6600GT (agp and pci-e versions) $187 @ BB starting 1/16

[the Juice]

Taken from FW taken from Techbargains:
Best Buy ONLINE(edit) is having 25% of all their PNY videocards starting this Sunday. Good price for the AGP version.

AGP

 

[Insomniak]

Not touchin PNY.

 

[Mears]

Originally posted by: Insomniak
Not touchin PNY.

Why not?

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Originally posted by: Mears

Originally posted by: Insomniak
Not touchin PNY.

Why not?

They are great cards. Avoid XFX like the plague, but PNY is great

 

[P0ldy]

Best Buy seems to have revoked the offer. It's no longer on their 25% off page. http://www.bestbuy.com/site//o...0003&type=category

 

[zerodeefex]

they also removed the 23" from their 50% off and the one store which wasn't cleared out in my area yesterday morning wouldn't give me the price...

 

[imported_fozzybear]

Why avoid XFX?

 

[the Juice]

XFX just doesnt make the best quality cards

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: Mears

Originally posted by: Insomniak
Not touchin PNY.

Why not?

After the whole PNY 6800s from CompUSA having their capacitors fall off debacle, and the fact that their cards rate pretty poorly in cooling and quality build, I'm not touching them. PNY has been making pretty shoddy cards for a while now.

Check this link if you want the lowdown on PNY:
http://www.hardforum.com/showp...21413&postcount=13

 

[Idleuser]

all I got to say is that a few people's misfortune doesnt necessarily make it into a bad product. Some toyota's and honda's are defected from factory but does it make them bad cars no? Sometimes you have good cards and sometimes you have bad cards. It's all up to t he company to step up their QA because I know some people who have had PNY for a while and their cards are running great.

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: P0ldy
Best Buy seems to have revoked the offer. It's no longer on their 25% off page. http://www.bestbuy.com/site//o...0003&type=category

Good... I was afraid I might have to break my boycott of Best Buy.

 

[CrackRabbit]

hmm... any word on if there will be a paper ad with the sale in it?
That is an awesome price for a 6600gt

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: Idleuser
all I got to say is that a few people's misfortune doesnt necessarily make it into a bad product. Some toyota's and honda's are defected from factory but does it make them bad cars no? Sometimes you have good cards and sometimes you have bad cards. It's all up to t he company to step up their QA because I know some people who have had PNY for a while and their cards are running great.

Hey, if you want to take the chance, I'm certainly not going to stop you. But you were warned. Do as you will.

 

[jck8r]

I can't believe people knock xfx over PNY. PNY=POS and I would not reccomend buying either of the two brands.

 

[epileptic]

my xfx 6600gt has been a great card......

 

[daveymark]

it''s in the sunday paper as well.

 

[walkure]

EVGA 6600GT PCI-E version is only $178.75 here:
http://www.buyxg.com/store/item.asp?key=VC-135-205

But whether the webpage says or not, they are out of stock. I called yesterday; they said maybe get them in in a week. That is questionable though.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Originally posted by: daveymark
it''s in the sunday paper as well.

Thanks! I'll price match that right up at Fry's or CompUSSR.

 

[fibes]

I checked every state and it shows that it's "unavailable". What gives! No best buy b&m store in the whole US does not have these in stock?

 

[intogamer]

BLAh eVGA or BFG. I want them together. eVGA stepup and BFG life time warrenty= ONE Kick ass card.

 

[imported_fozzybear]

I have a XFX 6800, and I was able to overclock and open up the locked pipelines just fine, seems like a great brand to me.

 

[Xionide]

Originally posted by: epileptic
my xfx 6600gt has been a great card......

Me 2. Not one problem. It seems there was a bad batch with heating problems and now everyone dogs them. I haven't heard the best of their tech support tho. But tech support employees are not the ones building the cards. Just my 2 cents.

 

[imported_nitrus]

Originally posted by: Xionide

Originally posted by: epileptic
my xfx 6600gt has been a great card......

Me 2. Not one problem. It seems there was a bad batch with heating problems and now everyone dogs them. I haven't heard the best of their tech support tho. But tech support employees are not the ones building the cards. Just my 2 cents.

i have no problems with the xfx pci-e version also. i only wish they offered lifetime warranties like bfg. 70 dollars difference, steep having never rma'd any computer products after warranty expired.

 

[mrEvil]

Originally posted by: fibes
I checked every state and it shows that it's "unavailable". What gives! No best buy b&m store in the whole US does not have these in stock?

No joke. I did this earlier in the day. It's just like a nice watge mirage on a hot day in the desert.

 

[uwannawhat]

Now available Online.

It's true though that not a single B&M has this in stock. :roll: