X1950 Pro AGP $229.99 AR

[Slaimus]

This is at CompUSA. The rebate goes to Parago at RebatesHQ.com.

This is the best AGP card you can get right now.

Review of a different brand.

 

[Chadder007]

Meh....the cooler sucks on the Visiontek. Can't hardly overclock it supposedly.

 

[BIGFOOTPI]

but a rare ATI chipset based card manufacturing company(Visiontek) lifetime warranty is always nice 😉
I do not know why Compusa site says 3year- the Visiontek website clearly states all video cards have a lifetime warranty: http://www.visiontek.com/teksupport/warranty/warranty.html
Its only old Radeon 7K based cards that have 3yr.

 

[coloumb]

tempting... the price [after rebate] is what I've been waiting for....

thanks op.

 

[Compton]

There are a few members who bought the Visiontek card at BB. They posted about their experiences in this thread.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=31&threadid=1944853&enterthread=y

You might want to check out that thread before you bite on this deal.

 

[StormRider]

Why aren't graphics cards based on the X1950 Pro being sold for $200? Every review of the X1950 Pro chip says the retail price for boards based on these chips is supposed to be $200 but instead they are selling for $299.

 

[marmasatt]

Well, it literally sold for $ 200 at BB 3 weeks ago so I'm sure it'll come down. Or at least come down again at a retail store if BB actually had a good deal on something.

 

[Souka]

NM

 

[SilverTrine]

What stock coolers dont stink these days? Every new card should have an Arctic Cooler slapped on it for noise/cooling purposes.

 

[hube235]

Hooray. Yet another reason to keep my Socket A/AGP system.

 

[hansmuff]

Originally posted by: StormRider
Why aren't graphics cards based on the X1950 Pro being sold for $200? Every review of the X1950 Pro chip says the retail price for boards based on these chips is supposed to be $200 but instead they are selling for $299.

You are charged a premium for buying an AGP card. This has been going on for a while, and is very annoying.
When I purchased a used X850 Pro AGP for $150 (and that was a good deal), the X850 XT (!) PCI-E was available for $130 retail.

 

[Slaimus]

Originally posted by: hansmuff

Originally posted by: StormRider
Why aren't graphics cards based on the X1950 Pro being sold for $200? Every review of the X1950 Pro chip says the retail price for boards based on these chips is supposed to be $200 but instead they are selling for $299.

You are charged a premium for buying an AGP card. This has been going on for a while, and is very annoying.
When I purchased a used X850 Pro AGP for $150 (and that was a good deal), the X850 XT (!) PCI-E was available for $130 retail.

In this case, the AGP card actually costs more to make, since it has the extra rialto bridge chip, which also needs a different board design.

 

[coloumb]

Originally posted by: Compton
There are a few members who bought the Visiontek card at BB. They posted about their experiences in this thread.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=31&threadid=1944853&enterthread=y

You might want to check out that thread before you bite on this deal.

A few noisy cards - but they were returned. As with anything - if you don't like the card, just take it back. $229.00 [AR] is actually a good price on this card RIGHT NOW. Who knows in a month or so - we'll probably start seeing them at that price without the rebate. 🙂

 

[Nightfall]

I have one of these cards and let me tell you it is worth the price. I have a nice 3.4 gig system with SATA drives and 2 GB of Ballistix RAM. The only bottleneck was my X800 Radeon video card. An upgrade to this x1950 card really gave my system a boost. I can now run 4x AA on all the games and not see a decrease in speed or performance.

Well worth an upgrade at this price.

 

[kakarotxiv]

why do the rest need 2 molex while power colors' needs only one?