PNY 6800 $159 SHIPPED! No rebate! From newegg!

[blckgrffn]

lol, if you check out the video forums, you are almost the only one who thinks that...

 

[kcporsche959]

very nice find.

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: mscdex0
imho 6600gt agp > 6800nu agp

Uhh.. I don't think so

 

[shoRunner]

Originally posted by: mscdex0
imho 6600gt agp > 6800nu agp

in what world? ever look at a benchmark.

 

[amorak]

AAaargg! I was hoping to pick one of these up!!

Any idea on when they will be back in stock?

 

[konakona]

Originally posted by: amorak
AAaargg! I was hoping to pick one of these up!!

Any idea on when they will be back in stock?

hmmm it appears to be in stock at the moment.

 

[Zipp]

Showing back in stock right now

 

[imported_blip]

looks out of stock to me. Maybe refresh...
you can always sign up for autonotify

 

[willow21]

It was in stock again for 2 or 3 minutes and then quickly disappeared. By the time I went through checkout it was out of stock again.

 

[amorak]

NOOOOO! I missed it again!

 

[amorak]

Does newegg usually update quantities over the weekend?

 

[digiku]

Gosh, this is a really great deal. This would eat my 9600pro to death. Will go good along with the new mobo and ram I just ordered. Why must you always tempt me newegg! Get back in stock already

 

[Denorek]

Ordered mine this morning..... Thx OP...

Hopefully it does come though...

 

[OS]

lol, crap, I was reading through the replies, going, OOS, back in stock!!!, OOS again. Dammit.

 

[amorak]

Does newegg usually update quantities over the weekend?

 

[digiku]

I believe they do. Too bad their offices aren't open during the weekend. I am ready to hurry up and buy!

 

[Mail5398]

The 6600gt does beat the 6800 in quite a few benchmarks that I can tell. Tom's summer shootout has them both listed with the 6800 having 256 MB of ram and it gets beats routinely in frame rate benchmarks.

 

[qbackin]

Originally posted by: Mail5398
The 6600gt does beat the 6800 in quite a few benchmarks that I can tell. Tom's summer shootout has them both listed with the 6800 having 256 MB of ram and it gets beats routinely in frame rate benchmarks.

I have had the 6800 and 2 6600GT and I can tell you the 6800 was better.

 

[k1114]

I hesitated on this AGAIN! Definately have the auto-nofity enabled, pulling the trigger ASAP next time

 

[dirtrat]

I'd NEVER buy a 6600GT over a 6800. You can always softmod the pipes and vertex shaders. Your fooling yourself if you think the 6600GT is better. I have 2 PNY 6800's and both both fully softmoded with no problems and both cards come with 3 year warranty. Very good deal.

Originally posted by: Mail5398
The 6600gt does beat the 6800 in quite a few benchmarks that I can tell. Tom's summer shootout has them both listed with the 6800 having 256 MB of ram and it gets beats routinely in frame rate benchmarks.

 

[konakona]

Originally posted by: dirtrat
I'd NEVER buy a 6600GT over a 6800. You can always softmod the pipes and vertex shaders. Your fooling yourself if you think the 6600GT is better. I have 2 PNY 6800's and both both fully softmoded with no problems and both cards come with 3 year warranty. Very good deal.

Originally posted by: Mail5398
The 6600gt does beat the 6800 in quite a few benchmarks that I can tell. Tom's summer shootout has them both listed with the 6800 having 256 MB of ram and it gets beats routinely in frame rate benchmarks.

earlier towards the end of last year, i got in on that BB HL2+BFG 6800NU deal. the first card softmodded fine and ran like a champ for 2 days before crapping out. when i took the card back, they only had those with capacitors with different color bands on them. unfortunately, unlocking the pipelines resulted in artifacts in 3dmark. if memory serves me right, any card built at around that point and after cannot be softmodded without artifacts in 32bit. correct me if i am wrong

 

[blckgrffn]

I just bought an XFX a couple weeks ago, new (low price, otherwise it would be a no go) and it unlocked and oc'ed like a champ, so I have high hopes for these PNY's....

 

[Culvin]

Well I'm scheduled to get mine Wed, so I'll report back with how well it unlocks.

I'm more concerned about noise. I have a fairly quiet system and hope to keep it that way. I was originally going to get a Leadtek when they got back in stock since they're supposed to have quieter fans, but saving $30+ was too tempting. If the PNY is too noisy, I guess I can just spend the $30 on an aftermarket cooler.

 

[GrayWolf8]

What drivers are you all going to use with the PNY 6800NU --- I was one of the lucky ones that got in before they sold out.
Thanks

 

[BlackPear1]

Originally posted by: Culvin
Well I'm scheduled to get mine Wed, so I'll report back with how well it unlocks.

I'm more concerned about noise. I have a fairly quiet system and hope to keep it that way. I was originally going to get a Leadtek when they got back in stock since they're supposed to have quieter fans, but saving $30+ was too tempting. If the PNY is too noisy, I guess I can just spend the $30 on an aftermarket cooler.

My PNY 6800 isn't bad, but it's not as quiet as my X800 pro. This card uses the nVidia stock cooler which is reasonably quiet when it drops down to low speed after the driver loads, but there is still some of that high frequency fan noise. Try it out and, as yoiu say, you can get the better cooler if you don't like the noise. Those coolers perform better too, of course.