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How is regular price a bargain? Am I missing something? Is Ben in need of more cash for a car payment? Come on Ben where are the bargains?

It is a recent price drop.

The 4850 X2 2 gb a few ads below is a better bargain than this.

I suppose if you don't do rebates it not the worst for a XFX with 1Gb, while free shipping is the hook. Although when a XFX 4890 was $180 with a rebate, and their 4850 512Mb is today $85 –AR this still seems pricey.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10009919

XFX is good. Buy one of their NVIDIA cards instead of this ATI junk.

this aint cheap **** !

ZipZoomFly.com has the faster Radeon 4890 1GB on sale for $135 right now, I'm not sure why you'd buy this card over that one.

I recommend against buying from XFX. Over the last four years, I've purchased four video cards from them. One of the older cards, a 6800GS, has been having an issue where, if the computer is turned on with the VGA cable connected, there is a ~90% chance that there will be screen corruption. If the system is booted with the VGA cable disconnected, there will be no corruption and everything runs properly.

I called XFX to try to get the card serviced as it, like most of their video cards, supposedly has a double lifetime warranty. Double lifetime means that the card has a lifetime warranty for the original purchaser and for the first person that the original purchaser sells the card to.

XFX asked me for proof of purchase, which I didn't have since the card was purchased several years ago. I asked if that was needed since the card had a lifetime warranty. I was told that it did. I forged a receipt and they called me out on it, stating that since I had not registered the card within 30 days of purchasing it, it only had a one year warranty on it, and that it had expired.

I told XFX that I was a loyal customer and asked them if they would be willing to make an exception for me. I also asked them if they'd be willing to let me register my 8800GTS and GTX 260+ so I could have the warranty on them. I also pointed out that reputable manufacturers of other computer hardware with lifetime warranties, such as memory, would replace defective hardware without requiring a proof of purchase. They adamantly declined my requests.

CLIFFS NOTES:
--XFX video cards supposedly have double lifetime warranty.
--XFX denies warranty if cards are not registered within 30 days.
--If you purchase an XFX product and need warranty support, expect them to try to weasel out of honoring the warranty.

Yes, I plan to spam this in every XFX "deal" posted on BB. I am thoroughly disgusted with XFX and am strongly considering selling all of my XFX hardware at a loss so I can replace it with equipment from a more reputable company.