From a GF2 32MB it should be an excellent upgrade. Usually the Video Card is the bottleneck so I don't think your 1 GHz P3 should hold you back. The GF3 and beyond have better 2-D quality than earlier models so that's another good reason to upgrade.
So this would probably be a nice upgrade to a GF 2 with 32Mb? Do you think I'll be cpu bound with a 1Ghz P3 and this 4200 board?
Originally posted by: bleckywelcky
Originally posted by: vexingv
i'm a bit of a noob when it comes to deals...so how does this return/rebuy thing work...if i'm at the cs desk and talkin to the csr do i tell that i wanna return this and buy it? or return it and then snatch it back or play follow the box to get it back? and wouldnt the csr just try to tell me to pricematch that sucker rather than return/rebuy?
Bring the card with you when you go to BB, but leave it in the car. Go in with your receipt only, and tell them that you saw the current price has an IR and MIR, so you would like to get the current price. Handle all the paperwork, and you don't even need to have the card in your hand. If they start to pull things on you now like not giving you the rebate, or just changing the price without a return/rebuy, then you gotta prepare for war. I would guess that they won't give you any hassle since the card would have been bought anyhow, they are just updating the price for you.
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Originally posted by: orangel
they aren't breaking their own rules if they just refund you the difference and you are left with the receipt not qualifying for rebate.
it all depends on the manager or its workers.
Heh.. It took an attorney to figure that one out. Seriously, this is just like the GF3 Ti200 deal from last year. You will be able to return/rebuy Friday and Saturday with this card because it's not part of the "Friday 'Til Noon" sale. Even though this card is on sale Friday and Saturday, it will be gone within the first 20 minutes after the doors open.My girlfriend is an advertising attorney. She took a look at the ad, and pointed out that the first page has the heading "6 AM 'TIL NOON", and all of the items on that page have "FRIDAY 'TIL NOON" on the yellow price tage next to them. Nowhere on the video card page does it mention anything about the deal being Friday morning at all - the yellow tag next to the video card only says "$89.99 After Instant & Mail-In Rebates". According to her 'professional' opinion - "the video card is clearly on sale all day Friday and Saturday, not just Friday morning". Otherwise, they would be violating bait and switch laws, which would never have gotten past the ad's legal review. So, if you can't find a parking spot until 12:01 p.m. on Friday, you should still be okay. And if the shelves are bare of these things on Friday, try again First thing Saturday morning, because if they don't honor the return/repurchase deal, I have a feeling they are going to have a bunch returned on Friday to restock Friday night.
As far as BFG's credibility goes, I had heard that some ex-employee's from Visiontek started this company, so I would think that this company would be in-line with Visiontek. I'm pretty sure the story is true too because BFG is located in Lake Bluff, IL which is about 10 minutes from where Visiontek was from in Gurnee, IL (where I live btw..)Oh, and the BFG card is fine. It's not the best overclocker, but from my experience so far, you can trust the BFG brand.
Originally posted by: BigDaddyPig
Northern NJ Update here. (Based upon actual visit to each store mentioned)
128MB TI4200 video card
Paramus, NJ >>> (0) stock
Totowa, Nj >>> (1) stock
Originally posted by: Gooch2002
Originally posted by: BigDaddyPig
Northern NJ Update here. (Based upon actual visit to each store mentioned)
128MB TI4200 video card
Paramus, NJ >>> (0) stock
Totowa, Nj >>> (1) stock
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And to THINK, I was gonna wait till Friday to pick up that card in Paramus. I would have SUCKED if I did that. I got in, and picked out the last one.
BTW, if I want to get in on that IR/MIR deal, do I have to go back to the same store? Or can I do it at another store?
Since this is not a door buster deal, you have until closing time on Saturday to get the correct receipt and instant saving.Originally posted by: bleckywelcky
Unless there is a store a lot closer to you than the one you bought it from, just go to the original one. You might be able to work the return rebuy in another store, but to be sure I would call them beforehand, and they are gonna be busy anyhow, so you might then end up missing out on the deal completely.
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do you guys think this geforce4 ti4200 will be able to play doom3 decently
Originally posted by: theshamu
Since this is not a door buster deal, you have until closing time on Saturday to get the correct receipt and instant saving.Originally posted by: bleckywelcky
Unless there is a store a lot closer to you than the one you bought it from, just go to the original one. You might be able to work the return rebuy in another store, but to be sure I would call them beforehand, and they are gonna be busy anyhow, so you might then end up missing out on the deal completely.
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Originally posted by: bleckywelcky
Originally posted by: theshamu
Since this is not a door buster deal, you have until closing time on Saturday to get the correct receipt and instant saving.Originally posted by: bleckywelcky
Unless there is a store a lot closer to you than the one you bought it from, just go to the original one. You might be able to work the return rebuy in another store, but to be sure I would call them beforehand, and they are gonna be busy anyhow, so you might then end up missing out on the deal completely.
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Um, I don't think this is correct. If you go to BB's Black Friday circular you will see that it says:
"Friday, November 29
6 AM 'TIL NOON"
I do not think you will be able to get this deal if you come in at any other time unless they have made some exception for this deal (of which I do not see any evidence for).
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Originally posted by: bleckywelcky
Originally posted by: Gooch2002
Originally posted by: BigDaddyPig
Northern NJ Update here. (Based upon actual visit to each store mentioned)
128MB TI4200 video card
Paramus, NJ >>> (0) stock
Totowa, Nj >>> (1) stock
)
And to THINK, I was gonna wait till Friday to pick up that card in Paramus. I would have SUCKED if I did that. I got in, and picked out the last one.
BTW, if I want to get in on that IR/MIR deal, do I have to go back to the same store? Or can I do it at another store?
Unless there is a store a lot closer to you than the one you bought it from, just go to the original one. You might be able to work the return rebuy in another store, but to be sure I would call them beforehand, and they are gonna be busy anyhow, so you might then end up missing out on the deal completely.
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Any BB you want. In fact, if I meet up with a d*ck manager, I'm going to a different BB to do the return/rebuy.BTW, if I want to get in on that IR/MIR deal, do I have to go back to the same store? Or can I do it at another store?
Originally posted by: spankyOO7
Originally posted by: EdipisReks
what i did was i went out and bought the geforce3 a few days early, and then during the sale i went and got my discount. it's a lot better than worrying about whether i would be able to get a card or not.
holy crap thats a good idea. u mean go in... return and re-buy at the CSR counter?
Originally posted by: godmare
Originally posted by: spankyOO7
Originally posted by: EdipisReks
what i did was i went out and bought the geforce3 a few days early, and then during the sale i went and got my discount. it's a lot better than worrying about whether i would be able to get a card or not.
holy crap thats a good idea. u mean go in... return and re-buy at the CSR counter?
No, BB does 30-day pricematching.
Yes.. Make sure you go in by Saturday at closing to do your return/rebuy (are you making up our own terminology now? ). A 30 day PM guarantee isn't going to mean d*ck because you won't see a $55 IR and $55 MIR on this card within the next 30 days. I can guarantee that.but return/rebuy on friday or saturday is a must in this case becuz of the $55 instant rebate and $55 mail in rebate.
does BFG stand for anything?
I wanna know that too. I have the coupon in my wallet and the card S-wrapped on my shelf.Originally posted by: vexingv
anyone know whats the final word w/ the 10% off coupon...will it be safe to use for a regular buy and still get the rebate?
That's what I was just going to ask about (the 2D), and I'll ramble a bit if that's OK: I have 2 systems and one decent V-card, a geforce2 Pro 64 MB DDR (MSI 8831 Starforce). When I bought this card a couple of years ago I saw that there was a fair amount of controversy about allegedly poor 2D for a lot of these cards. The word was that it wasn't nVidia's fault, but the fault of certain of the companies that used the nVidia chips on cards. Many of these manufacturers used somewhat shoddy RF filtering (an FCC requirement to prevent problems with RF interference). I was unable to find out if MSI was guilty of this and I bought the card anyway. My impression from a lot of posts was that it was only particularly noticeable with large displays - 20" and larger, but many people were miffed at the inferior 2D, compared to, say, some of the Radeon cards. I never noticed a problem, probably because I've been using a 17" display. But I plan on using this Ti4200 with a 21" display. Is this 2D problem a thing of the past with the newer geforce cards?Originally posted by: webley
So this would probably be a nice upgrade to a GF 2 with 32Mb? Do you think I'll be cpu bound with a 1Ghz P3 and this 4200 board?
From a GF2 32MB it should be an excellent upgrade. Usually the Video Card is the bottleneck so I don't think your 1 GHz P3 should hold you back. The GF3 and beyond have better 2-D quality than earlier models so that's another good reason to upgrade.