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6600GT @ Microcenter @ $85

why didn't you mention what interface? i thought it was AGP and it turns out to be PCIexpress

please be more specific next time
 
I'm so pissesd off...I opted for a 6800GS because the price difference was only $40, but at this price, it widens the gap and I wouldn't have justified the purchase. haha, oh well, that's life, I could have saved $100!!! =P

edit: btw nice find OP
 
i know, why isn't this AGP.... and til now i still dont understand when did the world evolve to PCIexpress....? it's not like it's got any advantage over AGP
 
Originally posted by: Triggerhappy007
Originally posted by: hifi
i know, why isn't this AGP.... and til now i still dont understand when did the world evolve to PCIexpress....? it's not like it's got any advantage over AGP
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It's a little bit faster than AGP. Link.
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Actually the reason the PCI-Express versions of those 6600GT's are faster than the AGP versions has little to do with the interface. Nvidia had manufacturers underclock the DDR memory down to 900MHz for AGP versions, from 1GHz on the PCI-Express versions. Check the introduction page of that link above for the info. Seems pretty lame to me as there's no good reason Nvidia had to lower the clocks, both versions use the same memory, all of it spec'd for 1GHz operation. Guess they wanted to make PCI-E look like it had more of an advantage than it really did, maybe to sell more of their new NF4 and SLI motherboards and therefore more videocards. Once you clock the memory on the AGP models back up to spec then they are about equal again. It's a pretty deceptive way to convince people PCI-E > AGP... but it must be working.
 
microcenter in fairfax VA does NOT have this deal.

I just went there and they were selling for $169. Customer service was horrible too.

I asked to call another store and they wouldn't!?!?
None of the other non-VA stores had this deal either (had you use my own phone since the manager wouldn't budge.)

Which cities had this deal? I'm going back sometime this week and i'd like to prove those stupid service reps wrong.

PM me with more info please!
 
Originally posted by: sportzforlife3
microcenter in fairfax VA does NOT have this deal.

I just went there and they were selling for $169. Customer service was horrible too.

I asked to call another store and they wouldn't!?!?
None of the other non-VA stores had this deal either (had you use my own phone since the manager wouldn't budge.)

Which cities had this deal? I'm going back sometime this week and i'd like to prove those stupid service reps wrong.

PM me with more info please!
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Santa Clara, CA didn't have this deal either. Also, the store insert for the One-Day-After- Christmas sale (12-26 from 8am to 10pm with a 6 page ad), didn't memtion this deal at all and the ad is Nationwide. Doesn't exist as far as I can see. And if it were ever alive, now it's deader than Kelsey?s nuts.
 
Originally posted by: esquared
Originally posted by: sportzforlife3
microcenter in fairfax VA does NOT have this deal.

I just went there and they were selling for $169. Customer service was horrible too.

I asked to call another store and they wouldn't!?!?
None of the other non-VA stores had this deal either (had you use my own phone since the manager wouldn't budge.)

Which cities had this deal? I'm going back sometime this week and i'd like to prove those stupid service reps wrong.

PM me with more info please!
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Santa Clara, CA didn't have this deal either. Also, the store insert for the One-Day-After- Christmas sale (12-26 from 8am to 10pm with a 6 page ad), didn't memtion this deal at all and the ad is Nationwide. Doesn't exist as far as I can see. And if it were ever alive, now it's deader than Kelsey?s nuts.
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Had my son-in-law try Cambridge, Ma. No go there either.
 
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