Visiontek HD3850 @ bestbuy.com

[legcramp]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol...oduct&id=1194053242019

 

[daveybrat]

Thanks Rifleman, very hot deal. Just ordered one for my brother. He's gonna love it coming from a Geforce4 Ti4400 card!

:thumbsup:

 

[okcboo]

Hot Deal. In for one with the BB Gift Cards I received. Thanks Rifleman007!

 

[Nessism]

Thanks.

 

[BIGFOOTPI]

Originally posted by: daveybrat
Thanks Rifleman, very hot deal. Just ordered one for my brother. He's gonna love it coming from a Geforce4 Ti4400 card!

:thumbsup:

uh, I assume you realize this video card is PCI-Express slot and the ti4400 is AGP?
Should I assume you are helping him build a new pc with new pci-express capable motherboard? Because if not you just bought a return.

 

[manimal]

Thats hawt if you can get the additional 10 percent off visiontek card coupon from BB thats out right now.

 

[daveybrat]

Originally posted by: BIGFOOTPI

Originally posted by: daveybrat
Thanks Rifleman, very hot deal. Just ordered one for my brother. He's gonna love it coming from a Geforce4 Ti4400 card!

:thumbsup:

uh, I assume you realize this video card is PCI-Express slot and the ti4400 is AGP?
Should I assume you are helping him build a new pc with new pci-express capable motherboard? Because if not you just bought a return.

Lol, yeah, sorry i should have specified that. He's upgrading his pc from an old AMD socket A system to a new Core2Duo and 2GB of ram. And a nice new 550Watt power supply, so i think he's good.

 

[tbogstad]

in raw speed, how does this compare to a 7900GTX 512mb ???

is it twice as fast ? or not quite????

 

[Nessism]

Originally posted by: tbogstad
in raw speed, how does this compare to a 7900GTX 512mb ???

is it twice as fast ? or not quite????

Doesn't seem to be anywhere near twice according to Toms VGA Charts http://www23.tomshardware.com/...1&model2=709&chart=318

 

[legcramp]

Tom's isn't very reliable... some of their numbers are very wrong.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3151&p=9

We can all agree the X1950XTX > 7900gtx pretty nicely right?

Card is sold out too lol.

 

[Jules]

Hot.

 

[dds14u]

Sold out....

 

[Chunkee]

how much of an improvement is this over a 7950KO?

JC

 

[pellmell]

Around 10% with games and don't forget DX10 support.

 

[daveybrat]

Received mine today, which is very fast. It told me i would receive it between 1-2-08 to 1-7-08. Card looks nice, very long and large with some good weight to it. I'll be building a system for it this weekend, can't wait.

Thanks again OP.

 

[Zstream]

Originally posted by: pellmell
Around 10% with games and don't forget DX10 support.

Umm a little faster then that.

 

[daveybrat]

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3151&p=9


here's a direct comparison to a 7950GT video card. And in anandtech's review he actually is using current games, not all the old games tom's still uses.

As you can see, it's much more than a 10% increase.

 

[osage]

this is avalible on-line again as of 12/28/07 4:52 AM

update: OOS online as of 7:42 AM 12/28/07

 

[skillyho]

ARRRRGH! Missed it again! None on the shelves at any of the BB's within a 30-minute radius from me either.

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: osage
this is avalible on-line again as of 12/28/07 4:52 AM

update: OOS online as of 7:42 AM 12/28/07

Yes, I watched it from just after 4 this morning to around 6 while deciding and fell asleep. Woke up and gone again, damnit!

 

[paperfist]

hmm looks like that might make a nice HTPC card, I guess I have time to do some research while it's sold out lol

 

[Avalon]

I went and ordered one of these when the thread first went up...oddly enough, I wasn't charged tax or shipping even though I was given estimated tax and shipping amounts before I completed checkout. Checked my CC statement and I was indeed not charged for tax or shipping...anyone else have that happen? Saved me $15.

 

[kidsafe]

Originally posted by: paperfist
hmm looks like that might make a nice HTPC card, I guess I have time to do some research while it's sold out lol

Well an HTPC doesn't need much, and this card doesn't come stock with a passive cooler for the silent HTPC types. $144 for this card is amazing though. I just went in on the HD3870 for $193 around 4 AM PST this morning.

 

[andylawcc]

pretty good deal for an "upper mid-range" card.