Ben's Bargains

Ben · Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 41038

Newegg has the Sapphire 100225L Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card for $85 - $15 coupon code EMCLTPL48 [Exp 7/6] - $10 rebate [Exp 6/30] + $0 shipping = $60 shipped.

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bbsam · Joined: 02 Nov 2007 Posts: 304

4650/512M ddr2 is $30. Must be ddr2/GDDR4 difference makes up much more than the 4650/3850 difference.

Nobahar · Joined: 02 Aug 2008 Posts: 48

I'm not sure if this is a good deal. The 4850 was a better card at a similar price when it was a deal.

This is also worse than the 9600GSO 384, which is half the price.

Casecutter · Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Posts: 2607

#1 - Yes, they're much different. You can never go by series numbers as determining performance placement, as neither manufacture keeps to any long term uniformity.
A 4650 isn't better than the 3850, heck it not even in the same league when considering 3D performance.
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=580&card2=546

While, at this price this isn’t even worthy of consideration. Makes you wonder is Sapphire still assembling these, or if these are old stock? If moving old stock they’d need to be $35, then they’d get nudged out of the product stream...
Consider this or a 4770 for $40 more when that makes it back into the product stream.

bbsam · Joined: 02 Nov 2007 Posts: 304

#3, long for the days when higher numbers meant higher performance. Thanks.

CompWiz17 · Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 4521

#3: well, I think that the main problem is that this deal isn't very good. Newegg has had these cards on sale for around $40 before, at which price they're a pretty good deal.

Casecutter · Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Posts: 2607

Yes... #5 I believe I indicated that a good half-hour before you said it? While I don't see a $40 price from Ben's History.
http://bensbargains.net/history/105880

stragus · Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 46 Location: Florida

I got this card almost a year ago for this price. Its a good card and I have had no problems with it.

dave_c · Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 7515

It's fairly irrelevant what it's performance is, at this price point someone should only expect feature sets like the outputs they need. Spend enough to game or don't bother if that is the intent of the purchase.

Greenchunks · Joined: 01 Aug 2008 Posts: 13

Haha, dave_c are you serious? You're that snooty when it comes to video cards? You can expect a whole lot more than just the outputs you need from this card. If you just need outputs, I believe a 10$ card will do that even. While this card may be dated, it's still a very capable card. I got this for my roommate about a month ago, and he can run Call of Duty 4 on fairly high settings just fine. Not everyone needs and uses HD4890's for their computers. This card can run most modern games, just not at max settings.

RKLE · Joined: 16 Nov 2006 Posts: 6293

no rebates

craprock · Joined: 01 Jul 2009 Posts: 12

is this a good choice for a media center PC?

Rivarage · Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 159

If this "fairly irrelevant", whats' that makes a 9800GT at $90 even after a $20 rebate? While it doesn't stop them from offering a bunch more of those on Egg at elavated prices.
A 18-22% performace increase at 50% more money.

#11 - will you require a half-height card?

dave_c · Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 7515