My local Micro Center had an open box Asus Geforce 970 Strix for $288+tax.
I asked some questions and they verified the following:
1. I had 15 days to return it to the store no hastles.
2. I still got the 3yr manufacture warranty.
3. It still qualified for a $10 rebate.
Two things I didn't expect:
1. I was emailed the Batman and Witcher games keys automatically when the store recognized my email address.
2. The card is clocked higher then the standard strix series.
The standard 970 strix is listed as 1114mhz/1253mhz boosted.
My card according to gpu-z is 1216mhz/1355mhz boosted.
I installed it and it fired right up. So far I have only run 1 rift in Diablo 3, but I did not see any issues. I do have a questions has any one else gotten cards that have higher than expected clock speeds?