Just bought my first ever PCIE card

[Wile E]

You need glasses dude 87-20 = 67 is the price... The cheapest at Best Buy doesn't mean the cheapest at the egg...

Best way to compare is to choose a card at random and look at lowest prices in each

for example: GTS 250 Newegg: 110$ after 10$ MIR... free ship -MSI
BB: 190$ + tax = ~205$ -BFG or PNY

Holy.... ok I must have picked an example that is disfavorable for BB lol

LOL at BB gtx 260 is cheaper than GTS 250? The GTX 260 is closer price... 175$+tax at BB = ~ 185-190$ and its 165 free ship (or 1 is at 150$ after MIR + ~5$, but 30$ MIR is alot) at the egg

Lol Microcenter is cheaper than both

No, the price is 67-20 = 47. Newegg lists the price BEFORE the mir.

 

[n-ster]

when i posted that it was 87-20 but now its 67-20

I have been here long enough to know that newegg posts like that lol... actually, anybody could see the 47$ in say below the price (after MIR it says)

I do have glasses but they arent that bad

 

[Wile E]

when i posted that it was 87-20 but now its 67-20

Ahh, I see. They were probably updating the site, as it was $67 from the time he made his first post.

 

[n-ster]

I think they changed the price o 67$ after MIR briefly lol

oh and post 145 "its back at 47$ !! so your glasses are good "

I wonder how u2k will be shocked going from single to dual core... quad has little benefit for him compared to dual though...

 

[DaedalusHelios]

Those prices are just as high as best buy. This is one example:

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0318887

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9402719&type=product&id=1218099648165

Looks like best buy is cheaper.

Thats online. There site and pricing in store is different. They have a fake version of the best buy website in store that pulls from the pricing in store to prevent contradictions in pricing.

Source: http://consumerist.com/search/best buy/

http://consumerist.com/consumer/bes...he-existence-of-its-secret-website-241097.php

http://consumerist.com/245216/update-best-buy-still-using-its-secret-website

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

I remember not long ago you said PCIe was pointless to upgrade to...

 

[n-ster]

I remember that too... says he was way happy with his current rig... and still says he is....

 

[RadeonProVega]

Thats online. There site and pricing in store is different.

No its not , i was just at best buy 2 days ago, the price online is the same in the store. Some cards that are in the store also, is not even listed on the site, like the 4550 or the 9600GT low power GDDR3 version which is price at 111 dollars.

I wonder how u2k will be shocked going from single to dual core...

I don't know, how much faster is my rig:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9170835&type=product&id=1218043607320

vs this rig:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9403585&type=product&id=1218099974329

I remember not long ago you said PCIe was pointless to upgrade to...

I was caught up in the PCI world, But PCI is not bad, light to mid gaming cool, but overall PCIE is well a trillion times better. Now with every game i play now, i can play at max settings and game just fine

 

[shevanel]

second link better but both still a waste of hard earned money.

 

[n-ster]

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0318185

lol

 

[RadeonProVega]

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0318185

lol

Thats not the same desktop, look a bit closer to the one over at best buy.

 

[kurosagi01]

the one in bestbuy is only .3 quicker than the one in micro centre,but then again the one from best buy has better offer for extra 70 bucks it has 640GB hard drive storage while the one from microcentre is only 320GB. 640GB is normally 70bucks on its own no?

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

I was caught up in the PCI world, But PCI is not bad, light to mid gaming cool, but overall PCIE is well a trillion times better. Now with every game i play now, i can play at max settings and game just fine

Thats what we were trying to tell you before.

 

[Flyordie]

the one in bestbuy is only .3 quicker than the one in micro centre,but then again the one from best buy has better offer for extra 70 bucks it has 640GB hard drive storage while the one from microcentre is only 320GB. 640GB is normally 70bucks on its own no?

If it took $35 off the main price and added $70 on for the 640, then yes.

 

[n-ster]

still a waste of money IMHO, but at least not as much as his single core was... or his PCI cards....

 

[RadeonProVega]

Well folks i am going to buy my second pcie card in about 2 hours or so, wish me luck on a nice card. Might as well pick up a 400 or 500 watts PSU too, and some other goodies.

Be back later with photos, um from scanning it from my printer( too cheap to buy a camera lol )

 

[kurosagi01]

we all advice you not to buy a cheap brand psu.

 

[RadeonProVega]

Well they had a 4350 for 40 bucks, they had a 4550 for 59 dollars, they had a 4650 for 100 dollars, they had another 4650 for 59 dollars, only problem " No Fan " so i skip that, kept looking around, found a 4670 1GB by Sapphire for only 70 dollars total. So i bought that, but i have some questions:

#1 How much more powerful is this compared to my Galaxy 9500GT 1GB DDR2 card?
#2 Over at gpureview it only draws 58 w, even tho that may not be too accurate, so can 250 watts handle it?

#3 Keep it mind , i ran a 2400 and a 8400gs and a 8500gt on my old p3 with a 90watts psu just fine.

#4 last, Keep in mind, my 9500gt only draws 48 w and it works just fine

 

[SonDa5]

edit: nvm
This is almost like Monty Python - bizarre and funny. But there's that nasty feeling there's something horribly wrong with all this. It's like something leaked into our reality from some twisted alternate reality.

Very strange indeed.

 

[RadeonProVega]

Holy crap

This card is a beast. One question

What is the low core and memory clock thing about?????????

 

[mlee49]

Does your driver drop to 2D mode? Nvidia's do if your not running anything intensive.

 

[LittleLizard]

No its not , i was just at best buy 2 days ago, the price online is the same in the store. Some cards that are in the store also, is not even listed on the site, like the 4550 or the 9600GT low power GDDR3 version which is price at 111 dollars.


I don't know, how much faster is my rig:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9170835&type=product&id=1218043607320

vs this rig:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9403585&type=product&id=1218099974329


I was caught up in the PCI world, But PCI is not bad, light to mid gaming cool, but overall PCIE is well a trillion times better. Now with every game i play now, i can play at max settings and game just fine

Pci was meant for gamers in the pre 2000 era. Its not for gaming any more, even for the litest gaming. Pci is only for addon cards.

Well they had a 4350 for 40 bucks, they had a 4550 for 59 dollars, they had a 4650 for 100 dollars, they had another 4650 for 59 dollars, only problem " No Fan " so i skip that, kept looking around, found a 4670 1GB by Sapphire for only 70 dollars total. So i bought that, but i have some questions:

http://www.imagenerd.com/uploads/picture-i7W6R.jpg

http://www.imagenerd.com/uploads/picture2-N4UlU.jpg

#1 How much more powerful is this compared to my Galaxy 9500GT 1GB DDR2 card?
#2 Over at gpureview it only draws 58 w, even tho that may not be too accurate, so can 250 watts handle it?

#3 Keep it mind , i ran a 2400 and a 8400gs and a 8500gt on my old p3 with a 90watts psu just fine.

#4 last, Keep in mind, my 9500gt only draws 48 w and it works just fine

1 - say up to 20% on most games, 10% on nvidia games. Thats why you shouldnt buy two cards from nvidia and ati but just one good.

Holy crap
http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/09/10/03/8xq.png

This card is a beast. One question

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/09/10/03/c5q.png

What is the low core and memory clock thing about?????????

it lowers the core clock for save energy. Pretty much anithing on the 4xxx series do that

 

[RadeonProVega]

1 - say up to 20% on most games, 10% on nvidia games. Thats why you shouldnt buy two cards from nvidia and ati but just one good.

Well i just like having and buying more then one card. Now that i have a 9500GT and 4670 thats it for this rig and the rig i am buying to replace this one with. For my secondary rig, i am buying a 9800gt and a radeon card, even tho at this point what ati card i am buying , because the last non power connector ati card is well a 4670. So who knows what i am buying.

It lowers the core clock for save energy. Pretty much anithing on the 4xxx series do that

Very nice, thanks. Everything is working fine, even tho i had to disable that stupid ATI audio high definition crap, it was slowing stuff down.

PEACE

 

[LittleLizard]

Very nice, thanks. Everything is working fine, even tho i had to disable that stupid ATI audio high definition crap, it was slowing stuff down.

PEACE

If you didnt know THERE IS A THANKS BUTTON!!

 

[RadeonProVega]

Here is what i notice so far with this card, temps go from 50-71c, when playing a game, but then drops back down to 47c or 50c on idle. Is this bad or good?
Its also kinda warm in my house