HOT: Zotac 8800GTS 320MB (G80) for $88 shipped at fxvideocards.com

[brencat]

Originally posted by: JWade

Originally posted by: brencat

Originally posted by: Dazed and Confused
WARNING !!! WARNING !!!

These cards have 0 warranty in the U.S.A. !!!! Zip. Zilch. Nada.

If you buy this card, you are on your own if it dies outside of the e-tailers return period.

Nice catch D&C. It appears you are correct:

"...Such limited manufacturer warranty is valid only for end customers domiciled within the European Union, in Switzerland, Iceland or Norway..."

where did you find the thing about europe? what i found is that with registering the card within 14 days with Zotac, you get 5 years of warranty, however if in China, it is only 3 years. I couldnt find anything about Europe on Zotac's website. It does come with a 30 day warranty from FXvideocards

@ JWade, if you go to the warranty registration page and click on the "Disclaimer" link with the printer icon next to it near the bottom of the page, another window pops up with all of the conditions. That's where I copied the quote from.

 

[Serradifalco]

Man 1 year ago this deal would have been a price mistake. I think it is still hot today though! :beer:

 

[killster1]

if it had ultra cool heatsink id go for a no warranty card but in general go with bfg / xfx lifetime warranty.. but if you only have 88$ then this might be for you.. have seen them go for 100$ recently used so ya good deal and defiantly interesting

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: cubeless

Originally posted by: zettler
Not to be rude but I have seen this deal on three forums this afternoon ALL made by brand new members...

Has any Senior members dealt with this vendor????

hee hee hee... that was my eariler post that i edited away... smells like promo... but a shill's a shill... the reseller rating comments are a little odd, too, if u read through them...

Fixed.

 

[silky]

Thanks, in for 1.

 

[JWade]

ah, ok didnt see the little printer icon by the disclaimer, what a small link

edit: on another note, geeks.com sells Zotac cards alot, not at this price though

 

[cubeless]

Originally posted by: manly

Originally posted by: cubeless

Originally posted by: zettler
Not to be rude but I have seen this deal on three forums this afternoon ALL made by brand new members...

Has any Senior members dealt with this vendor????

hee hee hee... that was my eariler post that i edited away... smells like promo... but a shill's a shill... the reseller rating comments are a little odd, too, if u read through them...

Fixed.

eeek!!! i feel violated... manlyhandled, even... those w-were m-my words you touched u brute...

 

[mazeroth]

How do you guys feel about using this card in an HTPC? The computer has an E1200 (dual core Celeron) that I will overclock to 2.6+ ghz. The computer will be mostly used for watching movies and listening to music but an occasional game here and there will likely happen (720p DLP projector). I was thinking of getting one that could help decode HDTV etc and one that's quiet but for the price this seems like a real deal. The case is a mid tower so I have plenty of room.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

For your needs, all you truly need is a 3470 or maybe a 3650 if you want to game a bit. Nvidia is based around pushing FPS to the limit, while sacrificing image quality.

This is why Sony, Olievia, Phillips, Westinghouse and Samsung all use ATI graphics processors/decoders in their HDTV's.

I'm not biased one towards the other, as i just bought the card in question.

 

[NoStateofMind]

Originally posted by: Scholzpdx
For your needs, all you truly need is a 3470 or maybe a 3650 if you want to game a bit. Nvidia is based around pushing FPS to the limit, while sacrificing image quality.

This is why Sony, Olievia, Phillips, Westinghouse and Samsung all use ATI graphics processors/decoders in their HDTV's.

I'm not biased one towards the other, as i just bought the card in question.

Not necessarily the case with image quality. Nvidia has come a long way in IQ tests and bests ATi now. Case in point.

 

[cubeless]

but i have grief with nvidia cards and my mitsu bigscreen that i don't have with an ati card... i have to run my long in tooth (but still a fighter) xt1800 on my tv pc, because an 8800 doesn't scale correctly...

 

[StumbleBum1]

It's now $108 shipped

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Originally posted by: PC Surgeon

Originally posted by: Scholzpdx
For your needs, all you truly need is a 3470 or maybe a 3650 if you want to game a bit. Nvidia is based around pushing FPS to the limit, while sacrificing image quality.

This is why Sony, Olievia, Phillips, Westinghouse and Samsung all use ATI graphics processors/decoders in their HDTV's.

I'm not biased one towards the other, as i just bought the card in question.

Not necessarily the case with image quality. Nvidia has come a long way in IQ tests and bests ATi now. Case in point.

Case in point? Assasins Creed has a bug with ATI cards, so thats with AF disabled and the 8800 has it enabled. Not an actual comparison at all.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Card is on the way! Woo Hoo!!