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toyotanova
02-07-04, 06:46 PM
Saw this price over on pricewatch.UnitedMicro is the vendor.Price seems a little low to me.
Xymurgy
02-07-04, 06:50 PM
This the link?

http://www.unitedmicro.com/specs.cgi?VCPC0042

Says its 377, which still good. Wonder if it comes with the HL2 voucher?
toyotanova
02-07-04, 06:55 PM
If you go through pricewatch you get the cheaper price $344+7 shipping.The $377.00 is if you go directly through UnitedMicro.
toyotanova
02-09-04, 02:13 PM
Now the price is 492.00 through the link,musta been a misprint or a ploy to get people to go to the site.
Overclocker550
02-09-04, 02:18 PM
thats a ripoff and why o why pay $450 for a 9800xt when you can get a 9800 pro for $229 and overclock it just as well and who needs another 128mb ram? games hardly use half that much already.
OKJEFF4
02-10-04, 11:53 AM
Right now, 256 MB of RAM is overboard. But in the future games, it will most likely be used often. That's the whole point of buying a powerful DX9 card like this when there are hardly any DX9 games out... You want it to last a while.

And sure you could OC a 9800 Pro to 9800 XT speeds, but beyond? Maybe. Going as far as an overclocked XT? Then you're lucky.

People were saying the same thing about 128MB cards when they were the new "gimmick."

-S