Another NV Price Drop

[OCGuy]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814130372


Smokin!

 

[Tempered81]

wasn't this card like $450 a couple weeks ago?

lol.

 

[krnmastersgt]

Second thread on this

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: krnmastersgt
Second thread on this

Ah shiza! See it now...my bad.

 

[chizow]

Wow the stock clocked stock clocked GTX 260 is only $239 after $30 MIR! Crazy....

 

[OCGuy]

Cheaper, easy to OC, 896MB of RAM....I think any advantage the 4870 had over the 260 is now gone.

 

[sticks435]

Originally posted by: chizow
Wow the stock clocked stock clocked GTX 260 is only $239 after $30 MIR! Crazy....

Where is this $30 rebate you speak of?

edit: nm, I found it using the $30 rebate on the SSC version. Newegg needs to update thier listings.

 

[taltamir]

mmm. awesome... do you think this is to lower stock before the G200b arrives, or is it just to compete better with the 4870?

 

[chizow]

$30 MIR before July 31st

Probably from an earlier promotion before the price drop, but I wouldn't let that stop you.

 

[unr3al]

Somebody is making a loss here and it aint AMD this time... lol

 

[shangshang]

Originally posted by: chizow
$30 MIR before July 31st

Probably from an earlier promotion before the price drop, but I wouldn't let that stop you.

I wonder if EVGA will honor the rebate if Newegg has pulled it from their site?

 

[shangshang]

Originally posted by: unr3al
Somebody is making a loss here and it aint AMD this time... lol

thread crapping again huh?

 

[GundamSonicZeroX]

Originally posted by: Ocguy31
I think any advantage the 4870 had over the 260 is now gone.

Linux drivers provided on the CD.

 

[Xdreamer]

Price wars!!!!!!

 

[sticks435]

Found this coupon code over on toms. $25 off for the superclocked edition.
VGA724X25

Looks like a sweet deal and even better if you can swing the $30 rebate. $255 for a factory OC 260 before rebates!!!

 

[udneekgnim]

bought my 4870 too early =(

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: Ocguy31
Cheaper, easy to OC, 896MB of RAM....I think any advantage the 4870 had over the 260 is now gone.

And?? Did it actually help much to begin with?

The 4870 still performs better from most reviews I've seen (disregarding OCing of BOTH cards since that is YMMV) so it still has one advantage.

 

[Ryl3x]

Originally posted by: thilan29

Originally posted by: Ocguy31
Cheaper, easy to OC, 896MB of RAM....I think any advantage the 4870 had over the 260 is now gone.

And?? Did it actually help much to begin with?

The 4870 still performs better from most reviews I've seen (disregarding OCing of BOTH cards since that is YMMV) so it still has one advantage.

And?? 2 fps isnt something to brag about.

Better Cooling and better OC wooohoo. I just bought 1.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Actually the GTX260 is proven to provide a higher min fps than the HD4870 so thats another plus.

 

[raddreamer3kx]

I have the vanilla 260, incredible card, overclocks like a champ.

 

[fierydemise]

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster
Actually the GTX260 is proven to provide a higher min fps than the HD4870 so thats another plus.

If your talking about the driverheaven review I wouldn't exactly say its "proven." Overall I saw the cards trading victories and only by a couple FPS either way (excluding Lost Planet where the HD4870 got crushed although supposedly that was fixed in the new 8.7s) well within the margin of error when you consider that they use the [ H ] method of "real world benchmarks." Overall the HD4870 and GTX 260 are the most evenly matched cards we've seen in a long time, they perform near identically and each have their own (counterbalancing) advantages, the H4870 has HDMI and scales incredibly well with AA and the GTX 260 has PhysX, overclocks very nicely and has better board partners. For my money unless one of those advantages is a big deal to you the best bet is to get whichever card is cheaper when you buy. For me that was the HD4870 and for someone else it may be the GTX 260 (the deal in the OP is incredible) can we quit trying to crown a winner, declare this round a tie and thank god for having two competitive companies again and these wonderful price wars.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: shangshang

Originally posted by: unr3al
Somebody is making a loss here and it aint AMD this time... lol

thread crapping again huh?

how is it thread crapping?

 

[postmortemIA]

3D API
DirectX DirectX 10

 

[taltamir]

that did it... that promo code shaves another 25$ from an already good deal. just ordered one for 255$ shipped for a GTX260, it is even a SC edition (not that it matters to me since I can OC it myself, but it increases its resale value and MSRP for step up).
And it has a 10$ MIR, I hate MIRS, but money is money... if I am willing to be bothered to fill it in.

mmm... check out the MIR:

1. Purchase ONE of the above EVGA products at Newegg.com, abs.com or Chiefvalue.com between
7/15/2008 and 7/31/2008. Request must be postmarked by 8/30/2008.

so you have 30 days to post the MIR. not too bad.

 

[MichaelD]

OMG...$230 after MIR! :Q It's going to be VERY hard not to bite on this deal. I was holding out for the 1GB HD4870...but $230? That's less than I paid for my 8800GT and this card kicks the crap out of it at 19x12.

Not a fanboy of either camp, but this just goes to show you just how overpriced NVidia's cards are at launch...and how long they keep the price sky-high.

Thank God for competition! Thanks, AMD!