Pretty Hot: Geforce3 Ti200 $135 Shipped from Dell (No MIR or PM required)

[skrill]

Well, I don't need a vid card -- unless its a Ti4600 -- but I figured I would pass this along.

Dell has 20% off System Upgrades, and free ground shipping on a $99.

They also have the Geforce3 Ti200 for sale at $169. Link

It does not indicate what brand it is -- and also, the picture is of a Radeon 8500. But it does say its in stock.

When you add it to your cart 20% (or $33.80) is deducted -- bringing your total to $135.20 shipped (plus tax in TX and NC I think).

Got through Ebates as save an extra 2%.

I hope this wasn't posted before -- as I don't have my flame retardant suit handy.

<editorial> It's really sad when you have to fear posting a hot deal because of all the knucklehead flamers and idiots whose sole role in life is to write "repost" in every thread. </editorial>

Enjoy.

 

[Coraanu]

Nice find, but you might want to edit your post so it says GeForce3 instead of 2. =]

 

[Toku]

Plus tax in Florida too. $144.66 shipped to me, not that I'm planning to get one, but my roommate might have at $135.

Curse you, Dell, for charging me tax just because you have a distribution center 6 hours south of me!

 

[GiGoLo]

<< Curse you, Dell, for charging me tax just because you have a distribution center 6 hours south of me! >>



don't feel too bad.... i get taxed for dell, gateway, staples, fry's, everything cuz i live in texas :|

 

[VTBigBear]

good deal...

must wait for Geforce4....

must wait

 

[Queasy]

"good deal...

must wait for Geforce4....

must wait "

I'm in the same boat. I ordered a G4 TI4400 from that Gateway deal and am on the backordered list. Very hard to wait especially when you don't know when your order will be shipped.

 

[onelove]

looks like dell changed the discount to 10% instead of 20%... :+(

 

[soundforbjt]

No you can get the 20% off thru small business instead of home & home office.

 

[FSUpaintball]

Not bad. It doesn't have any heatsinks on it, so don't even think about overclocking this card until you mod it. For $135, it's a really good value if you're looking for a fairly powerful video card. All but the most hardcore PC gamers will be thrilled with this card.

 

[polypterus]

I added it in Small Business and it didn't give me any discount at all, in Home it only gave me 10%.

dc

 

[Hachuu]

Dell site is being really random. Sometimes I'll get 20% other, 10%. So I guess you guys should just keep trying. Closing browser and reopening. I dunno.

 

[paulee]

under small biz it's at 15% off for me right now ($143)

 

[kormaster]

how much better is this compared to a gf2 32meg (creative annailator 2) I am lost in this vid card business... the Ti's and the GF4 MX's..

can someone clarify this matter and should i jump on this deal?

 

[FSUpaintball]

Yeah. You'll get a big performance boost over your Creative GF2.

Here's the skinny on GF video cards:

"MX" series cards are the bargain cards. They are weaker, and cheaper.

"TI" means it's a good card. The only difference I've noted is this: The GeForce 3 TI200 is the weakest GeForce 3, but it's still very powerful, and it's considered the best deal right now.

Something else important: These new GeForce 4s are coming out, and there's something important you need to know. The GF4 MX series are really just a bunch of GF2s. They're overpriced. However, the GeForce 4 TI series is very impressive.


Here's a list, strongest to weakest ESTIMATIONS (some of these are not released yet):

1. GeForce 4 TI4600
2. GeForce 4 TI4400
3. GeForce 4 TI4200
4. GeForce 3 TI500
5. GeForce 3
6. GeForce 3 TI200
7. GeForce 4 MX460
8. GeForce 2 Ultra
9. GeForce 2 Pro 64MB
10. GeForce 4 MX 440
11. GeForce 2 GTS
12. GeForce 2 DDR
13. GeForce 4 MX420
14. GeForce 2 MX400
15. GeForce 256
16. GeForce 2 MX200


Once again, these are ESTIMATIONS for most real-world gaming performance. There are many, many variables that factor into how good a card is overall. I'm pretty knowledgeable about this stuff though, so you can pretty much use this as a seat-of-your-pants sort of guide.

Right now the best deal is the GeForce 3 TI200. Monstrous performance, great overclockability, low price.

Soon, the GeForce 4 TI4200 will come out, and I'm predicting it to be the best buy on the market. It'll probably retail for $199, and it will have most of the performance of its big brothers.