video card advice

[Sara]

i bought a geforce fx 5600xt 128 mb ddr for $106.99 total, this is it http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2774696341 did i get ripped off?

 

[Harvey]

If it works, and you like the card, you got a good deal. Search Google for vendors. Look in FS/T to see what our traders are asking for the card. 🙂

 

[nick1985]

why did you buy a card, and then ask for advice?

i think you got ripped. a 4200 beats that card in most tests and its cheaper.

 

[Xelarator]

Originally posted by: Sara
i bought a geforce fx 5600xt 128 mb ddr for $106.99 total, this is it http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2774696341 did i get ripped off?

I hope you know that Nvidia's 5600XT is actually SLOWER than the 5600...Its not like the way ATI names their products..So 5600XT is between the 5200 and the 5600 performance wise.

I think you could have gottten it cheaper, if you looked around in pricewatch...Ther are 5600s that are around that price range, which would have been a much better deal..

As far as the people you purchased from, i can def tell you that they are good people to do business with, i purchased few cards for them and they are great.

EDIT: According to pricewatch, you could have gotten a 256MB 5600 for that price with SHIPPING...and a 5600 128MB for 89 with SHIPPING.

 

[nRollo]

That card is pretty slow by modern standards. You would have been wiser to part with $150 for a 9600Pro.

 

[Sara]

well normally i don't shop on ebay but it was ebay gift certifcate soooo

 

[Sara]

btw the way i currently only have a gf2 mx 100

 

[Xelarator]

Originally posted by: Sara
well normally i don't shop on ebay but it was ebay gift certifcate soooo

eh..Well...Welcome to the Online World..there are deals, you just have to find them...Well as long as u didnt spend your own money i guess, but it could have been spent on something better/bigger. Just my two cents.