cheap x800xt in the US

Son_of_Thunder

well, i said i would post this site after i confirmed my order. they have sapphire x800xtpe vivo's for 459 dollars, 469 w/ shipping. mine is going out tonight another hour and a half or so the guy said

www.xpcgear.com

very highly rated, i called them and the people on the other end of the line could actually speak english were very friendly and helpful.

i would have posted this in the "good deals on x800's" but now that x800's are fairly easy to find no one checks there anymore...and this is a xt platinum edition

Clubber

Congratulations! I had a 800xtpe by Asus for about a week then it fired. Just waiting now for my new one that I orderd from ATI

AssailantZero

I just went and checked that card out, it says nothing about it being a Platinum Edition, are you sure it is one? I have been looking for one.

me972

what I dont understand is - how in god's name can they still have the shame to sell an OLD 9800XT at 435 USD if the x800XT+VIVO is 450USD??!?!?!?!?!

are stupid people even buying them????????????

me972

the clock rates are of a normal XT and not PE... but it doesn't realy matter
since you can surly O/C to PE speeds....and there is not diff between them..

Son_of_Thunder

the memory clock is xtpe speeds, the core clock is xt speeds. either way it doesn't matter to me, i got it for around 470USD it's coming on wednesday according to UPS

AssailantZero

Heh, I was thinking about ordering it, and I went back today and they jumped up the price to 499.99. No biggie, I've actually got two X800 XT PE's ordered for 450.00, but they are on backorder until next month, and one BFG 6800 Ultra OC for 475, also on backorder until who knows when. Anyway, whichever card comes first will get put in my machine and the others will either get cancelled or sold on eBay.

Drakon

i saw that too. these prices are crazy...

Son_of_Thunder

lol, the best buy near my house has the x800pro for 400USD and the 9800xt for 500 <_<

ReV smokey255

hey freind

Son_of_Thunder

you aren't getting my x800

merlinxi

Woops...

Son_of_Thunder

?

3:30, it's still not here. if it's not here w/in the hour i'm gonna be mad, the UPS station is about 15 minutes away

pr0digal jenius

ups is slow and sometimes doesn't deliver till 6pm or so....take it easy

Son_of_Thunder

i just called down there, they took down my address and number and said they would call the driver and then call me back. so yah, hopefully it'll be here soon.

lol, talk about UPS being slow, on a business day it got to one location at 11pm, 10pm the next day it was unloaded from the truck...i'm definately a fedex fan

edit

it just arrived, but the ESD bag is torn, so if it doesn't work i'm gonna be pissed

Son_of_Thunder

well, my x800xt is being detected as a x800. 16 pipes and 500/500 clocks though...any suggestions? should i try sapphires drivers instead of the default ati?

pr0digal jenius

my suggestion is find someone who knows a little more then me and give them your cards ID #s and have them tell you exactly what u have

Son_of_Thunder

well, on the back of the card there's a sticker that says x800 xt. i have the r420 core and 1.6 ram. my card handles xtpe speeds w/out a problem. i just have a weird glitchy thing at boot-up and it scores very low in 3dmark2001, but 03 and 05 are fine.