Sapphire 9800Pro - $90

[Replay]

-3 in stock.

Read the reviews, looked around. It took me too long to decide to buy myself one.

 

[xSeongminx]

Don't wry, 6800's and 6600gt's are going to drop like flies soon...

 

[magicfame]

did the picture of the card just change? now i see a black pcb with a fan....

edit: a quick search of the model number on google, this is what it looks like http://www.cpumall.com/product_images/AT10030-3.jpg

 

[yekim]

OOS - Damn you east-coasters snatching up my cards before I even wake up!!!

 

[Derektm]

All of a sudden they changed the picture of it.

 

[xSeongminx]

Uhhh, wtf are they trying to pull...

 

[Replay]

Maybe this was a price error. Nothing shows up at the $90 mark in the sorted-by-price listing of video cards.

eVGA eVGA nVidia Geforce 6200 128MB DDR AGP 8X Video Card, model 128-A8-N339-LX - Retail $88.05
MSI MSI nVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750 128mb 16x PCI-Express VIVO - Retail Box $88.75
Sapphire Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 PRO 256MB Advantage, AGP 8X, DVI, TV-Out, Lite Retail $90.85
PowerColor PowerColor T55-PO3 ATI Theater 550 PRO PCI $92.95

 

[RussianSensation]

Yeah I am not sure why they changed the picture. The card still comes up at $90. Maybe they ran out of the passively cooled ones?

Specs:

Chipset / Core Speed: ATI Radeon 9800Pro U / 380MHz
Memory / Effective Speed: 128mb DDR / 680MHz (256 bit)

I am assuming the Lite here refers to the package. Usually lite package has nothing but a cable for the PSU. This is an OEM version however. Once someone gets the card they should report back here with what it actually is. I would never want someone to go off my link and get burned.

As it appears now, it's still a good deal.

 

[HumblePie]

LOL, they just called me and left me a message. Some Asian lady that had a horrible accent called to let me know that card was correct as described but the picture they had initially was incorrect. The picture now on there is suppose to be the correct card. Which is a 9800pro, 128MB, 256 bit card.

 

[MAG1969]

According to the SKU# in the picture it is definitely a 128 bit card.

See Saphire

 

[Twofootputt]

Quote from actbuy page:

Memory Configuration 128MB DDR (256 bit)

 

[wfn]

sweet deal, this is a r360 core card with samsung 8E-GC2A chips so it's flash moddable to XT with the gigacube 9800xt bios
http://www.rojakpot.com/files/bios/vide...XT/GigaCube9800XT128MBSamsungE-die.bin

 

[wfn]

i dont see any way to buy it though? it just says 'notify'

 

[yekim]

Anyone receive the 'notify' yet? This was OOS, now it says 'in stock, Notify'... wtf

 

[HumblePie]

Some people probably canceled their orders, which iswhy it's showing back in stock.

 

[Inappropriate4AT]

It's $120 shipped at Newegg for a refurb. They've got pics of the passive cooling unit too, it's a 256-bit card btw. Check it out. Wonder what the deal is.
Edit: And here's the card new for $150 sum odd.
They probably meant 'Ultimate' edition, not "Ultra". Sapphire calls their passively cooled units Ultimate, and Lite refers to the retail version (Full or Lite).

 

[Parstron]

Originally posted by: HumblePie
LOL, they just called me and left me a message. Some Asian lady that had a horrible accent called to let me know that card was correct as described but the picture they had initially was incorrect. The picture now on there is suppose to be the correct card. Which is a 9800pro, 128MB, 256 bit card.

The correct terminology (Politically correct) is Strong Accent not Horrible accent .

 

[Inappropriate4AT]

Originally posted by: Inappropriate4AT
It's $120 shipped at Newegg for a refurb. They've got pics of the passive cooling unit too, it's a 256-bit card btw. Check it out. Wonder what the deal is.
Edit: And here's the card new for $150 sum odd.
They probably meant 'Ultimate' edition, not "Ultra". Sapphire calls their passively cooled units Ultimate, and Lite refers to the retail version (Full or Lite).

But then again... Sapphire Atlantis Ultra, they could just have the wrong manufacturer P/N. This card looks identical to the one they have pictured, same model # (100567) and it's got TSOP RAM instead of BGA. Their card also has a floppy power connector instead of the traditional molex, wtf is this thing.

Another Link showing the card with TSOP instead of BGA.

 

[Inappropriate4AT]

I'm not sure what the original card pictured was, but the one that's up now is of a Sapphire 9800 SE, See Here.

So one of three things can happen; you'll get the 9800 pro Ultimate Lite, the 9800 Atlantis Ultra, or a 9800 SE. If you already ordered I suggest you cancel it, I wouldn't take any chances considering they have a mix of 3 different cards in their description.

 

[Greg04]

Originally posted by: Inappropriate4AT
It's $120 shipped at Newegg for a refurb. They've got pics of the passive cooling unit too, it's a 256-bit card btw. Check it out. Wonder what the deal is.
Edit: And here's the card new for $150 sum odd.
They probably meant 'Ultimate' edition, not "Ultra". Sapphire calls their passively cooled units Ultimate, and Lite refers to the retail version (Full or Lite).

I bought a single refurb from newegg...ended costing me $10 more than retail after the THIRD return. All were defective....argh....retial only for me

 

[Inappropriate4AT]

Link

So there is a 9800 pro with a floppy connector and black PCB, this deal may turn out to be alright after all. Whoever ordered let us know what mystery card you receive when it arrives.

 

[krisoto]

I talk to the sapphire sales and tech after showing them the picture and they told me this is a 9800pro but old version (2003-2004) and the picture was before, with a big heatsink pipe is a new model. so, actbuy is showing the right model wit the right picture now.
fyi, it's oem but actbuy was kind enough to addd those goodies ( cable,adapter,cd) just to sweeten the deal(ala retail stuff), good job!!
and your right it is samsung memory, niceeee
btw, i just got two and will get it on monday. for 90.00 heck i still think it's still a bargain

 

[Avalon]

OOS for me

 

[gorcorps]

Me 2... DAMMIT!!! I really wanted to upgrade my 9600.

 

[xSeongminx]

I sure hope that it is the correct card that I paid for...