Wow how nice, BFG and XFX 512mb GTX is 750.oo at newegg

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: Frackal
The MSRP for the GTX 256 was/is 599 and that's what I paid for my BFG OC a few days out from release... honestly I'm pretty fking pissed about this because I would have gone in at 649. If it is 2-3 weeks away before it drops to merely MSRP 650 I'm not sure I'll get one period honestly, that means it'll be nearly a month before I have it which is one month closer to the next gen.

so you paid $599 for your 256GTX, but $100 more for a card with 25% higher clocks and 256mb more (and faster) memory is too much?

certainly if you paid $600 for that card, $700 on the day of release isn't bad? and as stated earlier, they'll come down in a short time as more vendors have them available.

newegg and other places will do this as long as people keep buying the stuff anyway, and frankly it's not as bad as the extra $100 gouging (50% over msrp??) newegg was attempting on the x800gto2, lol...

 

[nippyjun]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
FWIW - ZZF has the BFG w/ free copy of COD2 for $730

The BFG website seems to indicate that they come with COD2, so all vendors should have the free COD with the BFG flavor.

 

[Polish3d]

Originally posted by: CaiNaM

Originally posted by: Frackal
The MSRP for the GTX 256 was/is 599 and that's what I paid for my BFG OC a few days out from release... honestly I'm pretty fking pissed about this because I would have gone in at 649. If it is 2-3 weeks away before it drops to merely MSRP 650 I'm not sure I'll get one period honestly, that means it'll be nearly a month before I have it which is one month closer to the next gen.

so you paid $599 for your 256GTX, but $100 more for a card with 25% higher clocks and 256mb more (and faster) memory is too much?

certainly if you paid $600 for that card, $700 on the day of release isn't bad? and as stated earlier, they'll come down in a short time as more vendors have them available.

newegg and other places will do this as long as people keep buying the stuff anyway, and frankly it's not as bad as the extra $100 gouging (50% over msrp??) newegg was attempting on the x800gto2, lol...

There simply becomes a limit to which something is not worth the premium


You could buy GTX 256's for 550.oo if they werent the OCed versions when they first came out, that's 200 dollars less than these are retailing for, and they are not even a new generation

You can almost buy 2x256GTX for what one of these costs... The GTX was nearly 2x faster than the previous gen, this is only 25% faster and almost 2x the price.

A lot of it has to do with the fact that at 750, I could buy 2xGTX and have the same net budget leftover that I would buying one 512mb and selling my current for 350

 

[DragonReborn]

how much faster is the gtx 512 than an overclocked gtx 256 at high resolutions? I have a dell 2405 and would love to play at the default resolution of 1920x1200.

 

[crazydingo]

Originally posted by: DragonReborn
how much faster is the gtx 512 than an overclocked gtx 256 at high resolutions? I have a dell 2405 and would love to play at the default resolution of 1920x1200.

Check out Hexus's review, they have benches for that resolution.

 

[rcabor]

Originally posted by: Ronin
Yeah, because the X1800XT when it was available was @ MSRP, too, right?

Please, this thread is flamebait. Let's keep it civil.

Got mine at MSRP day it was released in Compusa, maybe Compusa will have the GTX512 as well?

 

[Cheesetogo]

This isn't nearly as bad as the x850xt pe. Newegg had it for 999 for about a month after it came out, and the msrp of it was 550.

 

[Marcdaddy]

Wow makes me think i got a bargain i paid $699 for each of mine for a grand total woth tax at $1494

 

[imported_ST]

Originally posted by: Frackal
There is nothing wrong with complaining about a jacked up price, it's perfectly legitimate, the price is ridiculous, it's only 50 to 80 bucks short of 2x 256GTX

Never bought a brand new, popular car either have ya?

For prespective, the fact you bought a $599 gtx just boggles my mind... Oo

 

[BrokenArrow]

At least its available at launch! Can ATi say that? Nope.

 

[imported_ST]

Originally posted by: BrokenArrow
At least its available at launch! Can ATi say that? Nope.

qft!

 

[Hacp]

The 7800GT SLi should perform better than the 512MB GTX shouldn't it?

 

[Chacranajxy]

The price is high, there's no doubt about that, but at this point, I think I'm just going to grab a 7800GTX 256MB Overclocked card from BFG or XFX... I plan on upgrading next year to a DX10 card anyway. Unless anyone has anything absolutely crucial to say to sway me away from doing that.

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: Hacp
The 7800GT SLi should perform better than the 512MB GTX shouldn't it?

Sometimes no. The GTX 512 is a freaking monster!