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voodoomelon
10-15-03, 05:56 AM
Heres an interesting tip.
If you plan on buying Half-Life 2 in the next few months, consider this. The game will cost about £35. Many sites in the UK (i don't know about the US), are selling video cards that bundle a coupon for for a free copy of Half-Life 2. So instead of spending £35 on just the game, consider buying an Asus Radeon 9200, for just £42, as advertised here (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Asus_137.html) , or many other sites. You then get a decent card for just £7 more, that will run pretty much anything that out there at the moment. And with some overclocking, you can squeez all the juice out of it. You also get the most awaited event since the moon landing, for free - HL2.
Just a thought.:)

Beast Of Blight
10-15-03, 06:00 AM
Its not free, Believe me. Your paying for it in the price of the video card.


if the video card didn't have the game bundled, or a cupon in this case since HL2 won't be out in time, the card would be cheaper.

voodoomelon
10-15-03, 06:15 AM
I see your point, but you can hardly deny how cheap it is. I doubt if the video card didn't bundle the game, it would cost any less than £35 or £30 as a minimum. Thats still getting a decent card for just ~£12.

slater3333uk
10-15-03, 09:54 AM
umm one problem you cant get the Halflife2 with a 9200.

its only bundled with the new 9600xt and 9800xt.

voodoomelon
10-15-03, 10:37 AM
Wow, thats nuts, they've gone and changed it. Swear, it was there this morning. They must have coped on to my little trick. Ah well.:rolleyes:

Overclocker550
10-15-03, 10:42 PM
believe me, ati isnt stupid to bundle games on radeon9100s and 9200s otherwise I would buy 50 of them and sell the game seperately and the card seperately, make tons of profit and keep one HL2 voucher. anyway since HL2 is delayed till April, wait! the r420 will be out