yeah. RMA's can take a while unfortunately. Sometimes Asus ones can take a lot longer - Some of the members here have been waiting longer then 6months for their R.O.G mobos to be returned but theres been no word so they just went out and bought another one instead of waiting.
the first time I RMA'd my 4870. they had repaired the card. but in repairing the card, they had borked the temperature sensors up so my load temps were registering something like 10 or 15'c under load and 5'c idle which was funny. but it also ment that the cards default profiles wasnt working properly and the card died again within 3weeks of recieving it back.
First time i RMA'd the card. I had accidently chipped the card with the side panel of my case and it had scraped something off it so it wouldnt start without creating a lot of sparks and the smell of burning PCB. second time it died while i was playing MW2 with a mate.
If they return you a 6850 or something then just do what i did and tell the shop manager you cant accept the card as the RMA'd card was part of a dual GPU setup, If youre lucky at all. he will give you store credit. based on the current street value of the 5850 - not the 6850. so youre probably looking at getting 60-70% back for what you originally payed for the card. If you got some cash on hand you can upgrade to something more powerful like a 6950 or GTX570.
