't. Or, like I said before, some guy with a '300 watt' powmax slapped it in, and it briefly ran like crap on 10 volts before bluescreening his box. A 6800 at ultra clocks is going to want a power supply with great big massive hairy dangling 12 volt rails.
I've also bought a few newegg refurbs. One mboard had what I suspect was a horked up bios flash and would not POST, one video card artifacted stock. RMA was painless.
The rest were perfect. My current 6600 vanilla jaton is running like a champ, $63 shipped refurb.
Edit: newegg is known for mixing new gear into their refurb shipments, but probably to increase the desirability of their refurb program, not to blow out overstock.
I have a 6600gt Leadtek so I am familiar with the product. Will I see a improvement over my current card? I paid 187.00 one 9 months ago, or just buy a 6800gs or 7800gs?
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Originally posted by: v8envy
Originally posted by: Cygnus X1
What if they are just using the refurbish name to sell overstock? Just like ATI was said to do with some of their cards.. Hmmm
Unlikely. ATI couldn't just sell their overstock undercutting their partners and resellers. Not without a huge backlash. Newegg could just run a 'weekend special' if they needed to clear out overstock.
Leadteks are known to be excellent overclockers. That card probably wasn't. Or, like I said before, some guy with a '300 watt' powmax slapped it in, and it briefly ran like crap on 10 volts before bluescreening his box. A 6800 at ultra clocks is going to want a power supply with great big massive hairy dangling 12 volt rails.
I've also bought a few newegg refurbs. One mboard had what I suspect was a horked up bios flash and would not POST, one video card artifacted stock. RMA was painless.
The rest were perfect. My current 6600 vanilla jaton is running like a champ, $63 shipped refurb.
Edit: newegg is known for mixing new gear into their refurb shipments, but probably to increase the desirability of their refurb program, not to blow out overstock.
You might want to check the "clearance" isle at shopATI thats been running for months...
6800GS for AGP is not a great improvement over your 6600GT. 12 pipe vs 8, more memory bandwidth, but still not a high end card. That core is not known to overclock like the one in the PCIe version. The two cards run completely different cores at completely different clocks, so are really not comprable at all.
The BFG 6800GS AGP is reputed to unlock to 16 pipes (at which point it becomes the equivalent of the PCIe 6800GS or 6800GT of either flavor) and overclock to 6800GT Ultra specs, but that's a YMMV. I prefer not to gamble.
The 7800GS and 6800GT will be a night and day difference over a 6600GT. Neither will let you max settings and run HDR, but you'll be able to use the same settings 2 resolutions higher. Almost all 7800GS on the market are factory overclocked, so will have a slight edge over a 6800GT.
You might want to check the "clearance" isle at shopATI thats been running for months...[/quote]
They're selling them as 'refurbs', not competing with brand new full warranty product with their partners and resellers. Yes, I know, splitting hairs but it still matters.
Newegg doesn't have to spin anything to blow out inventory. ATI does.
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They're selling them as 'refurbs', not competing with brand new full warranty product with their partners and resellers. Yes, I know, splitting hairs but it still matters.
Newegg doesn't have to spin anything to blow out inventory. ATI does.
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Do they not have 3 year warranties as well? Seems as good or better than retail for the warranty as well.
Yeah, better. Still, ATI can't run a 'special' on their site for new gear at below MSRP without angering their partners. They're playing with fire with their trade-in program as well.
They must have every warehouse in canada clogged with those X800Pros. Either that, or nobody is buying for $180 no matter how long they're on sale.
stay away from the Leadtek 6800gt, there are two revisions of this card A1 and B1, apparently rev. A1 was shipped with defective memory, producing all sort of crazy artifacts, these problems were supposedly solved with rev. B1...i bought a rev. B1, and less than a month later, artifacts were appearing all over my screen, from start up to shut down. do a google search for "leadtek 6800gt bad batch" and you'll see several leadtek 6800gt owners complaining of video corruption and artifacts. http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic17943.html
btw: mine's being RMA'd right now
btw: mine's being RMA'd right now
Originally posted by: v8envy
Originally posted by: Cygnus X1
What if they are just using the refurbish name to sell overstock? Just like ATI was said to do with some of their cards.. Hmmm
Unlikely. ATI couldn't just sell their overstock undercutting their partners and resellers. Not without a huge backlash. Newegg could just run a 'weekend special' if they needed to clear out overstock.
Leadteks are known to be excellent overclockers. That card probably wasn't. Or, like I said before, some guy with a '300 watt' powmax slapped it in, and it briefly ran like crap on 10 volts before bluescreening his box. A 6800 at ultra clocks is going to want a power supply with great big massive hairy dangling 12 volt rails.
I've also bought a few newegg refurbs. One mboard had what I suspect was a horked up bios flash and would not POST, one video card artifacted stock. RMA was painless.
The rest were perfect. My current 6600 vanilla jaton is running like a champ, $63 shipped refurb.
Edit: newegg is known for mixing new gear into their refurb shipments, but probably to increase the desirability of their refurb program, not to blow out overstock.
If it were an Ultra, not a GT it's likely to have been BFG10K's "unstable" nv40
:disgust: - except he'd lack the brains to RMA it...Anyhow seriously, provided there is nothing wrong with it that is well worth picking up - you certainly won't be disappointed.
EDIT: CKXP brings up a good point. There were two versions of the Leadtek card. The memory wasn't defective - just differently clocked - one @900mhz and one @1000mhz, you want the 1000mhz model (the 900mhz model is NOT 6800GT specification compliant).
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