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Posted at 11:09 AM on Monday 08/10/09 by
Ben
Hotness UNHOT
Newegg has the ASUS EAH4870 DK/HTDI/1GD5 1GB Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card for $150 - $20 rebate [Exp 8/31] = $130 with free shipping. Includes a free copy of Wheelman.

  • World's Fastest DDR5 Memory on board, 4 Heat-Pipe Dark Knight Cooler
  • 2nd Generation 55nm GPU Solution, DVI to HDMI Adapter
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      Casecutter - Posted 11:20 am PDT 08/10/09 (5002 Posts)  Report Spam

      This has been this price for sometime now... while the other two that I had list at that point ( several weeks ago) were also good deals, but have since hard workerup and/or lost the Free shipping.
      Wallace.... I'm bored
      http://bensbargains.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=122197&highlight=eah4870

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      JanSolo - Posted 11:28 am PDT 08/10/09 (130 Posts)  Report Spam

      The description here is a bit confusing as it says the card is 1gb and then it also says it is 512mb. Luckily, if you click the link and go to Newegg, you'll see it is indeed a 1gb GDDR5 card, not 512mb.

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      goldenboyfx - Posted 11:35 am PDT 08/10/09 (1343 Posts)  Report Spam

      Where have all the deals gone? I could see 4890's for less than this about a month ago..
      If this trend continues someone could open up a "Graphics card investment fund"

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      CompWiz17 - Posted 11:44 am PDT 08/10/09 (4902 Posts)  Report Spam

      #3: I wouldn't. DirectX 11 graphics cards are being launched in a month. That will definitely drive current-gen card prices down.

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      natty_ice - Posted 11:52 am PDT 08/10/09 (92 Posts)  Report Spam

      #3: don't. DirectX 11 graphics cards are being launched in about one month. That will definitely drive current-gen card prices lower.

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      TheMax7 - Posted 12:13 pm PDT 08/10/09 (1173 Posts)  Report Spam

      I would really like to get a new video card to replace my old 8800 GT but I hear that the DX11 cards are just around the corner so I guess I will wait to see what turns up.

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      BenKat - Posted 12:14 pm PDT 08/10/09 (2185 Posts)  Report Spam

      Was DirectX 10 even used?

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      DaPope - Posted 12:19 pm PDT 08/10/09 (586 Posts)  Report Spam

      its hard to buy new cards these days w/ xbox's as cheap as they are. but i would miss the kbd and mouse.

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      Hyuneeda - Posted 12:21 pm PDT 08/10/09 (42 Posts)  Report Spam

      #3 I'll put short on "Graphics card investment fund"

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      Casecutter - Posted 12:25 pm PDT 08/10/09 (5002 Posts)  Report Spam

      #3 -- I hear what you're saying; the pricing on almost every card has marched back up. While many are gelded with cheapened with DDR2 and/or calling them Green with minimal cost involved, but a premium pricing. As Compwiz17 states; yes we may see Dx11 ATI at some point in the next two months, so why are prices looking worse not better? We're already into the Back to School buying time, which is traditionally the stretch where graphic card purchasing picks up. I see some trepidation from economy… most folk have cash flow issues and marketing takes that into consideration also.

      Universally, it's said ATI inventory for their latest offerings isn't bursting at the seams so they figure why hobble the supply. While the inventory levels with Nvidia's are probably somewhat similar, they just can no longer sacrifice more of their margins. In all probability ATI is content that current inventory doesn't need to be pushed out right now, figuring to wait for new cards. Then move card out on Black Friday deals considering consumer confidence might be more apt to spend by that point. Nvidia has to soldier on with what they have until there capacities on Dx11 cards come on line, which looks to not be till Q1 2010.

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      Casecutter - Posted 12:49 pm PDT 08/10/09 (5002 Posts)  Report Spam

      As deals go there was the MSI R4830-T2D1G; that could have be had for $58 Free shipping I saw it come up on Friday! It's now a deactivated number for Egg.
      It had a $15 Egg discount, -AR $15, and $17 Coupon Code VGA8519; but Nooo Ben couldn't list that deal.... but his favorite 8400GS still get listed every other couple of days!

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      fboutlaw11 - Posted 2:09 pm PDT 08/10/09 (189 Posts)  Report Spam

      I was tempted to pick this up, but when dx11 hits, all these cards will be useless.

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      Casecutter - Posted 2:27 pm PDT 08/10/09 (5002 Posts)  Report Spam

      Not unless you're going to jump to Win7 when it's released. Me I'll probably wait till SP1 revision is closer at hand so figure it would provide 6-8 monthes after the release.

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      CompWiz17 - Posted 3:01 pm PDT 08/10/09 (4902 Posts)  Report Spam

      Hyuneeda wrote:
      #3 I'll put short on "Graphics card investment fund"


      Hey, deal me in on some of that action.

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      bmndibb2 - Posted 3:03 pm PDT 08/10/09 (809 Posts)  Report Spam

      CompWhack, don't you have a job?

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      CompWiz17 - Posted 3:05 pm PDT 08/10/09 (4902 Posts)  Report Spam

      Casecutter wrote:
      As Compwiz17 states; yes we may see Dx11 ATI at some point in the next two months


      Actually, they're launching within a month: http://bensbargains.net

      Casecutter wrote:
      Not unless you're going to jump to Win7 when it's released. Me I'll probably wait till SP1 revision is closer at hand so figure it would provide 6-8 monthes after the release.


      Vista also supports DirectX 11.

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      CompWiz17 - Posted 3:06 pm PDT 08/10/09 (4902 Posts)  Report Spam

      bmndibb2 wrote:
      CompWhack, don't you have a job?


      yes. But if someone's willing to let me short sell graphics cards, I'm not opposed to getting rich.

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      Casecutter - Posted 8:32 pm PDT 08/10/09 (5002 Posts)  Report Spam

      #16 -- I heard early on at various forums that folks expected MS to provide Dx11 capability (upgrade) to Vista, however as of lately I can't find anything official that MS is intending to do that and if so when.

      ATI RV870 Evergreen release date...
      While I've searched and I'm finding nothing conclusive that ATI is planning Dx11 RV870 by mid-September I still say Oct-Nov time frame they got no reason to rush it right...

      http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20090719235717_Release_Date_of_ATsDirectX_11_Chip_Still_Unclear.html
      http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/14814/1/
      http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/14847/1/
      http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/amd_betting_dx11_launch_it_ahead_nvidia

      Nice link back to Ben's Rolling Eyes

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      hobubu - Posted 9:49 pm PDT 08/10/09 (68 Posts)  Report Spam

      i love the heat pipes of this card,it looks like a $30 video card cooler.

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      CompWiz17 - Posted 12:32 pm PDT 08/11/09 (4902 Posts)  Report Spam

      #18: did you try the link I posted?

      or, search google for ATI launch 11

      The 11 narrows it down to just DirectX 11 results.

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