Recent content by xDarc

That's what I thought. : ( Thanks for the quick reply.

I see the vanilla 260 is 259.00 bucks with a 40 dollar rebate on newegg. Mighty tempting. My 8800GT still seems adequate. The only way I could justify dropping 220 on another card at this time is if I could pair it with the 8800GT. I've never ran two cards before and I was just curious how...

I've got a Samsung SyncMaster 906bw that has been kicking butt for around 18 months now. Got it for like $220 new. Dont know about newer models, but this model is under 200 bucks now. It's got a 2ms Grey To Grey refresh, pretty good for gaming.

I've got the same card. Mine idles at 34C and I haven't seen it break 60C under load yet. Glad I got it.

Dang. I've been checking that thread and this must be very recent info because I just ordered an XFX 8800GT from Buy.com. The list price was 278.99 and I signed up for their sharky credit card to get the 30 dollars off which brought it down to 255.88 with shipping. I'm still not sure if...

Yeah I had had a thread out a while back about the sad current state in the graphics card market. The release of the 8800GT is quite an improvement price/performance wise, you already know. I wonder if it had anything to do with the 50 some odd lawsuits Nvidia/ATI were facing over price fixing...

Anyhow- if you guys wanna keep going I'll be back in a day. But I feel we're pretty much done here, no? It's been fun.

Wow you guys are good. Who taught you how to post? You not only completely ignored a good example of the ridiculousness in the market that simply is what it is... but you then put words in my mouth. Good job.

Sacrifices in their lives? For IQ? Someone needs to start an 800 help hotline for such people...

Ah, an honest person. :) And if you had fun and feel it was in a way, worth it; I guess that's all that really matters. But for me, and many others, it's all about real value.

If this works out, the graphics card market will adjust in the consumer's favor nicely.

Never see this on the internet where I do all my component shopping. In fact I picked up an AMDK6 550 for 5 dollars a couple years ago for a friend who still had an OLD AMD machine with that same socket and installed it for him as a B-day gift. *shrugs* Perhaps if the cards are pawned off to a...

Like I said- I posted this thread at a few places around the web initially and it faired much better. Also, I refined the original write up after reading and looking into what these fussy ones are clamoring about- and then posted it at a few other enthusiast sites. It's doing much better...

Oh I'm an enthuiast every day and have been for about 8 years now- but one without some cushy job, or who's a kid with well to do parents, or someone who has no bills to pay- or some combination thereof.

I'm not gonna buy anything. That's kinda the point of this write up. Don't buy. The market sucks. And if either ATI or Nvidia get busted for price fixing; and I come back and rub all your noses in it, any of you gonna cop to it? :P 51 lawsuits... those are pretty good odds.