4870 512mb for 55$ shipped no rebate.

[wirednuts]

I did just that. $330 shipped (hardware only no Op system) using this card. Pieced it together since Black Friday til this video card.

I also included the Monitor, keyboard, and mouse in the price as I have extra sets of speakers.

$60 AMD Triple Heka core running at 3.4ghz with 4 cores active. Egg

$30 8gb G-skill ram. Egg

$20 case shipped. Tigerdirect

$15 DVD burner. Egg

$50 500gb HD. Egg

$55 Asus AM3 mATX mobo. Egg

$15 Rosewill heat pipe cooler. Egg

$55 ATI 4870. Egg

$30 Corsair CX430 ps. Egg ( had this for months )

$55 Emachine 19" monitor. Tigerdirect

$15 Iogear USB keyboard mouse combo. (I think tigerdirect)

$400 total shipped and no rebates.

Good holiday shopping. Its not the best gaming system but it sure will work very well.

meh. it might not be 'the best' if you go ask people on these forums... but in real life it will play games pretty much exactly the same as a $1000 rig.

 

[Macgyversite]

I never said it was. Please learn to read. Before you say MEH.

Quote "Good holiday shopping. Its not the best gaming system but it sure will work very well."

 

[Rvenger]

Deal is dead. OOS

 

[notty22]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103193&Tpk=4870
59.99, free shipping.
Same deal / oem / no accessories

 

[max347]

I never said it was. Please learn to read. Before you say MEH.

Quote "Good holiday shopping. Its not the best gaming system but it sure will work very well."

Dude, check yourself. He was agreeing with you, then you called him out telling him to learn how to read.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Wow, nice deal. Too bad it's a 512MB card, that's kind of limiting these days.

I still have a couple of VisionTek reference HD4850 cards lying around collecting dust. One of them still NIB!

If I had some older, low-budget gaming rigs, then these would be the cards I would get.

But given that 2x 4870 = $120, and you can get a GTX460 1GB card for $100AR (Newegg, PNY 1GB card), the choice is clear.

 

[Macgyversite]

Not that this is a benchmarking link but just a loose comparison. The 4870 doesnt look too far behind the GTX460.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card,2964-7.html

Plus I dont see any IN STOCK $100 GTX460's.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133428

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709 600007323&IsNodeId=1

http://www.pricewatch.com/search?q=GTX+460

 

[Wall]

Back in stock. Just grabbed one.

 

[chorb]

Back in stock. Just grabbed one.

hot deals bring out the lurkers!


I'm putting together a low budget gaming rig, and plan to pair this with a i3.

Good idea?

 

[Graxe]

hot deals bring out the lurkers!


I'm putting together a low budget gaming rig, and plan to pair this with a i3.

Good idea?

I'd definitely recommend this video card. I grabbed one the first time they went on sale and haven't had any issues. Note that it requires 2 x 6 pin pci express power adapters from your power supply. With a decent i3, I imagine you could play a lot of games at fairly high quality. The most I've thrown at it was Skyrim on High and I didn't think there were any problems at 1920 x 1080.

Thats my two cents.

 

[Macgyversite]

Read further back. Its a GOOD idea.

 

[cytoSiN]

Back in stock. Just grabbed one.

OOS again.