choose the infamous TUF 5700xt for 75 bucks off?

[yafakid793]

I've just bought my rog strix 5700 xt, which is running just fine. i got it for 455 eur and has a 45 eur cashback from asus.

However, one day after I receive my 5700 xt, the infamous TUF (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJU8jKIYtS4) has had it's price lowered to 380 eur, along with a 45 eur cashback. This would mean going for a card with utter shit cooling.

In total, this would save me 75 eur. shipping the old card back is going to put me back maybe 10 eur. I'm kind of on the edge - i know the TUF's cooling is utter shit. However the chip is still a 5700xt, it can't be *that* bad, can it?

[Fasauceome]

If you love loud cooling and terrible gddr6 thermals that will degrade the chips over time, sure go for it

[Princess Luna]

Please don't change your font color to black since dark theme users can't read you properly.

 

Now the TUF 5700XT shouldn't even be selling in the first place since it's a flawed product, the internet is over crowd with reports of instability resulted from the insane temperatures on the GDDR6 modules which exceeds the specification from manufacturer.

 

What good is it to you save money and get a card that will stutter and freeze and crash when you're at the peak of your triple a gaming.

[DobertRownySr]

No, do NOT buy it. Even at $75 cheaper it's not worth it.

[yafakid793]

apologies for the font color change.

 

That's why i'm asking..in my mind i thought i could maybe pull it off for the enormous price change of 17%.  i can try to slap the aio cooler off of my old 290x on it, but no gaurentees that the vrm heatsinks will fit.

 

The degrading of the memory is a good point. my current cards have lasted me 6 years and are still going strong. That's the kind of longevity i look in for components

[Sir0Tek]

Asus... because you have to be TUF to use it...

[Otto_iii]

You can but the GDDR6 will likely crap out on you after a few weeks or months due to how insanely hot it runs, i wouldn't do it.