FYI - Status of "On Order" PCI-E BFG 6800GT's @ Chumbo.com

[Robor]

I picked one up a few days ago. They aren't in stock but they're retail. Anyway, I got an Email from a Chumbo rep saying they expect them in 2-3 weeks.

 

[FearoftheNight]

u should the extra $10 chumbo coupon for bfg hardware

 

[Robor]

Didn't know about the coupon. Thanks though!

PS - My card ordered on 12/24 shipped today. Unfortunately they didn't do the overnight like I requested so my ETA is 1/10 (Monday). Oh well, I'm still looking forward to building the beast.

 

[Kovie]

Yay, happy happy happy, mine shipped too. Overnight too so I get to play during the weekend.

Funny, I called yesterday and they said two weeks. Now I can stop using this GF4 MX440.

 

[imported_jfgeiger]

Depending on when you ordered, it may have shipped.

I ordered 4 days ago, and I'm still on the waitlist.

They got 90 cards in, and there are still 100+ people waiting after that.

Still listed as 2-3 weeks.

(By when I hope DFI has their NF4 SLI board out)

 

[darkswordsman17]

Good news for some people.

I figured Chumbo was being kinda conservative on their estimates of when they'll get more stock, so as to play it safe. I take all dates given with a grain of salt after last year's fiasco over cards (Gateway and Dell X800XT's anyone?).

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
Good news for some people.

I figured Chumbo was being kinda conservative on their estimates of when they'll get more stock, so as to play it safe. I take all dates given with a grain of salt after last year's fiasco over cards (Gateway and Dell X800XT's anyone?).

Ha!!!!! Don't remind me of Gateway and their X800XT's! They gave me the runaround for 6 weeks before I cancelled my order. Did anyone ever get any of them in?

The funny thing is I started looking around for PCI-E 6800GT's in case Chumbo didn't come through in the next week or two. There's *nothing* out there. Even those listed in stock on Pricegrabber were actually out of stock if you went to their site to order them. Oh, and they were *way* over retail.

Chumbo = sweet! (well, except for the little not doing my overnight shipping thing)

 

[Zebo]

go ahead rub it in you lucky batagr

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: Zebo
go ahead rub it in you lucky batagr

I'm not sure if I'm lucky, stupid, or both. I mean, since I'm moving to a PCI-E based MB I'm going to be selling my perfectly good (but used) AGP version BFG 6800GT that I paid $399 + tax for only a few months ago. Needless to say I'll be taking a considerable loss on it with no real performance gain by moving to PCI-E other than being able to go SLI at some point in the future.

Does anyone want to buy a slightly used BFG 6800GT?

 

[theLION]

I emailed Chumbo about the availability of this card and they told me:

"The ETA for the PCI-E card is 2-3 weeks"

I'm so sad. Gotta wait forever for this card.

 

[Robor]

Mine just arrived. My first order from Chumbo. In case anyone is wondering here's the contents...

1. Video card (yeah, duh!)
2. CDROM with drivers, manual, and Nvidia proggies
3. CDROM with *DEMOS* of Painkiller, Silent Storm, and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
4. 2 DVI -> VGA adapters (this card is dual DVI out)
5. "Y" cable power adapter. Hard to describe - it's not a standard 4-pin -> 2 4-pin adapter. Haven't seen one of these myself yet.
6. Invite card to http://www.bfggaming.com (nothing special really)

That's it. No frills but at least it's a quality card at retail price with cheap shipping. Well, I'm off to get my new rig up...