Radeon 9800np 249$ + free shipping BACK at BB

[DRS]

WTF is wrong with people like this?

Do you have no sense of right or wrong? You cost BB the resources involved with 3 returns and you cannot even manage to keep one of them?

Originally posted by: ToyMan
I had no problems returning the Radeon 9800NP with Infineon memory to Best Buy. I ordered on the web and returned saying that I was getting checkerboarding artifacts whenever I played a game too long (just in case they decide to test it). My original order from BestBuy.com was eligible for the $25 gift cert, but the exchange messed that up (they entered the exchange as a return and then a new order).

Anyway, I tried 3 times and was 0-3. Infineon every darn time. 2 cards from different stores on Long Island and then 1 card from New Jersey. I ended up giving up and ordering Sapphire OEM Radeon 9800 PRO at New Egg for $306. With the darn 8.5% NY sales tax, this ended up only about $30 more. No fancy box, but it came with CD, DVI adapter and some other cables.

 

[Johnbear007]

Motherboard: Soltek NV400-L64 Nforce-2
Athlon XP 2500+ @ 3200+
512 MB Crucial PC2700
Radeon 9800 Pro
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Case/PSU:Antec 1080 AMG 430w Truepower


3Dmark 2003: 5465
3Dmark 2001: 15829

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: DRS
WTF is wrong with people like this?

Do you have no sense of right or wrong? You cost BB the resources involved with 3 returns and you cannot even manage to keep one of them?

Originally posted by: ToyMan
I had no problems returning the Radeon 9800NP with Infineon memory to Best Buy. I ordered on the web and returned saying that I was getting checkerboarding artifacts whenever I played a game too long (just in case they decide to test it). My original order from BestBuy.com was eligible for the $25 gift cert, but the exchange messed that up (they entered the exchange as a return and then a new order).

Anyway, I tried 3 times and was 0-3. Infineon every darn time. 2 cards from different stores on Long Island and then 1 card from New Jersey. I ended up giving up and ordering Sapphire OEM Radeon 9800 PRO at New Egg for $306. With the darn 8.5% NY sales tax, this ended up only about $30 more. No fancy box, but it came with CD, DVI adapter and some other cables.

Why would should he care? This is Best buys return policy, he isnt exploiting them.

 

Originally posted by: Johnbear007
Motherboard: Soltek NV400-L64 Nforce-2
Athlon XP 2500+ @ 3200+
512 MB Crucial PC2700
Radeon 9800 Pro
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Case/PSU:Antec 1080 AMG 430w Truepower


3Dmark 2003: 5465
3Dmark 2001: 15829

Weird, yours should be much better...


As far as returning, i don't feel bad since i will keep atleast one from BB (I may keep this one and just say screw it) and i have bought my last three radeons from there including my 9700 pro i am replacing this with. I asked the chick at the counter, i was honest with her and it wasn't a big deal. So since i wasn't dishonest (first one was already opened anyway) and i will be keeping atleast one, i dont see what the big deal is.

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: Phocas

Originally posted by: Johnbear007
Motherboard: Soltek NV400-L64 Nforce-2
Athlon XP 2500+ @ 3200+
512 MB Crucial PC2700
Radeon 9800 Pro
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Case/PSU:Antec 1080 AMG 430w Truepower


3Dmark 2003: 5465
3Dmark 2001: 15829

Weird, yours should be much better...


As far as returning, i don't feel bad since i will keep atleast one from BB (I may keep this one and just say screw it) and i have bought my last three radeons from there including my 9700 pro i am replacing this with. I asked the chick at the counter, i was honest with her and it wasn't a big deal. So since i wasn't dishonest (first one was already opened anyway) and i will be keeping atleast one, i dont see what the big deal is.

How much better should mine be?

 

I dunno, i just thought with the 3200+ and the pro it would be better. I did a few 3d mark tests with the card i returned and got 5500 everytime 5600 overclocking. This one i havent even overclocked and its 6000.

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: Phocas
I dunno, i just thought with the 3200+ and the pro it would be better. I did a few 3d mark tests with the card i returned and got 5500 everytime 5600 overclocking. This one i havent even overclocked and its 6000.

Hmm thats strange.

is your 2.4c overclocked? The bartons a great value, but it doesnt perform quite as well as the 2.4c

 

nope, it was overclocked but school and work keep me from taking the time to find the right settings.

 

[twinrider1]

Best Buy shows this back up at $299. At a BB B&M in Columbus Ohio today they showed a regular price of $349 with a $50 instant rebate.
Monarch does still show the 9800np at $249.

Mike Wilson

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: twinrider1
Best Buy shows this back up at $299. At a BB B&M in Columbus Ohio today they showed a regular price of $349 with a $50 instant rebate.
Monarch does still show the 9800np at $249.

Mike Wilson

300$ is too much for this card. I got my pro for less than that, albeit through the good graces of BB customer service

 

[VTrider]

Isn't $300.00 for a 9800pro a decent price right now? It's even a little bit more over at Newegg for one.

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: VTrider
Isn't $300.00 for a 9800pro a decent price right now? It's even a little bit more over at Newegg for one.

yeah for a pro its a great price

 

[Elminster]

This card is 249 at circuit city this week, just to let you know

 

Originally posted by: Elminster
This card is 249 at circuit city this week, just to let you know

If only it were easier to find the samsung ram....

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: Phocas

Originally posted by: Elminster
This card is 249 at circuit city this week, just to let you know

If only it were easier to find the samsung ram....

At this point if I hadnt gotten souch a great deal at best buy I would just order the pro for 306$ from newegg

 

I keep looking for comparative benchmarks but how much better is the pro vs the non-pro?

 

[crapito]

Originally posted by: Phocas: I keep looking for comparative benchmarks but how much better is the pro vs the non-pro?

try Firingsquad or (H)ard|OCP for the best reviews, IMHO.

 

Originally posted by: Johnbear007

Originally posted by: Phocas

Originally posted by: Elminster
This card is 249 at circuit city this week, just to let you know

If only it were easier to find the samsung ram....

At this point if I hadnt gotten souch a great deal at best buy I would just order the pro for 306$ from newegg

Thanks for the reviews, those help..

As for the newegg 9800 pro's, what is the differences between the two saphires listed here?

 

[Jeraden]

Originally posted by: Phocas

As for the newegg 9800 pro's, what is the differences between the two saphires listed here?

If you mean the 128MB OEM cards, I wondered the same myself. It sounds like the only difference is the more expensive one comes with a DVI adapter and some s-video cable thing. That doesn't really seem like it should justify the huge price difference though.

 

Thats what i was thinking.......

 

[nigm]

so this deal at bb is a pretty much `hot deal` right? I'm lookin into buying a better gfx card, and was looking for a good deal to come along... Should I wait a week or so, or this is as good as it gets?

any input is helpful

 

[Jeraden]

Originally posted by: nigm
so this deal at bb is a pretty much `hot deal` right? I'm lookin into buying a better gfx card, and was looking for a good deal to come along... Should I wait a week or so, or this is as good as it gets?

any input is helpful

Well, I think its about as good as you'll find for B&M retail. However, personally I'd pay an extra $50 and get the 9800pro online. You can get them for about $300 shipped. The one from newegg is 306 shipped, and a few others on pricewatch are coming in at a little less than that. Once you pay tax on the 250 at Bestbuy, thats probably 265 right there, so its actually only about $40 extra to get it online and get a Pro, especially since its questionable how much you can overclock the BB card.

 

Indeed.

 

[VTrider]

Well I'm at 375 core/ 306 mem and my scores (listed a few threads up) are pretty much in the same ballpark.

Jeraden has a good point there. I need another one for another system, but this time I think I'll go for the Sapphire $306.00 deal over at Newegg.

 

[Medicated858]

The performance difference between the pro and non- pro versions is minor. Both non-overclocked of course