Good buy? Powercolor 3850 + 2GB Ram for $50.

[bretts31344]

I bought a combo deal at Newegg for a Powercolor 3850 512MB version and 2GB DDR2 OCZ Ram for only ~$50 after rebates. The only reason for the upgrade is my brother's video card broke, and instead of him buying another low-end card, I figured I might as well make a significant upgrade from my X1950 Pro. I realize all the rage is about the 48XX cards, but the cheapest I have seen a 4850 is ~$130 after rebates. That is 2.5 times what I payed. I am going to try playing games at 1920x1080, but I can lower the resolution with 1:1 pixel mapping and I won't really care. I really don't need to play everything maxed out, but it would be nice obviously. Was this a good purchase for my situation?

Link to hardware:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...A-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-N82E16814131096

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...A-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-N82E16820227139

 

[JrRacinFan]

Nice find! $17 discount if you purchase as a combo, then you have $55 in MIR's. You did very VERY well.

 

[bretts31344]

Thanks, I thought that was a great price. I think I got it when shipping was free (too lazy to look up the order right now), so it was under $50 I believe! I need the extra RAM too since I have 2GB and want to reinstall Vista x64.

 

[HolyCow02]

Very nice find. That's something you would find on fatwallet. Good call with the 2GB of mem for vista 64... it helps tons.

Definitely a good find though

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