Itch scratched! - just ordered 2ea Gigabyte 7950's..

[Hauk]

I've been holding off, but with the price drop and free shipping, I caved! Should have em Friday..

 

[RavenSEAL]

No worst feeling in the world than having to sit an wait for new toys >.<

Let us know how it goes 😀

 

[Grooveriding]

Nice toys, those Gigabytes seem to be one the better overclocking cards.

How much were they ?

 

[upinsmokes]

I've been holding off, but with the price drop and free shipping, I caved! Should have em Friday..

FRIDAY!?!?!?!?! That's two (2) whole days away!!!! Look like nice cards. Never bought a video card from Gigabyte but plenty of MBs.

 

[Hauk]

Nice toys, those Gigabytes seem to be one the better overclocking cards.

How much were they ?

They were $399 each. I thought about 7870CF, but decided to spend the extra coin for the added mem/bandwidth. Will be my first Gigabyte cards. I've been eyeing them since they launched the "SOC" cards. Nice PCB and cooler, though they went plastic from aluminium on the shroud with this latest cooler version.

 

[joshhedge]

Please keep this thread informed with the overclocking and max stable voltage 🙂 Can't wait for mine to arrive!

 

[Don Karnage]

Look forward to your results

 

[OVerLoRDI]

They were $399 each. I thought about 7870CF, but decided to spend the extra coin for the added mem/bandwidth. Will be my first Gigabyte cards. I've been eyeing them since they launched the "SOC" cards. Nice PCB and cooler, though they went plastic from aluminium on the shroud with this latest cooler version.

Honestly, I'm okay with that since there is no functional difference between plastic and aluminum on the shroud. Also the cards will be slightly lighter, which helps avoid droopy cards when installed.

 

[superccs]

I was just eyeballing that card earlier at work... looks like fun.
Any idea how much a used MSI 460 gtx 1Gb cyclone is worth these days? 😀

 

[Hauk]

Honestly, I'm okay with that since there is no functional difference between plastic and aluminum on the shroud. Also the cards will be slightly lighter, which helps avoid droopy cards when installed.

Yea the more I look at it vs. the old shroud, not a big deal. Cooler and PCB = more important. I did some digging and found PCB pics, they're using more chokes and capacitors than MSI or Powercolor's non-ref's. Cooler to GPU contact looks great, interesting offset area to match GPU layout:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/steelsix/gigabyte1.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/steelsix/gigabyte.jpg

 

[SickBeast]

I was just eyeballing that card earlier at work... looks like fun.
Any idea how much a used MSI 460 gtx 1Gb cyclone is worth these days? 😀

I'm thinking around $80.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

I'm thinking around $80.

You will have a hard time selling for $80 even in India where hardware is about 1.5 times as much. In USA a quick sale would probably mean sub $50

 

[BallaTheFeared]

lol sub $50, that's below the price of 9800GTs, 260s, and everything else much older and slower.

 

[Jaydip]

I was just eyeballing that card earlier at work... looks like fun.
Any idea how much a used MSI 460 gtx 1Gb cyclone is worth these days? 😀

U can fetech probably 75-80$ depending on your mercantile skill.Please invest few points in the skill before selling :biggrin:

 

[aaksheytalwar]

No point buying second hand for more than 70% of the new price of the cheapest new card or it's alternative in this case 6850 or 460

 

[kidsafe]

My friend sold his Zotac GTX 460 for $90 last week...

 

[aaksheytalwar]

I just saw the new rates on newegg, if a 460 oc has warranty, it should easily go for $70-90.

 

[Jen]

looks like fun to me


Jen

 

[formulav8]

I'll give you $60 shipped for the 460