Refurb video cards at Newegg w/ free shipping

[fxsts]

Originally posted by: DahDee

Originally posted by: larsrulz
btw fxsts....your request to have these deals not posted is completely bogus. There are still some sub $100 cards that I'm looking for, and I wouldn't have noticed otherwise, so thank you very much Buckett!

fxsts explicitly apologized in this thread four days ago and has since provided helpful info to several other posters. Let it go.

I got my Albatron Ti4800SE less than 48 hours after placing the order, and although the description said OEM it came in the retail box with all cables/adapters/dongles and the manual (but no software). Didn't overclock as much as I'd hoped (305/640 in my system, as opposed to as high as 346/721 in reviews I'd seen), but I suspect that my system is producing a lot of heat that is being bottled up by the enclosed locaton of the case and may be limiting performance -- can heat be that kind of limiting factor? If so, I may explore supplemental cooling options.

Thanks DahDee for your words.


Regarding your Albatron Ti4800SE, it might have been returned by the original owner because of the reason (very likely). You might want to check if it overclocks better with the case open before spending money on cooling. If it doesn't get any better in the open case, any additional cooling won't give much or any improvement. The same thing applies to power supply. You might want to run your system with minimum components first and see if it improves before spending a lot of money on high quality power supply.

Many manufacturers send their best crop for reviews, so what you read on them may not always be what you get in the store.

 

[axskkyline]

i did get my hands on the Radeon 9800 np

 

[axskkyline]

one of my friend need a video card badly, but dont' use it for gaming, so i thought it shoudl be enuff. Just hope that the card will work good and not DOA

 

[Buckett]

Got my 9600 pro today. Working great so far. Stepped up from Chaintech TI-4800SE (good card). 3DMark03 doesn't look like comic strip anymore.

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: axskkyline
one of my friend need a video card badly, but dont' use it for gaming, so i thought it shoudl be enuff. Just hope that the card will work good and not DOA

You friend needed a video card that will not be used for gaming and you got him a Radeon 9800? Wow, that's a waste of a good video card and a lot of $$$.

 

[ChalPhut]

I have a RADEON 9000 64MB VIVO on the way. Where should I use the drivers from? ATI or SapphireTech?

Thanks