Originally posted by: TantrumusMaximusMy HOT wife LOVES 3D-Shooters! Woo Hoo!
Lucky bastard! My HOT wife only likes to get nekkid! lol :shocked:
Originally posted by: TantrumusMaximusMy HOT wife LOVES 3D-Shooters! Woo Hoo!
Originally posted by: Mudbone
Originally posted by: chumbosales
I don't. In fact, we may not carry the cards any longer.
For availibilty on any BFG items it would probably be most acurate to call them directly.
Andrew, please understand that those of us who missed out are mainly disappointed. The listing for the BFG 6800 GT OC at $399 was up on your web site for quiet some time. Possibly over 2 weeks, I am not real sure. You impressed many here on AT with what seemed to be your willingness to sell the cards at MSRP when you got them in stock. With the level of price gouging that has gone on and continues to go on with these cards, Chumbo was set to get a lot of sales and just as important, loyalty. Many of us made a decison to wait until you had the card, even if it was going to take several weeks. Now I realize that Chumbo wasn't going to get in an unlimited amount of cards. Even the change in the price and bundle would not have thrown me off. I just decided to suck it up and pay $500 for one card from another vendor. Hopefully I can make it up on the second card, once all the BS has died down. I would have been more than willing to pay $849 for two and a PSU I didn't need. I do have a few questions if you don't mind.
1. You mentioned filling back orders first. In the entire time the page was up for this card, I didn't see a way to order the card. Where did the back orders come from? If I had been given the means, I would have put down $798 on a pair as a pre-order.
2. Where did the bundle deal come from? Was this a situation that was imposed upon Chumbo by BFG in order to get you a supply of the cards?
3. To repeat TM, why would you stop selling these cards? Is there something about the recent situation that has put you at odds with BFG? Or has selling these cards in this type of market been more hassle than its worth?
Originally posted by: TantrumusMaximus
Sorry I don't know how to quote:
For those annoyed by the wild prices swings and overpricing of the 6800 family of PCI-e cards, I couldn't agree more. However, while the stores' behavior is unfortunate, the blame really lies with the manufacturers. They could enforce the pricing through a retail price maintenance scheme. These are used all the time. As noted above, products like Xbox and PS2, which were the same price everywhere when released, are marketed under these types of agreements. In other words, if a vendor want to sell the product, they have to agree to sell it at no more or less than what the manufactuer specifies. So blame the manufacturers as well.
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I can't agree more!
Also to reply to what came with my card. My card is a BFG 6800GT OC. It came with the double molex to PCI-E power adapter and two DVI-VGA gender changers. And Farcy.
Originally posted by: jelliott
I bought the 2 card deal.. working fine for me... however, im not using the included PS.. I am using my OCZ (Which hasn't YET given me ANY problems).
The BFG PS says a MAX of 18A.. yes, while it IS weak, if forced, you could use it as a back-up and run only one card and get away with it until the new one gets installed..
BFG PS Tech Specs: http://www.bfgtech.com/images/...pplyspecifications.pdf
As far as benchies go:
All stock settings..
3DMARK 05 : 6879 <--- low, but I bet it has a LOT to do with my slow CPU
(trial version, no link)
3DMARK 03 : 19025
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3609852