Nvidia Refurb- Whats the story?

rolypolyman · 15 Aug 2011 at 13:49

easyrider said:
Sold it

Ahh, right yeh I can see why the 470 is tempting you, why not take a punt on one of these beauties, b grade i know but they are 470 stock speed for £120, cant be bad.

Or even this one and clock it up, great price for this card.

Rroff · 15 Aug 2011 at 14:12

Unlike the 470 tho they won't clock into 480 territory (and possibly beyond).

rolypolyman · 15 Aug 2011 at 14:19

Rroff said:
Unlike the 470 tho they won't clock into 480 territory (and possibly beyond).

Thats very true Rroff but we are talking £120 for 470 performance and not £150.

easyrider · 15 Aug 2011 at 14:25

The Asus one is very closed to being purchased.

what clocks would I need to get 470 perfromance?

mikeo · 15 Aug 2011 at 14:32

easyrider said:
The Asus one is very closed to being purchased.

what clocks would I need to get 470 perfromance?

Somewhere around 850/1700/4000 and that's from personal experience testing my 460 HAWK (now sold) against a stock 470 in a friends PC. At this sort of speed we got pretty near identical figures in 3DmarkVantage, 3Dmark11, Heaven 2.5 and Stone Giant.

easyrider · 15 Aug 2011 at 21:01

the best deal is the 580 imo

chaotic_uk · 15 Aug 2011 at 21:08

tempted with the 580 myself , although i already have a 6970 and a gtx480 lol

GJ02 · 15 Aug 2011 at 21:11

easyrider said:
the best deal is the 580 imo

buy one then

Randomface74 · 15 Aug 2011 at 21:14

sounds like a bit of a dice roll, fine if you've got no cash, not fine if you want a working rig first time.

Locky · 15 Aug 2011 at 22:51

my betting is, these cards are in perfect nick and work perfectly, ocuk just need to word it to cover them selves.

the_broken · 15 Aug 2011 at 23:30

im tempted to get 2x580's in SLI but is it worth the risk, but u save a neat £130 to upgrade 1 or more parts, plus if it is cosmetic then u can only really tell when u open the box

easyrider · 16 Aug 2011 at 00:52

You have a warranty of 12 months...I reckon they will be fine or overclock wouldn't sell them due to the hassle of returns.

jonny512379 · 16 Aug 2011 at 03:21

i used to buy and sell manufacturer refurbs but with white goods (cookers, fridges, etc)
Basically there was nothing wrong with them, which is why the manufacturer is still happy to put the warranty on them.
Most of them were returned to the manufacturer due to minor cosmetic damage, they were then tested and fixed if required, tested again and sold on at very low prices. (without complaints about the scratches this time around...very smart business really....)

I would have no problem buying any of these items from OCuk, who cares about a small scratch on a GPU, it still works the same. (i did buy a grad B monitor and i cant find any fault other then the box had been opened)

I bet the only worry OCuk have of selling refurbs at low prices is "will it have an impact on their grade A sales?"!

easyrider · 16 Aug 2011 at 09:08

Goods have to be fit for purpose simple as...

GJ02 · 16 Aug 2011 at 09:52

easyrider said:
Goods have to be fit for purpose simple as...

easy, have you decided what your going to get yet ?

easyrider · 16 Aug 2011 at 10:46

GJ02 said:
easy, have you decided what your going to get yet ?

Not sure yet

GJ02 · 16 Aug 2011 at 10:49

i take it you still have the 6950 ?
are you buying because the nvidia cards a cheap or another reason ?

easyrider · 16 Aug 2011 at 10:51

GJ02 said:
i take it you still have the 6950 ?
are you buying because the nvidia cards a cheap or another reason ?

No I sold the 6950 for what I paid.

Just fancy trying a Green for a bit until next gen

easyrider · 16 Aug 2011 at 11:21

The 470 and 480 have dropped in price...

139.99 and 184.99 respectively

Mr Paul · 16 Aug 2011 at 12:24

Worth going for the 480 over my 5870? I'm thinking not, but...?