I live very close to a "Frys" (20 minutes) and called them up and they said they have some in stock. Pickup only. Its a Diamond brand, should I still get it? How is there reputation? Ive always gone nVidia, untill now, so I dont know much about ATI.
I paid $249 for that card by HIS. The card is worth the money no doubt but the every retailer raised the price because of supply and demand. The MSRP for this card is $249.99. So if you can't wait i would go for it otherwhise you might wanna wait.
I paid $249 for that card by HIS. The card is worth the money no doubt but the every retailer raised the price because of supply and demand. The MSRP for this card is $249.99. So if you can't wait i would go for it otherwhise you might wanna wait.
This, there's not even a difference in the cooler design this time, because everyone uses the reference stuff.From a hardware standpoint it doesn't matter which brand you choose; from a support/warranty standpoint, Diamond is ranked the lowest.
Diamond brand?
Good luck with that.
Diamond are the same cards almost any other company has. As for right now i assume they are build by Sapphire PBC's and Chips provided by AMD. I don't think any of the manufactures makes their own Boards as of yet so at this point I really don't think it matters what HD 5850 card you will be buy they are all using the same board and chip the only difference is the bios.
My XFX 5850 is backordered since 10/14/09 from TIGER and i don't know what the hell
is going on with them, they promised it for NOV 20, what a joke: 36 days backorder ?
hey dude didnt get a chance to go and check on what chicago had in stock today when i was on lunch, ended up falling asleep after i ate and only just made it to the clock in time to punch in (Yay for going to work sick). if you use the product number i PMed you you can have them check the system for when they may be getting more. unfortunately the XFX model is $319 though, and diamond is really that crap lol. i waited a whole week extra from when we got the 5870s in stock to get an XFX model for my second card, especially since i already had one XFX to begin with. the bonus is that frys inventory doesnt run out within 30 seconds the way etailer inventory does. we had a dozen 5770s in stock yesterday when i hopped by, looked like about 8 today, sale price of (ooh yay) $169.99. we usually only get 2 5870s and maybe 3 5850s in a single shipment though, and they usually end up hidden so we can find them when we get a customer who isnt a total dick to sell em to. when i got my second one, i had to track the shipment through the company for a week, and show up in the morning when it was supposed to arrive just to make absolute sure i got it before someone else did, since everyone and i mean EVERYONE else was out of stock constantly by that time.