3870 for 129.99 @ BB only on june 1st no rebates!

[niko084]

you must not know what the BB discount is

Is it still like 10% above cost or w/e?

 

[cdawall]

Is it still like 10% above cost or w/e?

lower than 10% but yea

 

[Bytor]

Thanks for kicking my hopes right back down the ladder again haha

Now I'm gonna have to buy one of these AND a 4870 before you do. Just kidding (<---maybe that'll throw you off my scent)

K

Lolz... Not sure I'm going to jump on one of the 4870's. May just skip that series and enjoy my 3870's a little more.

But you never know eh!!

 

[niko084]

lower than 10% but yea

We used to get "COST" at CCity back in the day.... Then they decided to screw the employee's... Their discount is worse than Walmarts now...

 

[cdawall]

We used to get "COST" at CCity back in the day.... Then they decided to screw the employee's... Their discount is worse than Walmarts now...

yea BB is still good

 

[suraswami]

yea BB is still good

ok you me friends

I just bought the card. Damn its huge. My AGP machine was acting up, randomly shutdown, will not come back from sleep etc and my wife was mad at me. Turns out it was incompatible RAM. Removed it and it works fine. Now If that works good, I have to return the damn Video card and Asus Crossfire wifi board

 

[Scrizz]

woot I actually returned my 8800gt and got meself back in the red camp @ $129.99
:shadedshu

 

[Bytor]

woot I actually returned my 8800gt and got meself back in the red camp @ $129.99
:shadedshu

Nice not a bad deal eh!!!

 

[freaksavior]

discount at bby is $129, same price.

I dont know why you all bash bby so much. i really dont. there a legit business, get over it.

and chris(cdawall) your welcome for the job

 

[mrw1986]

cda, I worked at Best Buy for over a year. Only thing worth buying is TVs. I have 7-8 friends who still work at the one I worked at. I get everything at employee price and 9 times out of 10 etailers are cheaper than BB discount. I now work at at&t and I am working on getting them all jobs with me. Pays MUCH higher ($65k a year vs $25k at BB)

 

[freaksavior]

cda, I worked at Best Buy for over a year. Only thing worth buying is TVs. I have 7-8 friends who still work at the one I worked at. I get everything at employee price and 9 times out of 10 etailers are cheaper than BB discount. I now work at at&t and I am working on getting them all jobs with me. Pays MUCH higher ($65k a year vs $25k at BB)

they may be cheaper online 9 out of 10 times, but you guys keep bashing their "over priced" prices. like i said, get over it. there a business.

are you going to complaign about the guys changing your oiljust because they charge you 2 times as much for the oil and 2 x the amount for a timing belt? i bet you want to order that online too?

 

[erocker]

I just wish Best Buy would carry more hardware. That's all that I have where I live.

 

[Bytor]

I just wish Best Buy would carry more hardware. That's all that I have where I live.

Yes and I wish CompUSA was still around my part of the country.

 

[Xazax]

For me all the HD 3870's for $130 were sold out They did however have an awesome price on a BFG 8600GTS for $280

 

[Kei]

Indeed BestBuy is a business I don't hate them for that, I don't hate them at all but I'm careful what I buy from them as their prices are far higher than what I get online (including overnight shipping). For them it's extremely smart and I still shop there as like Walmart they're one of the only things around retail wise to get certain things.

To me it just sucks because you can't go into a computer store anymore and get parts because of the online thing being $1 cheaper...I was and still am a fan of going into the local store and supporting it cuz one day you'll need them. Once they're gone a big business moves in (BestBuy) and can charge whatever they want.

It's just sad to me to watch people walk in and pay some of the prices they charge for instance seeing someone buy a HD3450 card for double the price! They're a good store but some of the parts they just charge far more than what's 'ethical' in my book. Profit and price gouging are two very different things.

Meh oh well, I still shop there and will continue to do so especially when they have deals like this. Though I'll be buying my new monitor (Samsung 1080p 32") as it's $300 cheaper at the egg even with BestBuy online. I do miss having CompUSA around as well, it was nice to have somewhere to guy and buy actual hardware besides just a few video cards and harddrives.

K

Oh yea I do all my own work too so I have no idea how much an oil change would cost haha

 

[flclisgreat]

they may be cheaper online 9 out of 10 times, but you guys keep bashing their "over priced" prices. like i said, get over it. there a business.

are you going to complaign about the guys changing your oiljust because they charge you 2 times as much for the oil and 2 x the amount for a timing belt? i bet you want to order that online too?

there is a difference between making a profit and charging up to double+ for an item.


and no i wouldn't complain about the price of an oil change and new timing belt as i do all my own mechanical work.

oil: $2
belt: find one for free

 

[nicepun]

I have both of them. The coolers perform virtually the same. As for the OC, the HIS highest OC was at 916/1393 while the VisionTek was at 912/1388 so that's statistically the same as well - based on a .05 differential

How did you OC the cards? Rivatuner? You used stock HSF? That's some really high OCs for stock HSF. Thanks.

 

[Kei]

My card is also overclocked very high for a stock card. In the 3800 series thread (or was it 3dmark06 thread) I've posted my highest clock screenshot of 931Mhz core clock and 1404Mhz memory on the stock HSF and no hardware mods. All of my work was done through software and no bios flashes either.

I'm using 905Mhz core and 1305Mhz memory as my day in day out game setup just to lessen any stress on the card. When I first did it I used CCC and RivaTuner in combination, but now I use ATi Tray Tools exclusively.

K

 

[Megasty]

How did you OC the cards? Rivatuner? You used stock HSF? That's some really high OCs for stock HSF. Thanks.

Rivatuner with the stock cooling @ 100%. Those are instanely high clocks for those cards. They're not stable for gaming at all & I only did it to run a few benchmarks.

I just wish Best Buy would carry more hardware. That's all that I have where I live.

I'm really lucky over here I guess. I have a TD about 6 mi from me. But its a little outlet. The larger TD & MC are near me as well but they are 20 to 30 mi aways. When I need something that the smaller TD doesn't have I usually put it off until I have some huge ridiculous list of junk. Then I trek off to TD & MC with an extra red container of gas

 

[Scrizz]

wow I'm really lucky that I still have a CompUSA near me

 

[Kei]

Thank the gods Scrizz they seem to be disappearing everywhere lately...and fast. I think it was 1 week the store near me sold everything and was gone...1 freaking week and it was almost bone dry after just a couple days.

K

 

[dark2099]

Sales are the only reason I go there, or unless I need something quick, but other than that it generally has been Microcenter lately, Fry's has some nice deals, but the drive for me, no thanks. And then there is always Newegg.

 

[philbrown23]

well with the actual price that these places are buying these cards for they should be selling them less than this!

 

[cdawall]

discount at bby is $129, same price.

I dont know why you all bash bby so much. i really dont. there a legit business, get over it.

and chris(cdawall) your welcome for the job

really thats gay

yea i said thanks for the job already

 

[Scrizz]

well my CompUSA was purchased by TigerDirect