Having a bad exp. with NewEgg. Don't send a check

Thks for the input RH. TBH, I don't think i'm pushing a whole lot with what i have now. Only two HD's. one CPU, one sound card, and only one DVD device. I was thinkng more along the lines of one single rail amp. output, but i think with two rails i'm getting way over 36 and then some. It came with (2) PCIE six pin connectors,so it must be able to handle some card oand even SLI mode.

The card is rated at 680 X 1900MHZ. That should be able to do something hey?

Monday just can't get here soon enough.. LOL

No, not a Leo .. A Virgo .. aug 28

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Originally Posted by Rabbitrunner51

Thks for the input RH. TBH, I don't think i'm pushing a whole lot with what i have now. Only two HD's. one CPU, one sound card, and only one DVD device. I was thinkng more along the lines of one single rail amp. output, but i think with two rails i'm getting way over 36 and then some. It came with (2) PCIE six pin connectors,so it must be able to handle some card oand even SLI mode.

The card is rated at 680 X 1900MHZ. That should be able to do something hey?

Monday just can't get here soon enough.. LOL

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Rabbit

The 8800gt I have seemed to be rated pretty equal to the 9600 series..I had a hard time making up my mind between the 8800GT and the 9600GT. I got a 8800GT EVGA overclocked version from Circuit City.(for testing)..so I knew the 8800gt would run ok.and fit...I would have kept the 8800GT o/c from circuit city...but the price was $100 difference. The 8800GT is a BIG..LONG card...I had to re-position the hard drives to make room..I have the 1030 antec case(If I remember correctly)...the very large tower case.

Any way to get to the point...I got no improvement when over clocking the video card in 3dmark05 and 3dmark06. I had to overclock my cpu to get improvement...so I am still bottlenecked at the cpu (E6400 core2 duo..over clocked to just over E6600 speed. I am not sure how your amd rates compared to an e6400/e6600..but be aware..it takes a powerful cpu to keep up with that card you are getting.

On top of that...my asrock mobo is not the best when it comes to pci-x vid cards...something about not true 16x pci-x slot?

My next step...when I have more money...will be a power supply...new mobo..and ddrII memory...and use the left over parts for a build for my wife.

Even with my cpu and mobo restrictions...it is still a far more powerful card then my agp x800xt AIW (which I still think is a decent little card).

You should be thrilled with the new card rabbit...good luck and report back lol

Sorry bruceb. I didn't know just when your birthday was on. MY 'Dad' was a Virgo LOL ( my sign being a Sagg. is encumbered with virgo/libra moon, Ares rising and a whole lot of capricorn .. for the record )

Some good info there 'Roadhog' This CPU is nice, but i would guess the C2D 6600 bit better. Its powerful enough. TBH, if one read the reviews, its one of the better top of the line , due to its mutiplier versus memory rating. I'm still a novice on those things.

The card is long. No issue with moving a HD, as i have plenty of room in this full tower. I have two PCIE slots to boot. About the same length as the 8800GT.

I normally never ever OC, but someday i might. I need a new CPU cooler, as my other broke some time back ( actually i found it had only a 3 pin connector and that was a problem ). Using the cheap stock one now. kinda worries me some, buit it works fine.

Crossing my fingers, as we all do with new things we buy. Have a feeling it will be just fine, but 'will do'. of course i'll write back somewhere and report howit went and what i think. LOL

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When i once only use T.Direct, my issues were on the line of wrong address changes on my shipping address. The check got there OK, and they are based in Florida, but ship out of Chicago,ILL. That's odd. ;)

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They probably "Drop Ship" from their distributor. You place an order and they immediately place an order to their distributor with your shipping address. The distributor puts the e-tailers invoice it the shipment to you, it seems to come from the e-tailer, but really doesn't

You know that's what I noticed when my order from Newegg didn't arrive in the 3 days. I noticed that it was shipped out of Memphis, this was a first for me. And when I sat in Ontario, CA for 2 days for no apparent reason, I knew something was screwy. What was more puzzling, was the return address on the package. It was Neweggs address in CA?

NewEgg has at least three warehouses, one East, one West and central in Tennessee. They try to ship from the nearest one to keep shipping cost and time down, but you could get a part from the farthest if that was the only warehouse with that part in stock.

Like is life, i would bet i just had one of those bad experiences with them , that may never happen again. The thing that bugged me the most was talking to that idiot of a customer service agent on the phone, and his english was so bad i couldn't understand him, and to top it off, i kept telling him something and it was like he never heard what i said. Like talking to a total brick wall. Obvioulsy one of those illegal alliens they all let take over the customer service base. That to me, just does not make much sense. One would think, that on thier end, that part of sales, would be the most important. Obvioulsy not. Thier site is nice for layout and all though.

All in all, i had to take back anyy and all bad pre-matuere judgements about NewEgg. I will indeed order ny next order from them again. They never ever seem to make a mistake in item ordered or anything else. LOL

Guille, The return address is because that is probably thier man office in Cal. That is where one would go for returns , RMA's or other concerns.

NewEgg has always been there for me. Returns and all. Try Tiger Direct. If you think you have problems. I have 4 LIFE TIME Power Supplies that they will not take care of.

Bob

amerifax - have you noticed that the last couple threads you've replied too are MANY years old?

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amerifax - have you noticed that the last couple threads you've replied too are MANY years old?

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But has the check cleared yet? :)

Newegg is the best company I have ever done business with and I'm 76 years old so I've been around a while.

Send a check? Come on now.

I still like them OK, personally i am using Amazon for now due to the fact they let me draw the monies out of my Credit Union checking acct. I don't have any credit cards so?

Yes Steve
Old post never die.

Getting to the bad Ultra's from Tiger Direct... I have since taken them apart and found out that the sodering job must have been done by an unskilled 10 year old.

Bob

Thats funny. Your probably right. Labor laws in the Orient aren't exactly akin to ours me thinks. LOL

Can we kill this thread? Lock perhaps?

It is from May 2008, so I agree, kill it. Issue should be resolved by now.

i'm not sure if newegg can really be blamed, as it sounds like that honestly haven't received your check. I can understand you're annoyed about the situation but if they haven't received the check, at no fault of their own, I don't understand what you expect them to do, or say on the phone? btw the fact it hasn't got there in over a week is pretty disturbing, IDK where you are in the world,but if you're in the U.S. you may wanna call the bank and have them cancel they check and pay another way.