Newegg MEGA Video Card Sale

[F1N3ST]

Naise job ^_^.

 

[Wag]

That's pretty cool. I can pick up a card and use the GPU as a dedicated PhysX card with my GTX 295.

 

[F1N3ST]

Originally posted by: Wag
That's pretty cool. I can pick up the 9600GSO and use the GPU as a dedicated PhysX card with my GTX 295.

Uhh, i read about this, this 9600GSO would make your system perform worse, 2 high power GPU's can spare the clock cycles, and anyways, like 10% of games use PhysX

 

[funboy6942]

WOW some insane prices!

 

[Wag]

Originally posted by: F1N3ST

Originally posted by: Wag
That's pretty cool. I can pick up the 9600GSO and use the GPU as a dedicated PhysX card with my GTX 295.

Uhh, i read about this, this 9600GSO would make your system perform worse, 2 high power GPU's can spare the clock cycles, and anyways, like 10% of games use PhysX

Yeah, I just read a little. I think a standard 9600GT or 9800GT would be better. I do play a few games that use PhysX regularly though.

 

[astrosfan315]

the GTS250 is actually only 109.99 after all the rebates and stuff. It's listed as $129.99 then $10 rebate, $10 promo code + free ship.

 

[Wag]

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Ironically, there was a whole bunch of PhysX related announcements today from Nvidia

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I wish there were AGP cards so I can replace my ancient 9600

 

[F1N3ST]

At some point its cheaper buying a new mobo + cpu and selling the old stuff than buying an overpriced underpowered card.

 

[ALBundyHere]

I'd jump, but I know better to wait for DX11/Shader 5.0 cards coming out for Windows 7 in 2 months...or less.

 

[jlee]

My 4870 just poofed on me...and the 4850s are so cheap, I'm tempted to get one for the interim between RMA'ing..

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: tenshodo13
I wish there were AGP cards so I can replace my ancient 9600

You mean Radeon 9600, not GeForce 9600, right?

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: F1N3ST
At some point its cheaper buying a new mobo + cpu and selling the old stuff than buying an overpriced underpowered card.

Not always cheaper, but a better use of your money for sure. Best AGP card available is the Radeon 3850. Decent, but the AGP version is ~$120 for a card that's normally $40 in PCIe form. And that extra $80 is just about enough to buy a new motherboard and CPU, if you cheap out. Even if you do go cheap you'll probably still have something better than your current AGP mobo + CPU.

A better deal for AGP to replace a Radeon 9600 would be something like a Radeon HD2600 Pro for around $60-$70. Expensive for what it is, but technically cheaper than upgrading your whole system (mobo + CPU + video).

 

[naich]

This is going to sound like a totally newb question, but here it goes. I recently built a new computer with AMD Phenom x4 920, 4gb of 1066 ram, etc. I carried over the nvidia 6600gt 128mb video card from my old system temporarilly. I've been having some issues with it freezing up the computer when I play WOW with dual monitors.

My question is this.... is the sapphire 4850 radeon with 512mb fine for playing wow with a dual monitor setup, or should I go with the 1gb version?

 

[bucfanmike]

Originally posted by: naich
This is going to sound like a totally newb question, but here it goes. I recently built a new computer with AMD Phenom x4 920, 4gb of 1066 ram, etc. I carried over the nvidia 6600gt 128mb video card from my old system temporarilly. I've been having some issues with it freezing up the computer when I play WOW with dual monitors.

My question is this.... is the sapphire 4850 radeon with 512mb fine for playing wow with a dual monitor setup, or should I go with the 1gb version?

The 1gb sapphire is on this list.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16814102824&

use the code for another 10 off.. might as well go 1gb

 

[naich]

That is for the 512mb card..... right? It looks like the 1gb version is 149 at newegg.

 

[bucfanmike]

Originally posted by: naich
That is for the 512mb card..... right? It looks like the 1gb version is 149 at newegg.

disregard my last, i musta been drinking, that is the 512

 

[F1N3ST]

Deals wont last long, hurry!