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Nov 20, 2004, 10:09 AM
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NewEgg sucks!
OK well newegg is a great online store, but....
I was wanting to buy this item Sappire X800XT, the one that is stated by all the reviewers as being the pe edition. it was only 485 dollars but i waited and it was out of stock the next day. Now they have the card back in but its 650 bucks!! how can they charge that much? its still not stated as even being the PE version on the specs. What is going on here. |
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Nov 20, 2004, 10:25 AM
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Sorry to say, but it's called supply and demand.
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Nov 20, 2004, 08:10 PM
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yah, they did the same thing a while back, they lowered the DFI lanparty UT to 103 dollars, it sold out in two days, they raised it back up to 123
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Nov 20, 2004, 08:36 PM
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Well it doesnt look like ill be able to get the ati x800xt pe for christmas. Even the regular XT is more money. Will i be fine just getting the normal XT? Is it easy to overclock to the PE version, or does it cause some stability problems?
Oh and what companies make good ati cards? MSI, Powercooler, Visiontech, Gigabyte. i already know that sapphire make good ones. Does anyone have any links to some good deals? Im getting desperate Last edited by RTilbury; Nov 20, 2004 at 08:46 PM. |
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Nov 20, 2004, 08:50 PM
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The clock speeds aren't even that much different between the 2 (and both are super fast), and you should be able to get close to oc'ing to the pe speeds if you really want to.
All the companies you mentioned make good cards, tho I think that visiontek has a better warranty...you'd have to look in on it.
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Nov 20, 2004, 09:01 PM
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IT seems like it wouldnt be that hard to oc to the pe because the difference in clock speeds is so minimal. I really dont get why it is so much more money...
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Nov 21, 2004, 12:33 AM
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Its the card.. hard as hell to find and buy for any good price.. just for the X800 Pro Vivo and try to mod it
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Nov 21, 2004, 12:34 AM
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http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...=5&listStyle=2
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Nov 21, 2004, 12:47 AM
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The CounterStrike: Sourse cheater of the week "Akiran"
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Nov 21, 2004, 01:31 AM
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What am i smokin? If you look under instock items, the sapphire x800xt pe is listed for 650 bucks. I guess ill just settle for the x800xt, and hope i dont always wish i would have gotten the PE instead...
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Nov 21, 2004, 02:54 AM
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that have diffrent prices kida like the ones for $475 and $450 that are out of stock point being unless you book marked the page you could be looking a a diffrent x800xt card.... also supply will be much better in a mouth or two i still don't get how people are retarted enough to buy at highe then msrp... the consumers set the price... if they refuse to pay that much the retailers can not price gouge! peop go x800xt pe $1000 ok were do i enter my CC# insted of saying msrp is $499 not a penny more... and the retailer holding the bag going awe shit gota drop the price to make sales the "must havers" are not helping the situtation you realise retailers are makein 1.5-2x + msrp the normal price right now? I mean heck pay for two get one the retailers are more then happy....
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Nov 21, 2004, 03:17 AM
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god i cant wait to open my X800XT i ordered its my b day present and i got the last one off newegg the gigabyte
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Nov 21, 2004, 07:35 AM
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So you got the XT and not the PE? Please update and tell us how you like it
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Nov 21, 2004, 07:59 AM
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PEs are quite rare and I suppose they only got a few in and, seeing the popularity of the item, they started to charge insane prices. That or Sapphire jacked up the price, well, because they can...
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Nov 21, 2004, 10:57 PM
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X800XTPE not worth 200 hundred more dollars what so ever i will be writing a review next weekend for you all
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Nov 21, 2004, 11:29 PM
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Nov 22, 2004, 01:26 AM
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zardon you review that
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