9800 AIW $303 9800 Pro $239 No Rebates Retail

[LordAthens]

FYI to you all;

While they still aren't available online, they are in the stores. I ordered mine yesterday from the Philadelphia store (9800 Pro AIW)

I called the 3 MC's "near" me [READ: 150+ miles away] and they all got their shipments either Thursday or Friday, depending on the store.

Apparently, the store in Philadelphia is the web order warehouse as well. He said they got theirs that day (Friday) and it usually takes a day or 2 for the website to be updated.

Sooo.. If you want one, you may want to call a store in your area and have it shipped directly to you.

My 9800 Pro AIW that sells for $303 came out to $326 after tax and shipping. Even if I would have ordered it online, I would have still been nailed with tax as MC has a store in my state. Still not a bad deal at all though. Tried getting BB to PM on the non AIW Pro and he said fatchance.

 

[monodax]

Note to anyone in the Atlanta Area as referenced from the post above, The Microcenter in Duluth recevied 9 of the AIW 9800 Pro's in this morning. I bought 2 of them this morning as I had one of my friends call me when they got them in and I don't know how many they have left. But it is likely the last of the ones they will get at the stores. They are still 303.00 if you get one.

 

[carpenter]

Congrats to those who got one, it's a great card!

 

[monodax]

You know the only thing I was dissapointed in about the card is it is not dual head, My fault for not reading up more on it as I saw it came with Hydrarvision which is their Dual Display control system (Which on this card is for TV Out and LCD switching). I was upgrading from a ATI 9500 Pro I bought a year or so ago and I have dual 18" LCD's. Other than that the video recording quality is superb and it is very fast on the 3d benchmarks. I haven't tried any games yet but I have Need for speed underground which I play on occassion.