Big questions

[sammyunltd]

1- It happened so fast.... I had a huge deal --- XFX GeForce 6600 GT AGP8X for $200 US ... but suddenly it disappered before I could buy it. And the other 6600 GT are costing like $30 US more (PS: I'm from Canada).

I looked at the nForce 4 boards... it's interesting.. Between a MSI K8N Neo 2 and a ASUS A8N SLI there's like $35-40 US of difference --- the same as the difference between the 6600 GT PCI-E and the AGP8X.

Is nForce 4 and especially SLI worth it? I can't afford to put a better card than the 6600 GT, at least for now. And I don't know if I can afford to switch to nForce 4... but anyway, I just want to know.

Also, are there some US Online Shops (like Newegg) that ship to Canada (Newegg doesn't ) cause the parts in USA are so cheap (in term of price)?

Thank ya!

 

[coejus]

nForce4 is going to be a good, solid chipset, but right now it's still too new to be cost effective (especially the overpriced A8N SLI board).

SLI, on the other hand, seems to me to be pretty pointless unless you run on the extreme high end- dual 6800 Ultras or something. By the time you can afford to buy a second 6600 GT, you could sell your old one and buy a new card that'll perform on the same level as dual 6600 GTs.

You might want to check out Directron for a store that'll ship to Canada.

 

[sammyunltd]

Yeah. Okay... It's wiser to stay with the good nForce 3 250 ... good.

The shop is good but the prices are a bit high... I mean, it's the same price, and even higher because of the shipping.

Monarch Computer is also shipping to Canada. Are there other shops?

 

[sammyunltd]

I found great deals on Monarch Computer:
XFX GeForce 6600 GT 128MB DDR3/8x-AGP/TV-Out/Dual-DVI (Retail Box) $225.00
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum Audio/GB-LAN/USB/IEEE/SATA/DDR-400/ATX 64 (939) $139.00
Shipping = $26 US

Are the prices good (for your "US-Standards")?

 

[ohnnyj]

Those prices seam about right.

 

[sammyunltd]

Good.. thank you guys!