Gts 250, $121-$80 = $41, (SLI = $82), after rebate, free shipping

[riledo]

Rebate good for 11/26 to 11/30/2009

Galaxy GTS 250 512 MB card for $120.99 at http://www.buy.com/prod/galaxy-gefor...210903822.html or obtain from your favorite source. (I found cheaper, but not free shipping).

Then go to http://galaxytech.4myrebate.com/customer/default.aspx, search for the rebate (numbers below, or) by entering a "*" in the offer code and then click "GO" and you will see all rebates, look at the bottom of the list and also near the half-way point.

Or just search for: U.S. SIC-5641 or Canada SIC-5642
For the model number: 25SFF6HMUEXX (this is the buy.com one)

Or U.S. SIC-5627 or Canada SIC-5628
For the model number: 25SFF6HX1RUI

The rebate allows you to get TWO for $160.00 back, or for the 5-7 day processing time ($10.00 cost), you get a quick $150.00 back.

$82 is not bad for two of these. Card review: http://alienbabeltech.com/main/?p=7674&page=1

I have not used a Galaxy card before, but I am giving it a try.

EDIT: Just got my 5% bing notice: $12.10

 

[cubeless]

monster first post... be great if they actually pay...

 

[Kromis]

monster first post... be great if they actually pay...

IF they pay?

 

[Replay]

Wow, nice, but I'm staying away from big rebates.

Edit: looking around I see it was $23.50 after bing and after rebate in the wee hours at Newegg. Sheesh, you snooze you lose.

 

[cubeless]

always gotta be scared when there's that big a rebate... more submissions may end up in the shredder by mistake...

but i've had pretty good luck with 4myrebate so far...

 

[riledo]

I read a similar thread on this card and rebates here: http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/926862/?start=0 and no one seemed to have issues with the rebate.

But with two, $160 is a gamble.

Also, this was interesting to read, GTS 250 SLI beats a GTX 285?
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/gf-gts250-sli.html

 

[jlee]

Wow, this would be a great upgrade for my brother's 7900gt, but I don't know if it's worthwhile with his 3600+...

 

[cubeless]

Wow, nice, but I'm staying away from big rebates.

Edit: looking around I see it was $23.50 after bing and after rebate in the wee hours at Newegg. Sheesh, you snooze you lose.

i cant' find a link to newegg from bing anymore... what's up with that?

 

[cubeless]

and something's weird about this card... it's got 2 6 pin power inputs, when a 250 should have one...

 

[Engineer]

i cant' find a link to newegg from bing anymore... what's up with that?

They ran out of Bing funds earlier today. Posted on the Newegg twitter that it would be down for awhile. Maybe until Cyber Monday, lol! :biggrin:

 

[qliveur]

It must be a rebadged 9800GTX+.

 

[gorcorps]

IF they pay?

Haven't done many rebates? There's always a risk that they'll never go through.

 

[jjmIII]

Is one worth it over an old 9600gt ??

 

[edplayer]

Is one worth it over an old 9600gt ??

that is what I was thinking as I have an eVGA SSC version. Decided against it. Great price but not a giant leap over my card (on average, though definitely better all around minus power use). I'll hold out for a sub $200 5850 or Nvidia' equivalent in 4~6 months

 

[qliveur]

You're kidding, right? For $41AR-whatever you get from selling your 9600GT on Fleabay you get double the SPs. For just one card I'd say that it's worth it. You'd definitely see a performance improvement.

I have 2x9600GSO 768MBs and I'm actually thinking of doing it.

 

[Schmide]

and something's weird about this card... it's got 2 6 pin power inputs, when a 250 should have one...

I noticed.

This card makes use of two 6-pin power connectors. Although the GTS 250 was supposed to have just one 6-pin power connector according to Nvidia’s reference design, Galaxy decided to go with two to aid overclocking. However, the card also runs fine if you plug the power cable from the Power Supply Unit (PSU) into just one connector.

For $30 a card. I hate you guys. I'm in.

 

[qliveur]

Where are you getting $30 a card?! I'm so in if they can be had for that.

Wait a minute: I see it now. That's after Bing cashback. The Bing link is saying 5-10%. I wonder if there's a way to guarantee 10%.

 

[jjmIII]

This sale season is KILLING me!! I'm in!!

EDIT: I like the $7 option to get your rebate in a week!

 

[jlin101]

the price has gone down $4 each card when you order from Buy.com marketplace (AntOnline).

 

[bryanW1995]

please post back when/if you guys get your rebates. If those rebates pay out this will go down in the pantheon of all time best video card deals.

 

[Jawadali]

I am thinking about this myself.

Did you guys go via the regular checkout, or use the "check out via Amazon"?

With rebates this large, its important to be careful, since the slightest deviation will lead to a rejection.

 

[jjmIII]

Regular checkout for me.
Again, there is an option for a $73 rebate sent in a week! I thought it was worth $7 to shave 9-11 weeks off the rebate time.

 

[FuzzyWuzzyDan]

Add this to the things i don't really need but bought anyways.....

Now to do the electric tape mod to my Q6600 and have some more fun with games...

I just hope my power supply is up to it all now

 

[Tullphan]

This is so darn tempting.
Don't really need it & even still, i'd have to get a new PSU.
*sigh*

 

[qliveur]

the price has gone down $4 each card when you order from Buy.com marketplace (AntOnline).

Yes, but would Bing CB still work and, more importantly, would you still get the rebate?

I'm still on the fence about this. I'd be getting 2 of them, and that's a hella big rebate...