Would you trust this??

[Jaguars4r]

OK....I seriously am becoming annoying with these video card question and you guys are probablly asking asking yourselves "why doesnt he just get already", but I never thought this would be hard. I found (2) but I am not sure if they are reliable. (1) is refurbished and the other I dont even understand, help me out guys, Thanks

Radeon 9800 for $139???

9700PRO for $80!!

 

[Corporate Thug]

i trust the 9700 pro becaue its a refrub from dumping grounds. i remeber picking up a refurb ti4200 from them for $30 or so

i would trust the 9800 unless i was absolutely sure it was a 256 bit card. its kind of shady how they dont list the specs of the card

 

[rgreen83]

It doesnt say it is a 9800 pro, and IIRC the atlantis cards were known to be 128 bit.

 

[nitromullet]

DumpingGoods.com has a 6.69 reseller rating

buyxg.com has no reseller rating, but from doing a whois lookup on their domain, appears to be the same company, or at least affiliated with cyberpowerinc.com.

Cyber Power has a 6.92 reseller rating

Registrant]

CyberPower Computer Inc. (BUYXG-DOM)
4802-C Little John St.
Baldwin Park, CA 91706
US

Domain Name: BUYXG.COM

Administrative Contact:
Cheung, Eric (APFLZNCYYI) cyberpower@[b]CYBERPOWERPC.COM[/b]
CyberPower Computer Inc.
4802-C Little John St.
Baldwin Park, CA 91706
US
(626) 813-7730 fax: (626) 813-3810

Technical Contact:
HOSTMASTER, GUS (GH2417) dnsmaster@gus.net
428 Cloverleaf Drive
Baldwin Park, CA 91706
US
626-330-2003 fax: 626-968-7099

Record expires on 21-Jun-2009.
Record created on 21-Jun-2002.
Database last updated on 13-Dec-2004 00:05:34 EST.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS.GUS.NET 216.59.158.10
NS1.GUS.NET 216.59.133.64

Registrant:
Cyberpower (CYBERPOWERINC-DOM)
13311 Brooks Dr. Unit # A
Baldwin Park, CA 91706
US

Domain Name: CYBERPOWERINC.COM

Administrative Contact:
Cheung, Eric (EC2590) cyberpowerinc@GLOBALPAC.COM
Cyberpower
13311 BROOKS DR STE A
BALDWIN PARK, CA 91706-2273
US
(626) 813-7730 fax: 999 999 9999

Technical Contact:
Cheng, Eric (29281801I) ec001@[b]CYBERPOWERPC.COM[/b]
Cyber Power
4802 Little John St. #A
Baldwin Park, CA 91706
US
(626) 813-7730 fax: (626) 813-3810

Record expires on 28-Apr-2006.
Record created on 29-Apr-1998.
Database last updated on 13-Dec-2004 00:07:22 EST.

Domain servers in listed order:

A.DNS.HOSTWAY.NET 66.113.129.243
B.DNS.HOSTWAY.NET 64.26.0.115

Edit: the 9700 Pro is sold out...

http://www.dumpinggoods.com/du...409&ic=VG-ATI-0007

 

[Jaguars4r]

Originally posted by: rgreen83
It doesnt say it is a 9800 pro, and IIRC the atlantis cards were known to be 128 bit.

Well... The 9700 PRO is sold out... im not really trusting that 9800 thing tho

 

[jiffylube1024]

That 9800 Pro is 128-bit for sure. The memory chips are TSOP first of all, not BGA (which was used on all 9800 Pro 256-bit cards), second of all the memory is in a line on the top only instead of split in a 2/2 above/to the right of the core configuration for 256-bit (and hence it is a 128-bit card).

So, the card appears to be legit, it's just 128-bit and probably slower RAM as well, to add insult to injury.

Avoid the card - 128-bit 9800 cards are crippled due to having half of the memory bandwidth.

 

[Jaguars4r]

Originally posted by: jiffylube1024

Avoid the card - 128-bit 9800 cards are crippled due to having half of the memory bandwidth.

So Avoid the 9800 128mb?? I really am looking for the 9700PRO which I think is the best bang for the buck....agreed? for around $120

 

[josepavento]

My brother bought a computer from buyxg.com..... our family doesnt shop there anymore

 

[Jaguars4r]

Originally posted by: josepavento
our family doesnt shop there anymore

What happened?

 

[josepavento]

Originally posted by: Jaguars4r

Originally posted by: josepavento
our family doesnt shop there anymore

What happened?

My brother wanted a computer for Christmas a year ago. He didnt want to build it, found buyxg on the web. Ordered one, paid for it (they charged his visa). He paid extra to have it built faster than normal, and paid extra to have it shipped overnight. A week goes by, no computer, no emails with updates, etc. He sends them a few emails, over a period of about 5 days. No response. He calls them, leaves a message. He calls again. And again. Finally gets someone on the phone. About two weeks had passed, and he finds out that not only is his computer not on its way, its not even built yet.

The motherboard he selected, was not in stock (but was shown in stock on their website). Nobody bothered to contact him and let him know it was out of stock, and would delay the build of his computer (this really pissed him off, because he paid more than $100 extra to have it built quick and shipped quick). His problem was with their customer service, and not their product (the computer has worked well). With our family, customer service is just as important as the product quality.

If the orignial poster buys a card from buyxg, and something is wrong, good luck getting them to do anything about it. And thats if you can even get a hold of them.

Thats why I always buy from places with established, excellent customer service. Like newegg.

 

[Jaguars4r]

Thanks for the INFO!!!

 

[The Green Bean]

the 9800pro pic looks like it has the heatsink used for the 128bit version! stay AWAY!!!

 

[richardrds]

There is an ebay store (think it is called 99 store or something like that) that is selling new boxed ATI radeon 9700 Pro's for $138 + 15 shipping. They had like 40 in stock yesterday. I am no expert, but from what i have read the 9700 pro (128M/256bit) is close in performance to the 9800 pro (128M/256bit) and there is almost a 100% chance you can overclock with stock cooling to 9800 Pro speeds.

So for around $153 total you can get a new 9700 Pro (128M/256bit) which i think is the best Bang for the money performance wise untill the 6600GT AGP's come down to sub $200 or you can find one of the $200 comp USA 6800's.