killer open box deal at newegg........Is it worth it?

**stinger608** · August 24th, 2006

Well this seems to be a fantastic deal on a x850xt!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16814102688R

**drew and not u** · August 24th, 2006

That's just pages of ati cards. How much was the x850? If you don't care about SM3, it's still a pretty powerful card. I play Oblivion with fairly high settings at 1580x1050 and still get about 50-60fps on average

polobunny · August 24th, 2006

Cheapest I saw was $150.00 for an open box X850 Crossfire. Not much of a deal. =/
You can get an open box X1800GTO for that price.

yurimxpxman · August 24th, 2006

It sure beats the heck out of my x550! :P

killswitch83 · August 24th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by drew and not u

That's just pages of ati cards. How much was the x850? If you don't care about SM3, it's still a pretty powerful card. I play Oblivion with fairly high settings at 1580x1050 and still get about 50-60fps on average

It's $107.02 plus shipping......not too bad I guess.

**gvblake22** · August 24th, 2006

A good price for a nice card. But at this point, I have a hard time recommending any ATI video card prior to the X1k series cards with PixelShader 3 and Avivo...

polobunny · August 24th, 2006

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Originally Posted by killswitch83

Quote:

Originally Posted by drew and not u

That's just pages of ati cards. How much was the x850? If you don't care about SM3, it's still a pretty powerful card. I play Oblivion with fairly high settings at 1580x1050 and still get about 50-60fps on average

It's $107.02 plus shipping......not too bad I guess.

Where? Can't see it. :?
Nice deal, but like Blake said it's hard to recommend a card older than X1k. =/
AVIVO rocks btw!

fps justin · August 24th, 2006

i have to agree with everyone else's opinions so far. the x850xt is an old card. I'd stay away from it but it IS powerful.

polobunny · August 24th, 2006

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Originally Posted by fps justin

i have to agree with everyone else's opinions so far. the x850xt is an old card. I'd stay away from it but it IS powerful.

You have a 6600GT.
:twisted:

**stinger608** · August 24th, 2006

Well heck guys, thanks for all of the opinons

I really haven't had that many ATI cards, and man, it has been along time since having one.
The reason that I was asking, I have a customer that wants an upgrade on a video card, but only wants to spend up to a $150.00. I do see that the link is no longer any good :shock:
Newegg must of only had one in stock, and sold it today.
I do agree that all of the 1k cards are probably a much better choice, and I will try to find some thing good within his price range.
I have tried to get him to go with an Nvidia card, as I know much more about there cards, and they don't update the drivers every month, but he seems to be hesitant on switching. :roll:

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gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,351 Blog Entries: 1	A good price for a nice card. But at this point, I have a hard time recommending any ATI video card prior to the X1k series cards with PixelShader 3 and Avivo...