***OOS***EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 SC ULTRA GAMING 6GB Video Card $190.99 @ Staples

[Tates]

EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 SC ULTRA GAMING 6GB Video Card

Use coupon code 34755 and 57188 to bring price to $190, no rebate needed.

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Order Summary
Items (1) $240.99
Coupons (2) -$50.00
Subtotal $190.99
Shipping FREE
Estimated tax $ depends on your location
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[gibster]

WHOA very nice find, thanks!

 

[Tates]

Well....ordered and got confirmation, then a quick email that the order has been cancelled:

Hello Robert,

The item you ordered is not available at this time. You have not been billed for the item and your order has been cancelled. You will receive a refund email notification with your credit details.

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Staples Order Number: xxxxxxxxxx
Item Description: Gaming Video Card
Item #: IM1-6PD532
Quantity: 1
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Please feel free to visit our website at www.staples.com to locate a substitute item and place a new order.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Thank you for choosing Staples!

Pradeep G.
Customer Service Professional
www.staples.com



YMMV

 

[gibster]

Well....ordered and got confirmation, then a quick email that the order has been cancelled:

Bummer, they may have caught on that they are losing money here...
My order still says "Processing", fingers crossed. Would be a nice deal, it won't upset me too much if they cancel. Coincidentally today they also had 6% cash back for Staples on Rakuten, along with 3% for using the Rakuten credit card...

 

[gibster]

Soo, I did get mine after all, and with the serendipitiously generous Rakuten, after tax, my total investment was $183. Not too shabby, this card is better than the latest 1650 super card (which I also purchased very recently for another system). After some light benchmarking with Unigine's superposition benchmark (on ubuntu 20.04, OpenGL), it looks like this 1660 with 6GB GDDR5 is about 15% better than a 1650 Super with 4GB GDDR6, which is what I expected. It's not strictly apples to apples comparison, as I have different CPUs in the 2 machines running the tests, but I think the CPUs are not bottlenecking in either case. Maybe if I have time I will benchmark them both on the same system, but for now, this makes perfect sense to me. At the price I paid, the 1660 is a no-brainer winner, but at non-discount prices, I think the 1650 super is actually a pretty good buy.