FX 5900ultra for sale at Newegg.

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I'm surprised they got some in this early, the only problem is the price :disgust:
I wonder why it's priced $50 over retail, Newegg did the same thing when they first got 5800's in.

This thread shows the typical immaturity that has plagued video card discussions lately. We will be considering banning ATi vs nVidia threads.

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[KoolHonda]

LOL at the cardboard box they show in the pics. For $550 you'd think it'd have decent packaging.

 

[nick1985]

sweet. it does come with ghost recon though. maybe that has something to do with the price.

and to the guy above, he obvously has nothing to complain about except the fvcking packaging. who fvcking cares about the box???

<------ awaits more ati fanboys to knock it

 

[KoolHonda]

If they're not willing to spend a few cents on decent packaging, then what else did they cut corners on

And I do own Nvidia and ATI products

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: nick1985
sweet. it does come with ghost recon though. maybe that has something to do with the price.

and to the guy above, he obvously has nothing to complain about except the fvcking packaging. who fvcking cares about the box???

<------ awaits more ati fanboys to knock it

I would be pissed to if i payed $550 for a card that doesn't even perform that much better than 9800 pro.

I want a god damn golden tin if im paying $550...

No where near a aTi fanboy so you can put that to sleep.

 

[bjc112]

<----- waiting for more fanboys to join...

 

[nick1985]

from what i saw, the 5900 pwned the 9800 pro. the 9700pro is the best deal right now anyway IMO

 

[Mem]

If they're not willing to spend a few cents on decent packaging, then what else did they cut corners on And I do own Nvidia and ATI products

If you want decent packing and good software bundle wait for the MSI version .

 

[KoolHonda]

I didn't wait

 

[BmXStuD]

Originally posted by: KoolHonda
LOL at the cardboard box they show in the pics. For $550 you'd think it'd have decent packaging.

rofl thats sad!

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: nick1985
from what i saw, the 5900 pwned the 9800 pro. the 9700pro is the best deal right now anyway IMO

Owned? I would hope for 550 plus a extra 128 megs it could.

 

[ViRGE]

Anyone else notice how despirate Newegg is to get rid of those paperweights?

 

[SexyK]

It's got full VIVO it looks like, that's probably why its $550 and not $499. Maybe I'm wrong though, is there a non-VIVO version? No le recuerdo.

 

[bmg]

When I first saw it on Newegg's site the price was $489. A couple of minutes later the price had been bumped up to $549.

 

[specktre]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Anyone else notice how despirate Newegg is to get rid of those paperweights?

Idiot

 

[Rankor]

Seems to have VIVO. Considering these cards came from nVidia they couldn't have cut corners (w/exception to the box w/c is pretty sad).

 

[John]

Originally posted by: specktre

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Anyone else notice how despirate Newegg is to get rid of those paperweights?

Idiot

He wasn't referring to the GF FX being the paper weight. Look under ONLY 1 Combo Special Discounted per Order to see a big list of paper weights.

 

[Leon]

ATI fanboys looking to bash Nvidia for overpriced cards, look here

Btw, MSRP for these things are $499, so I would wait a few weeks before the dust settles, unless you want to pay >$50 over retail price.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: bjc112

Originally posted by: nick1985
from what i saw, the 5900 pwned the 9800 pro. the 9700pro is the best deal right now anyway IMO

Owned? I would hope for 550 plus a extra 128 megs it could.

there is a difference between owned and slightly out performed :Q

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Mommy wow! I'm a dual slot solution now!

That is not meant to be an insult or something bad about it, but it came to my mind at the time. Heres another one:

Mommy wow! I've got 256MB now!

Anyway, I hope it creates competition a little more strongly with lowered prices which would cause ATI to have price cuts soon and let me get a 9800 Pro...

 

[Pariah]

Originally posted by: Leon
ATI fanboys looking to bash Nvidia for overpriced cards, look here

Btw, MSRP for these things are $499, so I would wait a few weeks before the dust settles, unless you want to pay >$50 over retail price.

I like the second card:

ATI OEM SAPPHIRE RADEON 9800 PRO 256MB DVI/TV 8X AGP RETAIL

Umm... ok.

 

[BFG10K]

I wouldn't touch any of these cards until the cheating allegations are cleared up. The latest word on the street is that nVidia is using the same shader subsititution in real games as they did in 3DMark.

 

[SexyK]

Originally posted by: Pariah

Originally posted by: Leon
ATI fanboys looking to bash Nvidia for overpriced cards, look here

Btw, MSRP for these things are $499, so I would wait a few weeks before the dust settles, unless you want to pay >$50 over retail price.

I like the second card:

ATI OEM SAPPHIRE RADEON 9800 PRO 256MB DVI/TV 8X AGP RETAIL

Umm... ok.

They probably mean that it's a Sapphire card OEM'd by ATI? I dunno, still confusing.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: Mem

If they're not willing to spend a few cents on decent packaging, then what else did they cut corners on And I do own Nvidia and ATI products

If you want decent packing and good software bundle wait for the MSI version .

Sure, with the CheatFX drivers, it's no wonder.

Edit: For $50-$100 less, I'd take this instead.

Edit 2: Look at that Hothardware link. I wouldn't say that the 9800 is getting pwned. See the Splinter Cell benches?

LOL: It's not a bug people!!! It's the CheatFX driver...

Furthermore, NVIDIA still has a bug in their drivers with respect to the pixel shader effect that is used to render the water in this scene. Take a look at the screen shot above. See the flat areas in the water? Last we checked, when water ripples from wind or current, large areas don't go completely flat calm at random. This anomaly is not present with ATi's cards and the water effects look normal without the dropping shader issues that NVIDIA has. So, again we're not quite sure what NVIDIA's card is doing in this test but we'll provide you the scores as is and you can take them for face value.

 

[squidman]

549 fo a gay video card????!! HEEEEEEEEELLLL NAWWW!!!! That mofo's big!!! Better get a 9700 Pro and overclcok the F***out of it!