Fry's SoundBlaster Fat1lty $79 AR

[icyxwindz]

Didn't see this on the first 2 pages.

I went to Fry's to visit my friend who works there and he told me the Fat1lty card was on sale for $130 with a $50 MIR. Got one for myself, hope its hot enough for you guys.

 

[Craig234]

Frys.com has it for $100 AMIR.

Link

 

[gorka]

wow...awesome deal.

I'm not building until spring time....but this may be too good to pass up.

 

[tallman45]

Any luck printing the rebate form ?

 

[Aries64]

Originally posted by: tallman45
Any luck printing the rebate form ?

Nope. Had to click on the "Mail the form to me" button. I hate that, but I have always received my rebate forms from Fry's when requested. A word of caution - Fry's ain't the fastest, so make sure you send in the rebate as soon as you get the form from them so you get it in by the rebate deadline!

 

[Woofmeister]

On your advise I bit the bullet even though I could not download the form.

This deal is just blazing hot considering that the new "stripped down" Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series (i.e, without the internal drive bay) is selling for the same price at Circuit City with no rebate available.

Let's see how long it takes Fry's to mail the rebate to me.

 

[Luthien]

I think it is a good deal too. I purchased one and told my sister and she got one too!

 

[RMSistight]

Man...I got this 3 months ago for $120 AR.

 

[Craig234]

It's in-store only, right? There's no link in the OP.

 

[NucEm]

I've been watching for a good deal on this card and this seems pretty good to me so I too bought one. I could not get the rebate to load from the Fry site so I asked them to mail it. The shipped price from Frys was $158.80 for me. For what its worth NewEgg has the card for $152.33 shipped but no rebate.

I brought one of these cards when they first came out and thought I got a good deal at $253. I still like the card but you'll need to download and install the latest drivers. There were lots of bugs in the ones that came with the card originally. First load the complete set of drivers from the CD that comes with the card. Then update the drivers from Creative. I was not able to just install the downloaded driver set without first installing the ones off the CD.

 

[Sphere]

I got in on this early this afternoon as well, thanks icyxwindz for the heads up.

Has anyones order moved from *in process*

Sphere

 

[tallman45]

Originally posted by: NucEm
I've been watching for a good deal on this card and this seems pretty good to me so I too bought one. I could not get the rebate to load from the Fry site so I asked them to mail it. The shipped price from Frys was $158.80 for me. For what its worth NewEgg has the card for $152.33 shipped but no rebate.

I brought one of these cards when they first came out and thought I got a good deal at $253. I still like the card but you'll need to download and install the latest drivers. There were lots of bugs in the ones that came with the card originally. First load the complete set of drivers from the CD that comes with the card. Then update the drivers from Creative. I was not able to just install the downloaded driver set without first installing the ones off the CD.

Neweggs price is now $182.99 but they do have a $50 rebate available

Fatal1ty at Egg

 

[NucEm]

Interesting...the link from Pricewatch still shows $145.99 plus shipping.
Linky

 

[vadp]

Originally posted by: Aries64

Originally posted by: tallman45
Any luck printing the rebate form ?

Nope. Had to click on the "Mail the form to me" button. I hate that, but I have always received my rebate forms from Fry's when requested.

I've never received the requested rebate forms from them.
Not a single one.
I've asked for at least 4 forms within the last year.

 

[Sphere]

Originally posted by: NucEm
Interesting...the link from Pricewatch still shows $145.99 plus shipping.
Linky

The one you linked to is the *Pro* series, while this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102189 is the *FPS*

Confusing, I know, had to look a few times myself to get it right

 

[vadp]

Originally posted by: RMSistight
Man...I got this 3 months ago for $120 AR.

Is it worth $80?

 

[Diogenes2]

Originally posted by: NucEm
Interesting...the link from Pricewatch still shows $145.99 plus shipping.
Linky

That's the " Xtreme Gamer ", not the FPS ..
No I/O dock ...

 

[masonardo]

This one is real tempting but I'll hold off if/until the rebate form is online. Too much potential for headache if I have problems getting the form sent from them...

 

[stag3]

i'll wait until the rebate form is emailed to me, we have 2 days to purchase.

 

[vadp]

Originally posted by: stag3
i'll wait until the rebate form is emailed to me, we have 2 days to purchase.

They don't email the rebate forms.
That's what the request page says:

"To receive a rebate form via postal mail, please fill out the form below."

 

[Craig234]

I just called Fry's and they said the card is $200 before the MIR. No $130 price.

 

[stag3]

doh i read it wrong then lol

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Craig, are you in CA? Maybe regional.

 

[nycdude]

not so hot if the rebate does not come through.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Pretty big rebate on their gamer's card. It makes me think that they are going to release an updated version of it soon.