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So I ordered a Windforce r9 290 and after it arrived someone on the forum told me that they were recalled due to design flaw. I was wondering if this is true and if I should Contact newegg for a refund.

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So I ordered a Windforce r9 290 and after it arrived someone on the forum told me that they were recalled due to design flaw. I was wondering if this is true and if I should Contact newegg for a refund.

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Is newegg typically good about refunds? I dont want to send it and not get a refund like what happened to me a year ago on a different Place. Also what shall I buy with the 600 bucks then :)

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yeah, they are crap, basically.

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yeah, they are crap, basically.

Is newegg good about refunds?

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They were too loud and couldn't cool the chip, basically worse than the stock cooler. It will take some time for the rev. 2.0 to be available, so get the MSI Gaming or Sapphire Tri-X, or wait for DCU II.

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They were too loud and couldn't cool the chip, basically worse than the stock cooler. It will take some time for the rev. 2.0 to be available, so get the MSI Gaming or Sapphire Tri-X, or wait for DCU II.

Is the MSI gaming out? Also is newegg good about refunds?

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Is the MSI gaming out? Also is newegg good about refunds?

Well the MSI Gaming card is on Newegg and I'm not American so I don't know about Newegg customer service.

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I know about the issues GB had with the W3X coolers on the 290 and the 290x. I read a lot about it on Tom's Hardware. They informed Gigabyte about the problems. Gigabyte stoppend the production. This was around the 23rd of Dezember. The problem was fixed within 1-2 days and there won't be any defectife cards for sale. Only the early cards for press and reviewers are affected. Those are the latest informations.

I didn't find anything about a recall. Do you have a source?

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I know about the issues GB had with the W3X coolers on the 290 and the 290x. I read a lot about it on Tom's Hardware. They informed Gigabyte about the problems. Gigabyte stoppend the production. This was around the 23rd of Dezember. The problem was fixed within 1-2 days and there won't be any defectife cards for sale. Only the early cards for press and reviewers are affected. Those are the latest informations.

I didn't find anything about a recall. Do you have a source?

So the cards available for purchase are already rev. 2.0 which should work fine?

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So the cards available for purchase are already rev. 2.0 which should work fine?

There is no Rev 2.0 and there won`t be as far as i know.

Gigabyte said they fixed the problem and the "new" cards have a better Bios than the press-models. 

 

For those of you who speak German:

http://www.tomshardware.de/gigabyte-r9-290x-anderung-kuhler,news-250136.html

 

http://www.tomshardware.de/foren/id-123737/schnelle-reaktion-gigabyte-aendert-kuehlloesung-radeon-290.html

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