BFG Asylum GeForce FX 5900 $184.49

[WebDude]

Originally posted by: rickn

Originally posted by: WebDude
I'm in the process of cancelling my order through GameVE. Even though I ordered the card on Monday, they have yet to ship it. I checked the site every day this week and every day it's been listed as "in stock". Methinks they don't tell the truth about that.
Yesterday the card was listed on NewEgg, OOS, w/ ETA 1/21/2004. Today it says OOS, ETA 1/26/2004. NewEgg doesn't bs when it comes to being in stock or not. Much to their credit.

I snagged one of these cards on mon from gameve, it shipped on tuesday.

You must have gotten your order in before me. I have no beef with a company taking an order on an 'out of stock' item, but when they say they are 'in stock' when they aren't, that gets me kinda po'd.

 

[Homerboy]

You have requested to be informed of an item availability.


Congratulations, your requested item is in-stock at the time of this
notification:


item Number:N82E16814143008
description:VGA BFG|FX5900 128MB DVI TV AGP RT


You may use the following link to find and order it online.


http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=14-143-008

 

[Homerboy]

Ordered from newegg.com
Couldnt pass it up.
PRAYING it comes with CoD

 

[rickn]

mine arrived from GameVE. full retail box all intact, no COD or anything. Has the VIVO cable

 

[WebDude]

UPdate. Well my card HAS been shipped. GameVE just forgot to notify me via email, or update my order status on the web. Otherwise, all is normal.

 

[dr wily]

Is this the ridiculously huge card that takes up 2 slots and requires a molex connector? I also took a look at toms vga charts and saw in the end (the fbucks section) it places it right around a 9700 pro and 9800np, and for the price being about 175 and the 9700pro about 190-200 it seems the better deal with more mature drivers as well, but i dont want another huge, hot tsunami in my already loudass system.

Theres a guy in the for sale topic selling his 9700np for 165, might snag that instead cause i have some paypal.

 

[Homerboy]

from reading reviews and such it technically takes up 2 slots but you can squeeze a PCI card under it. They placed the extra back plate on it so that people wouldnt squeeze it in there and block airflow.

Ill take the little extra noise from a vid card so that it performs better when its summer time and the AC isnt on etc. I do mind noise, but I just keep my other parts nice and quiet as possible.

Cant wait to get mine now...

 

[CyberZenn]

Got one from newegg. $175 shipped and comes with a free tshirt (and hopefully CoD!!!). Not too shabby.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: CyberZenn
Got one from newegg. $175 shipped and comes with a free tshirt (and hopefully CoD!!!). Not too shabby.

let us know if u get CoD!!

 

[Jawadali]

Would you guys take this BFG FX5900 for $175 or a Radeon 9800 Pro for $220 (Retail box, used)?

 

[Budarow]

Originally posted by: Jawadali
Would you guys take this BFG FX5900 for $175 or a Radeon 9800 Pro for $220 (Retail box, used)?

Depends on if you need VIVO...I don't think any 9800's (except AIW) come with VIVO. Unless the 9800's come with VIVO and don't list the feature as is the case with this BFG 5900 NU.

 

[HFC]

To WebDude:

When did they ship yours when you ordered on Monday? Please update when you receive it. I ordered one last night and still not shipped yet or at least so the web site says.

 

[WebDude]

Originally posted by: HFC
To WebDude:

When did they ship yours when you ordered on Monday? Please update when you receive it. I ordered one last night and still not shipped yet or at least so the web site says.

They shipped it on Tuesday, which is pretty good. Their only slip-up was not notifying me by email that it had shipped, or updating the status of my order to "shipped' on their web site. Otherwise I've got no complaints.

 

[bpt8056]

Does the BFG card come with 2.2ns memory from a retail package that has the COD picture on it? I know EVGA uses 2.8ns in the COD bundle which makes me wonder if BFG followed the same strategy. LMK. Thanks.

 

[Homerboy]

I hopefully should get mine on Saturday....
Ill post a full newegg.com review here once I do get it.

 

[HFC]

[/quote]They shipped it on Tuesday, which is pretty good. Their only slip-up was not notifying me by email that it had shipped, or updating the status of my order to "shipped' on their web site. Otherwise I've got no complaints.[/quote]

Great. Just got email shipping notification on mine. Kinda got spoiled with instantenous updates.

 

[princejoe]

which of these cards is a better card? which one is better for overclocking?



http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-130-179&depa=1

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-143-008&depa=1

Thanks

 

[WebDude]

Got my card in. Has the VIVO dongle, and DVI to VGA converter plug. I'm running now with 2 monitors. Seems like a very nice card. I'll have to benchmark it to see how it does. Can't hear the fans -- very quiet.

Funny no one mention the cool blue lights that come off the cooling fans. Don't know how I lived without that before!

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: princejoe
which of these cards is a better card? which one is better for overclocking?



http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-130-179&depa=1

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-143-008&depa=1

Thanks

Well in my opinion, the BFG is cheaper and runs faster than the EVGA 5900SE out of the gate. Accordoing to reviews and other threads Ive read, the BFG can OC pretty decently (too lazy to dig up threads... do search).

The BFG5900nu at $175 from newegg.com is a damn good deal, if not the best deal out there on a 5900x IMHO.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: WebDude
Got my card in. Has the VIVO dongle, and DVI to VGA converter plug. I'm running now with 2 monitors. Seems like a very nice card. I'll have to benchmark it to see how it does. Can't hear the fans -- very quiet.

Funny no one mention the cool blue lights that come off the cooling fans. Don't know how I lived without that before!

This is the BFG from newegg? (this thread has been bouncing up and back it seems)
If so...
2.2ns memory?
CoD disk?
Noise?

 

[CrazyGamer]

I emailed Newegg customer service and they confirmed it does come with the Call of Duty disc in the box. From all the review sites the noise is not bad at all on the BFG card, and they come with the 2.2ns memory and are good overclockers to ultra speeds. Don't forget to add your customer appreciation gift if ordering from Newegg. Can't beat Newegg's customer service, an easy overclockable card to ultra speeds, a free gift and Call of Duty hehe I just had to order =)

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: CrazyGamer
I emailed Newegg customer service and they confirmed it does come with the Call of Duty disc in the box. From all the review sites the noise is not bad at all on the BFG card, and they come with the 2.2ns memory and are good overclockers to ultra speeds. Don't forget to add your customer appreciation gift if ordering from Newegg. Can't beat Newegg's customer service, an easy overclockable card to ultra speeds, a free gift and Call of Duty hehe I just had to order =)

Oh yeah! I keep forgetting to add that... 1 XL newegg.com t-shirt for free too!
Sweet detective work CrazyGamer... Ive played CoD all the way through already 3 times, but want to play online and you *ahem* need a unique key to do so.

Jonesin' for my BFG now.

FYI I did start a new thread for the newegg.com offer:
HERE

 

[PeterPan2002]

I'm in. let see if we can get the 2.2ns and CoD.

 

[Jawadali]

Originally posted by: Budarow

Originally posted by: Jawadali
Would you guys take this BFG FX5900 for $175 or a Radeon 9800 Pro for $220 (Retail box, used)?

Depends on if you need VIVO...I don't think any 9800's (except AIW) come with VIVO. Unless the 9800's come with VIVO and don't list the feature as is the case with this BFG 5900 NU.

I'm considering the VIVO as an extra. I don't need it at the moment.

 

[WebDude]

Dang shoulda waited and ordered from NewEgg. I would love to have the CoD. Oh well (sigh). When I ordered from GameVE I did check NewEgg, and at the time (Monday) they didn't even list the card. Who can I beat up to get the CoD cd? (And how do I check for 2.2ns mem without removing the heat sink?)