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Curlyriff said:
Fair they were spot on every time used back in day and I expect that why a lot felt the loss cause lots of people upgrading last with them was like 900/1000 series.

I'd never pay the Asus tax for their custom cards or their mobos though. Gigabyte had issues with but generally very similar spec to Asus but 10-15% less. And Asus has hardly been rosie. All companies as far as I'm concerned are not brilliant tbh.
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The Asus tax does suck, never buy their products. Gigabyte are hit and miss, their aesthetics are atrocious too. They all suck to be honest, except Sapphire, I love Sapphire.
 

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Matty8787 said:
Considering making the jump from a 3080 to an XTX, how will it pair with my 5600x at 1440p ultrawide?
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Also considering upgrading my pre-order to a Sapphire Nitro XTX with the same CPU for 4k gaming mainly. I currently have the XT or pre-order but feel maybe the XTX makes more sense, just not sure it makes +£300 more sense.. because then it comes into 4080 pricing.
 
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Hi everyone , new to the forum and also PC gaming , I’ve actually ordered one of these B-Tier or B-Stock XTX cards.

I wanted to ask what should I expect? Are these usually faulty units or have problems with them? I don’t mind physical blemishes or missing parts such as the box etc but I am concerned with the junction temps that have been reported.

For what it’s worth I will be vertically mounting.

I just wanted to ask how I spot these issues as I will simply return it instantly if there are significant issues.
 

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TrebleChamp said:
Hi everyone , new to the forum and also PC gaming , I’ve actually ordered one of these B-Tier or B-Stock XTX cards.

I wanted to ask what should I expect? Are these usually faulty units or have problems with them? I don’t mind physical blemishes or missing parts such as the box etc but I am concerned with the junction temps that have been reported.

For what it’s worth I will be vertically mounting.

I just wanted to ask how I spot these issues as I will simply return it instantly if there are significant issues.
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Install horizontally and vertically, whichever method shows high temps, send it back. It is irrelevant if the issue is lessened via a vertical mount, you would still have a broken card and the issue would just worsen anyway. You could ask OC, they must have tested it right? Bet they didn't.
 

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TrebleChamp said:
Hi everyone , new to the forum and also PC gaming , I’ve actually ordered one of these B-Tier or B-Stock XTX cards.

I wanted to ask what should I expect? Are these usually faulty units or have problems with them? I don’t mind physical blemishes or missing parts such as the box etc but I am concerned with the junction temps that have been reported.

For what it’s worth I will be vertically mounting.

I just wanted to ask how I spot these issues as I will simply return it instantly if there are significant issues.
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It's not worth the £1049 asking price as that's £50 over MSRP ($999+vat @ 1.2$ to £1)
I'd strongly recommend a custom card unless you are using a waterblock?
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JediFragger said:
First graphics card and it's a BGrade, wow that's brave...:eek:
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Not my first! I have a 6800 xt already.
Just thought if we’re talking a few scuffs or no box or something I can deal with it.

In terms
Of extended warranty there wasn’t an option at check out.

I’m hoping with most of these issues online it’s a case of a vocal minority rather than par for the course. I am aware of the potential throttling issues and temps but I’m hoping in good faith that overclockers knows about these issues also and those would faulty units rather than B- Tier stock but we shall see.

My question was around people’s experience with overclockers and if they consider faulty stock as b-tier and to ask for advice on how to spot these potential throttling or high junction temps (google says open performance monitoring in windows)
 
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