NEWEGG HAS EVGA 6800gt INSTOCK NOW!!!!!

[user1234]

Originally posted by: igloo15
you hit it on the head i bought my entire system around this card but have been unable to get the card and i leave in a week and half for college. I need the card to complete my system before i leave. At college i won't have the same resources to order or install the card as i do now so getting this card is important. I was willing to pay 399 and wait a couple days but evga is backordered so I paniced thinking there would be no way to get this card before i left then I got an e-mail saying this was instock so I got it. Never again shall i pay this much for vid card but i will today because i have lots of money and for once want to buy a really high end card. To go with my new high end system.

well done, when you think about it does $50 more really matter to get such a high end card ? of course not, and I'm sure you'll make the same decision in the future, you did the right thing.

BTW, newsflash: your system is not high end, it's just mid-range (and that is generous according to most accepted standards as used by pc-gamer magazine and others). But your video card is high end for sure, so you will have pretty good performance anyways.

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: MrCoyote

Originally posted by: igloo15
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=14-130-203&depa=0
go there now i just got mine its 429 with tax but its instock.

I sure hope, whoever pays $400 for a video card, also will have a good high-grade $400-500 CRT .24dp aperture-grille monitor to go with it. And no I'm not talking about the cheap $200 19" monitors you can get in retail stores.

I like my 19inch a90f+

My friend has a G520 and personally, I dont need anything that big.

 

[user1234]

Originally posted by: Muadib

Originally posted by: kennyG

Originally posted by: Jmman
Most of my local Compusa's have the PNY GT card for $399. Much easier to just drive to the store and buy it if you want to pay full retail....

True ..so true

Bah!! I just left my local Compusa after their website said it had 2 in stock.:| Evga had better ship my card on the 10th.

bump for the optimisn however unrealistic as it may be

 

[nycdude]

Originally posted by: shochu
Is everyone buying these cards just play to play Doom III?? Why are they so popular all of a sudden. I don't remember any mad rush to buy GeForce 4 cards when they first came out.

My guess is that they are.

 

[LSoares1]

Originally posted by: MrCoyote

Originally posted by: igloo15
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=14-130-203&depa=0
go there now i just got mine its 429 with tax but its instock.

I sure hope, whoever pays $400 for a video card, also will have a good high-grade $400-500 CRT .24dp aperture-grille monitor to go with it. And no I'm not talking about the cheap $200 19" monitors you can get in retail stores.

I have my Sony GDM F520...... I love this monitor!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[kki000]

Is everyone buying these cards just play to play Doom III?? Why are they so popular all of a sudden. I don't remember any mad rush to buy GeForce 4 cards when they first came out.

Dynamics of videocard vs games are different now. Before ppl were hunting for games that maxed out the video card performance. I know i was. Anybody remember crapfests like Giants Kabuto, Black n White?
I played those pathetic things cuz at the time, they stressed my 249 gf4 card the most and had the prettiest eye candy.
U basically didnt need the better cards, it was hw chasing software.

Now its cutting edge games demanding bigger n bigger guns. I get playable 1024x768 res on doom3 with a 9700pro.. I havent played in that res since 2000 i think.

As more more games license doom3 engine, i think 6800/x800 will be a necessity. Then again u can just wait till then and have the prices drop on the cards like a sane human being.
But wheres the fun in that?
K
oh forgot it was a hot deals forum. what nobody mentioned is that yesterday zip zoom had the golden sample gainward card for 425 shipped, i think that was the hottest deal on these gt cards. sold out now tho.

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: kki000

Is everyone buying these cards just play to play Doom III?? Why are they so popular all of a sudden. I don't remember any mad rush to buy GeForce 4 cards when they first came out.

Dynamics of videocard vs games are different now. Before ppl were hunting for games that maxed out the video card performance. I know i was. Anybody remember crapfests like Giants Kabuto, Black n White?
I played those pathetic things cuz at the time, they stressed my 249 gf4 card the most and had the prettiest eye candy.
U basically didnt need the better cards, it was hw chasing software.

Now its cutting edge games demanding bigger n bigger guns. I get playable 1024x768 res on doom3 with a 9700pro.. I havent played in that res since 2000 i think.

As more more games license doom3 engine, i think 6800/x800 will be a necessity. Then again u can just wait till then and have the prices drop on the cards like a sane human being.
But wheres the fun in that?
K
oh forgot it was a hot deals forum. what nobody mentioned is that yesterday zip zoom had the golden sample gainward card for 425 shipped, i think that was the hottest deal on these gt cards. sold out now tho.

I just got off the phone with ZZF. They never had any of these cards, they were still on backorder. I dont know why they let people order.

 

[SingralliSeen]

You are all a bunch of spoilt rich brats.
"I will NEVER PAY more than $250 for a video card"!

My god. I would have to say that statement is atrocious. I make a 6-figure salary and have a reasonably luxurious life-style and wouldn't consider burning $400-500 on a frgn video card. I have been happy with my 64mb AGP card that I paid piddly widdly after a MIR.

But then,hey, you guys are the pillars of American economy. Long live Visa and Master!

 

[jkj]

I can not see paying this much for a video card. Its just ridiculous

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: SingralliSeen
You are all a bunch of spoilt rich brats.
"I will NEVER PAY more than $250 for a video card"!

My god. I would have to say that statement is atrocious. I make a 6-figure salary and have a reasonably luxurious life-style and wouldn't consider burning $400-500 on a frgn video card. I have been happy with my 64mb AGP card that I paid piddly widdly after a MIR.

But then,hey, you guys are the pillars of American economy. Long live Visa and Master!

Pffff... you may be some rich guy, but you obviously are not a gamer.

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: jkj
I can not see paying this much for a video card. Its just ridiculous

Then don't pay it. There are rules here about thread crapping you know.

 

[smartt]

I don't think that's thread crapping. He's just saying he wouldn't pay that high of a cost for a card. He wasn't bashing the poster. The only reason it's on here is because they are hard to find, so I guess it's debatable whether it even is a 'hot deal.'. however, I'm sure that a lot of people appreciate the heads up.

 

not hot

 

[manno]

Originally posted by: Phocas
not hot

now that's thread crapping

 

[smartt]

maybe they should make a rule about crapping on the thread crappers (or playing mod).. I guess they do, it's called being off topic.... which would make me off topic about crapping on the thread crappers.. which would then.. forget it

 

[BlueWeasel]

Bah! I'm just gonna download a 6800GT video card from one of the Torrent site. Who wants to pay $400+ for a card that I can download for free!

 

[TrentSteel]

As far as in stock is concerned, I saw someone walking around with one at MicroCenter in MN a couple hours ago. I have no idea what they're charging or if there are any left. Are they really still that scarce in stores?

 

[Spudd]

Originally posted by: SingralliSeen
You are all a bunch of spoilt rich brats.
"I will NEVER PAY more than $250 for a video card"!

My god. I would have to say that statement is atrocious. I make a 6-figure salary and have a reasonably luxurious life-style and wouldn't consider burning $400-500 on a frgn video card. I have been happy with my 64mb AGP card that I paid piddly widdly after a MIR.

But then,hey, you guys are the pillars of American economy. Long live Visa and Master!

:roll: Go crap in some other thread.

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: user1234

Originally posted by: Muadib

Originally posted by: kennyG

Originally posted by: Jmman
Most of my local Compusa's have the PNY GT card for $399. Much easier to just drive to the store and buy it if you want to pay full retail....

True ..so true

Bah!! I just left my local Compusa after their website said it had 2 in stock.:| Evga had better ship my card on the 10th.

bump for the optimisn however unrealistic as it may be

Unrealistic? You know something that I don't? Talk man, TALK!!!!!!

 

[SingralliSeen]

This IS the other thread, they told me.

 

[user1234]

Originally posted by: Johnbear007

Originally posted by: SingralliSeen
You are all a bunch of spoilt rich brats.
"I will NEVER PAY more than $250 for a video card"!

My god. I would have to say that statement is atrocious. I make a 6-figure salary and have a reasonably luxurious life-style and wouldn't consider burning $400-500 on a frgn video card. I have been happy with my 64mb AGP card that I paid piddly widdly after a MIR.

But then,hey, you guys are the pillars of American economy. Long live Visa and Master!

Pffff... you may be some rich guy, but you obviously are not a gamer.

Not only is that thing not a gamer, it also knows nothing about video cards, it doesn't even seem to know what video it has. I guess you just want something to connect the monitor to, right ? then just buy a motherboard with integrated video frrom intel extreme, i'm sure you'll be more than happy with that, and it will save you even more.

 

[SingralliSeen]

Better yet, I'll watch you "thing" play Doom3 with your dad's money and save even on that intel extreme. :laugh:

 

[woodscomp]

Originally posted by: igloo15
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=14-130-203&depa=0
go there now i just got mine its 429 with tax but its instock.

Should I go there "NOW"... Ohh will you yell at me if I don't?

$424 for this board is NOT HOT.

You should be banned for posting this....

Newegg + overpriced card = ice cold any day of the week.

 

[wetcat007]

Originally posted by: 1YellowPeril
Why are you guys dying to get a 6800GT when it's temporarily overprices?!

I have no idea, they are kind of hard to find i suppose other than that?

 

[wetcat007]

Doom 3 taxes the system but it looks awesome..