View Full Version : Does everyone HATE me? x800xtPE@$437
charlie
11-11-2004, 09:42 AM
Hehehehehehe....
Strolling through the local BEST BUY store, I wrap my hands around the BFG TECH 6800GT OC, and I'm walking around the computer section looking at lappies...
ENTER 17 year old "spiked hair" customer service representative:
"How's it goin? Findin' everything OK tonight?"
Yeah, sure I'm just grabbing this VC... want to play some DOOM3.
EYES of SAID CSR perk up:
"Oh DUDE! You're gonna love it man! It is sooooo bad."
Yeah, I've heard the graphics are pretty good.
LIGHT goes on in head of CSR:
"You ever heard of a Radeon X800 XT "PLATINUM" Edition?
(trying to contain myself) Yeah, it's the top VC right now... you have any in the warehouse? Any available for Order?
CSR Smile beaming:
No, nobody can get 'em. I've never even seen one... until 2 hours ago. A guy got one online at BB.com and returned it tonight 'cuz his board is PCI-Xpress and this card is AGP. It's "open box", you want it? We tested it, it works fine... you should see it playing Far Cry, dude, hehehehehe....
(trying to act cool) Open box? Hmmmm.... that kinda' sucks. Is there an open box disount?
CSR acting powerful:
Sure, I can ring it up as an OPEN BOX model! No problem! You can return it if it doesn't work for you, do you want it?
(wry smile)
Yeah, I'll take it!
$499.99
-$50.00 DISCOUNT
-$12.00 (McDonalds Best Buy Bucks)
TOTAL $437.99
FallenAngel
11-11-2004, 09:50 AM
Awsome
omg thats sweet! Have you tested this card yet ?
Aphex_Tom_9
11-11-2004, 10:09 AM
ahh you lucky bastard :) nice find!
charlie
11-11-2004, 10:10 AM
omg thats sweet! Have you tested this card yet ?
no, not yet....
My home PC is being used too much to mess with, the office rig is used for work stuff and my benching rig is torn up 'cuz I sold my Winnie...
spaceman
11-11-2004, 10:17 AM
Pretty cool, you lucky dog. :D Guess you'll be gettin' that benchin' rig together a little sooner now? ;)
No, I don't hate you. If I didn't have one already I would hate you...there is a difference.
I always like when people get the same card so I can look at their systems and plan my upgrade path...so slop in some '03 benchies when you can :toast:
Bennah
11-11-2004, 10:40 AM
Nice find charlie.
Good luck with the benching when you get chance to bench it :D
quicksilverXP
11-11-2004, 10:50 AM
Holy :banana::banana::banana::banana:... yeah... I do hate you..
Geforce4ti4200
11-11-2004, 11:00 AM
good deal, ive seen people get the vivo and mod to xt but you got the real mc coy! I can see why you sold the winchester, it wouldnt respond with below 0 temps. dont u still have a fx53 at 3.1GHz using dry ice? Havent seen a 3dmark score from you lately nor from anyone else for the matter, must be that low temp problem winchesters and some fx55s have thats keeping the orb stagnant :( that spiked hair kid is sure funny :lol:
faruquehabib
11-11-2004, 11:03 AM
you lucky bastage!
ocmyface
11-11-2004, 11:21 AM
do you want to know why nobody can get ahold of X800XT PE's?
BECAUSE CHARLIE BUYS ALL OF THEM! :p:
Der_KHAN
11-11-2004, 11:48 AM
(trying to act cool) Open box? Hmmmm.... that kinda' sucks. Is there an open box disount?
CSR acting powerful:
Sure, I can ring it up as an OPEN BOX model! No problem! You can return it if it doesn't work for you, do you want it?
(wry smile)
Yeah, I'll take it!
dude, you're the man! :D :up:
437.99$, thats not even 340Euros - helluva deal! :slobber:
Geforce4ti4200
11-11-2004, 01:18 PM
LOL I wont be needing an x800xt till I get a 4GHz plus cpu years from now anyway. I will stick to agp as long as I can, maybe once ddr2 mobos start shipping with 4GHz winchesters then ill start over
zakelwe
11-11-2004, 01:27 PM
Hehehehehehe....
Strolling through the local BEST BUY store, I wrap my hands around the BFG TECH 6800GT OC, and I'm walking around the computer section looking at lappies...
ENTER 17 year old "spiked hair" customer service representative:
"How's it goin? Findin' everything OK tonight?"
Yeah, sure I'm just grabbing this VC... want to play some DOOM3.
EYES of SAID CSR perk up:
"Oh DUDE! You're gonna love it man! It is sooooo bad."
Yeah, I've heard the graphics are pretty good.
LIGHT goes on in head of CSR:
"You ever heard of a Radeon X800 XT "PLATINUM" Edition?
(trying to contain myself) Yeah, it's the top VC right now... you have any in the warehouse? Any available for Order?
CSR Smile beaming:
No, nobody can get 'em. I've never even seen one... until 2 hours ago. A guy got one online at BB.com and returned it tonight 'cuz his board is PCI-Xpress and this card is AGP. It's "open box", you want it? We tested it, it works fine... you should see it playing Far Cry, dude, hehehehehe....
(trying to act cool) Open box? Hmmmm.... that kinda' sucks. Is there an open box disount?
CSR acting powerful:
Sure, I can ring it up as an OPEN BOX model! No problem! You can return it if it doesn't work for you, do you want it?
(wry smile)
Yeah, I'll take it!
$499.99
-$50.00 DISCOUNT
-$12.00 (McDonalds Best Buy Bucks)
TOTAL $437.99
But Charlie, he didn't let you sleep with his mom.
So I'm only half impressed :D
No, excellent deal.. good luck with the overclocking.
Regards
Andy
Crankster
11-11-2004, 01:45 PM
How do you think the spiked boy was concieved andy? :stick:
Think about, it's too good to be true unless.... it's Charlies forgotten son! *gasp* *murmur* *applause*
ocmyface
11-11-2004, 01:46 PM
LOL I wont be needing an x800xt till I get a 4GHz plus cpu years from now anyway. I will stick to agp as long as I can, maybe once ddr2 mobos start shipping with 4GHz winchesters then ill start over
and x800xt's arent AGP? or do you just like to tell random stories about what youre planning to do with your own setup in other people's threads? :rolleyes:
does anyone care what you plan on doing "years from now"? Not at all, if they did they would start a thread called "GF4, what are you doing years from now", for the love of God stay on topic for once
and didn't you spend the last 5 months talking about how youre not upgrading until you can get a 3ghz winchester? now youre saying you wouldnt upgrade until 4ghz winchesters? WOW, you amaze me...
Charlie, how many x800xt's do you have now? if you plan on ever getting rid of one, pm me and i might take it off your hands :)
Jupiler
11-11-2004, 01:50 PM
Sweet deal, charlie.
And YES, we all hate you. :D
Kanavit
11-11-2004, 02:09 PM
man, you are so lucky Charlie! i can't find any x800pro or xt pe anywhere! I had to softmod my 6800nu and bios flash it to ultra to get an ultra.
pythagoras
11-11-2004, 03:04 PM
$437.99 :sick:
I would hate you, if x800xt pe werent so rare and I didnt have one.
You must remember I live in the UK(state of the art stuff gets here much later than you guys get it. Six weeks ago I was hoping to get an x800xt or a 6800 ultra. Well you know the answer to that not a cat in hells chance :(
But Scan, a major online retailer in the UK, had some glacier 6800gt's in stock, so I thought "Might as well settle for one of those.
Well this retailer has counter sales also and I also live a 10 minute drive from them, so decided to go down.
I get to the counter and ask any ultra's or x800xt pe's in stock? Well you can imagine the response I get from the guy at the counter :mad: . Wrong ;) He checks the system nothing in stock. But he then says "I'll get xxxxx to check in the warehouse he nevers lets me down". I'm thinking yeh right, this guy is just going to conjur one up from thin air.
But low and behold he returns with, what I think is an x800xt pe :D . No such luck its a damnded pci-e card. Sales rep realise this and tells him to look again. VAn turns up outside and hands warehouse guy delivery list. Guess whats on the list, one Asus x800xt pe :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: .
Bad news is it cost me £387, good news, they are as rare as rocking horse manure.
Regards
John.
GomerPyle
11-11-2004, 03:24 PM
I hate you charlie :CTF:
Nah :)
longshot
11-11-2004, 03:29 PM
I dont hate you charlie I have had 3-4 of them come through my fingers. I kept one and sold the rest! just ask o27 :) If i could ont come up with a PCI-E one so when the nForce4 boards come out i have a card to use with it.
pythagoras
11-11-2004, 03:36 PM
Hi longshot,
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=136127
Expensive, but in stock ;)
Regards
John.
BTW: I read in a uk computer magazine that ATI wouldnt be producing anymore pe because of the low yields, is this true?
Garrett
11-11-2004, 03:37 PM
I'll pay you $438 if you want to sell it ;)
That way you'll have a massive $0.01 profit :D
Rinsewand
11-11-2004, 05:50 PM
do i class as being even luckier then?
A: i didnt pay for my x800, after building a friend a pc, and noticing the level of profit i was making, i put an x800 on the same order, and therefore, didnt pay for it! (i asked, so it isnt stealing, dont worry)
B: on getting my Saphire X800XT, and installing it, i realised that its actually an X800XT PE, as some of the earliest saphire cards were.
total cost : £365 delivered to my door by a friend.
total cost to me : 3 and a half hours building a pc + ordering time.
i also managed to get an OCZ powerstream out of the deal after it was discovered it wouldnt fit in the case.
Kanati
11-11-2004, 06:29 PM
Definitely an awesome score. And here I was thinking that Worst Buy was good for nothing.... :slobber:
eva2000
11-11-2004, 06:41 PM
lucky bugger!
My Powercolor X800XT PE I bought locally in OZ, just arrived it cost in total including CC and shipping fees = AUD$925 or US$699
Can't really find any X800XT PE in OZ only Sapphire ones at AUD$1050+ heh
http://fileshosts.com/videocards/Powercolor/X800XTPE/1/small/X800XTPE_00.JPG http://fileshosts.com/videocards/Powercolor/X800XTPE/1/small/X800XTPE_16.JPG
http://fileshosts.com/videocards/Powercolor/X800XTPE/1/small/X800XTPE_22.JPG http://fileshosts.com/videocards/Powercolor/X800XTPE/1/small/X800XTPE_23.JPG
Front side has Samsung 419 GC16 chips, Backside has Samsung 422 GC16 chips heh
charlie
11-11-2004, 07:58 PM
mmmmmm.... pretty picture :D
Is HITMAN any good?
C
eva2000
11-11-2004, 08:05 PM
no idea never played Hitman before hehe
about to install the card now so be back with some screenies :D
charlie
11-11-2004, 08:07 PM
CS Condition Zero is actually a BLASST to play!!!!
A great shooter.
blinky
11-11-2004, 08:09 PM
-$12.00 (McDonalds Best Buy Bucks)HAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAH
i can imagine u giving them 12 little thingies, LOL
eva2000
11-11-2004, 08:09 PM
yeah CS: Zero i got with my Gecube X800Pro 12pipe card and great to play but bloody hard i die very soon :o
spaceman
11-11-2004, 08:24 PM
Hitman:Contracts is kinda good. Last time I tried it, I got stuck on a balcony, lol. (there's no jump key, that I could find) Lotsa blood & death.
Geforce4ti4200
11-11-2004, 09:54 PM
nice card, with that a64 maybe you can break 32k air cooled? expensive though ;)
althes
11-12-2004, 03:46 AM
taking a trip done to my bestbuy
esdee
11-12-2004, 05:37 AM
Don't worry charlie we have no reason to hate your luck !!! :P
FallenAngel
11-12-2004, 06:12 AM
Hitman is a good game for people who likes it, kinda roleplay plenty of blood, but we need plenty of patience to do the job right
FlyingHamster
11-12-2004, 03:28 PM
haha nice find charlie!
I know how u feel, I just picked up an x800pro vivo > XT PE for $350 :banana:
WolfF
11-12-2004, 03:58 PM
Wow, it was written that card was for you m8 :D
Congrats.
GL!
PS I hate you too :P
Garrett
11-13-2004, 07:32 AM
haha nice find charlie!
I know how u feel, I just picked up an x800pro vivo > XT PE for $350 :banana:Now THAT'S a reason to hate someone ;)
j/k man... does it clock good? :banana: :banana:
FlyingHamster
11-13-2004, 08:53 AM
no intentions to hijack this thread, but yeah its a pretty good oc'er. 530/570 on stock cooler.. thats about its max.
/back on topic
Mag Master 21
11-13-2004, 02:46 PM
awsome dude.. Can't wait for the benches... :)
Sucka
11-14-2004, 01:28 AM
That is awsome, i had been looking for them in the local shops as well (CompUSA, Fry's, BB, CC, ect) in hopes they would maybe have ONE in stock. I ended up getting a Sapphire x800XT with 1.6ns memory all the way around, and it does well over PE speeds out of the box, all for $453.00
Hope that's a good one for you.
ctgilles
11-14-2004, 06:09 AM
LOL, play NFS:U 2 guys :D
Goddamn addictive sh*t ;)
reject
11-14-2004, 07:09 AM
thats great! i got my GT for 714 when the rest of the cards were 800$ and sapphire vivo was 760!
good luck never comes with cpus but always with video cards.
Great deal, charlie! :thumbsup:
I've been also a bit of lucky... I rma'ed my Gecube 9800XT 9weeks ago, the dealer sent it to taiwan as they did not have any left in stock. 2 days ago I finally got the card back. I unpacked it and... voila! A new shiny X800 pro card in the old ugly 9800 box :D Not bad, huh?! ;)
FlyingHamster
11-14-2004, 03:45 PM
dude that is awesome SAE. how is it? wut kinda scores are u pulling with that + yer uber powerful LP-B? :D
blinky
11-15-2004, 08:21 AM
heres a pro vivo for only $409 http://bestbargainpc.com/sarax8pro25d1.html
heres an XT-pe mismarked for $555 http://bestbargainpc.com/pocox8xtrefb.html
OEM PE for $575 http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=190567
eva2000
11-15-2004, 08:56 AM
Great deal, charlie! :thumbsup:
I've been also a bit of lucky... I rma'ed my Gecube 9800XT 9weeks ago, the dealer sent it to taiwan as they did not have any left in stock. 2 days ago I finally got the card back. I unpacked it and... voila! A new shiny X800 pro card in the old ugly 9800 box :D Not bad, huh?! ;)
You serious ? :eek:
You serious ? :eek:
Yep. I am serious :D
Good deal, eh? ;)
SAE that's cool you lucky ... ;))
lalPOOO
11-15-2004, 09:29 AM
I don't think its luck, its just gigabyte no longer manufactoring 9800xts. When you think about it, I doubt their cost to produce the x800's this year and the 9800s last year are too different, so to them its almost the same dollar value. Catch my drift?
MailmaN87
11-15-2004, 11:48 AM
Oh yes I hate you.
ALOT!!!!!!!!! :p:
spaceman
11-15-2004, 03:06 PM
Great deal, charlie! :thumbsup:
I've been also a bit of lucky... I rma'ed my Gecube 9800XT 9weeks ago, the dealer sent it to taiwan as they did not have any left in stock. 2 days ago I finally got the card back. I unpacked it and... voila! A new shiny X800 pro card in the old ugly 9800 box :D Not bad, huh?! ;)
Sweet! :cool: Do ya think they'd let me trade a bbati 9800 Pro? :D
Sweet! :cool: Do ya think they'd let me trade a bbati 9800 Pro? :D
:lol:
Hmm. :idea: Maybe if it dies by "accident" ;)
(my 9800xt mysteriously died overnight being unmodded - been gaming the evening before)
ArcTan
11-16-2004, 04:45 AM
great price
it's almost twice as much here