Rosewill 9800 Pro at Newegg $129 with free shipping

[Budarow]

Best price I've seen to-date

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814164025

 

[AnyMal]

wow, that's a sweet price.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

It's so nice to see the formerly glacial video card prices finally dropping.

 

[fatcat1785]

Wow very nice price.

 

[newbiepcuser]

Somebody commented in the NewEgg reviews its the 350 and not the 360 core, if you're not overclocking does it make that much of difference btw the two cores?

 

[thatguyant]

Originally posted by: newbiepcuser
Somebody commented in the NewEgg reviews its the 350 and not the 360 core, if you're not overclocking does it make that much of difference btw the two cores?

I know that with the 360 core you can softmod it to an XT if you change out the fan so it might be worth the extra 20 bucks or so if you wanted to an XT.

 

[CptObvious]

In the pictures, the outside of the box says "ASIC: R360" though.

 

[l3ored]

my god thats getting cheap. i bought my sapphire for 300 a while back.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Nice!

 

[JoeFoster]

Is $30 more for the 6600GT 128mb Chaintech worth it?

 

[WT]

Is $30 more for the 6600GT 128mb Chaintech worth it?

Depends on the rest of your rig. If you have over a 2.0ghz cpu and 512 RAM, then the 6600GT has more 'breathing room' then the 9800. It also depends on the games you play,as CS isnt going to push your system like UT2k4 will. So if you want to play new games six months away from release, the 6600GT is a safer bet simply because of its hardware muscle compared to the 9800 Pro.

DoH: I could have just read your system specs... hmmm, your 1700+ is borderline,as even the 9800 would probably be waiting for the cpu to catch up.

 

[Xyl3ne]

Anyone know if Rosewill cards are reliable?

 

[ponyo]

About time 9800 Pro prices dropped. This should put nice pressure on used 9600/9700/9800 prices in the FS/FT forum. Sweet!

 

[esquared]

Originally posted by: WT

Is $30 more for the 6600GT 128mb Chaintech worth it?

Depends on the rest of your rig. If you have over a 2.0ghz cpu and 512 RAM, then the 6600GT has more 'breathing room' then the 9800. It also depends on the games you play,as CS isnt going to push your system like UT2k4 will. So if you want to play new games six months away from release, the 6600GT is a safer bet simply because of its hardware muscle compared to the 9800 Pro.

DoH: I could have just read your system specs... hmmm, your 1700+ is borderline,as even the 9800 would probably be waiting for the cpu to catch up.

His system is OC'd. 1.47 GHz to 2.04 GHz. It's the same as one of my stock XP 2400+'s.

 

[newbiepcuser]

Originally posted by: Naustica
About time 9800 Pro prices dropped. This should put nice pressure on used 9600/9700/9800 prices in the FS/FT forum. Sweet!

nope, maybe after 50 bumps of their threads then they might get the hint. But its the seller's right to sell it what they feel its worth to them.

 

[Greg04]

Originally posted by: newbiepcuser

Originally posted by: Naustica
About time 9800 Pro prices dropped. This should put nice pressure on used 9600/9700/9800 prices in the FS/FT forum. Sweet!

nope, maybe after 50 bumps of their threads then they might get the hint. But its the seller's right to sell it what they feel its worth to them.

Ditto - these guys have the optimism like I have never seen... $300 for 19" CRT monitor seems about right for this place... . I do love those threads with nothing but self-bumps for 2 months...almost like art....

 

[KristopherKubicki]

Price seems to have gone up a little bit. Some pretty good deals on the sapphire cards though ($146 shipped @ monarch):

http://labs.anandtech.com/search.php?q=9800+pro

Kristopher

 

[Mucker]

BEWARE, Rosewill warranties are crap. One year only. I bought an x800xl only to find that out later. My mistake obviously, just wanted to make people aware. BTW, I have no problems with the card, it's running great...

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[CptObvious]

Price on the Rosewill 9800 Pro is back up to regular price, but you can get the Sapphire version for $129 + $4 ship here:

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102477

Refurbed version for $103.20 + $1 ship, if you want to take the chance:

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102362R

 

[onelove]

Originally posted by: WT

Is $30 more for the 6600GT 128mb Chaintech worth it?

Depends on the rest of your rig. If you have over a 2.0ghz cpu and 512 RAM, then the 6600GT has more 'breathing room' then the 9800. It also depends on the games you play,as CS isnt going to push your system like UT2k4 will. So if you want to play new games six months away from release, the 6600GT is a safer bet simply because of its hardware muscle compared to the 9800 Pro.

DoH: I could have just read your system specs... hmmm, your 1700+ is borderline,as even the 9800 would probably be waiting for the cpu to catch up.

re 6600GT:
also, surf around a bit - last build I did I used a 6600GT & card was flakey (reboots) & the drivers were not displaying correctly (finally found one that would work). Some people thought it was because the part was meant for PCI-e. Anyway, just take a look first at this to make sure people are getting good results with these AGP 6600 cards now.

Also, bump for 9800 Pro which is still a great card at this price.