What should i be looking to spend on an Radeon 9800xt

[Hamspiced]

Used from a friend.. He offered 200. so im thinking 200 might be a bit steep, should i talk him down?

[RetroGrade]

If it is an original 9800XT and in good condition then yea, thats alright. But as an alternative you could get a Sapphire 9800 Pro from newegg for about the same, and with some luck, get the r360 and just flash to an XT with ease. R350s tend to shear in 3dmark03 but still I flashed my 9800Pro (r350) to XT and got about 300 more points in 3dmark. I can get 7072 with max tweaks. If you go with the new card, you should get new cooling if you want to OC to XT speeds. Most people like the VGA Silencer, but the new ATi Silencer 3 is coming out very soon so you could get that as well.

[Hamspiced]

well he droppe d the price down to 100 bucks and 75$ in gift cards shipped... so i think i should take it?

i dont plan on doing any overclocking atm on it.

[Albis521]

that sounds pretty good man

as long as it works well, it's a good price

[jalopy]

Wait, so he's selling a 9800xt 256mb for $100!!:eek:and giving you $75 in gift cards...um what the heck thats an awesome deal. Heh, are you sure your buying a working 9800xt? Try to verify if it works.

[Hamspiced]

he doesnt overclock, it works...

No im giving him 100$ and 75$ in gift cards... :)

i gotta wait for him to buy a new card till he can ship it though :-/

[patriot71]

9800xt is still atleast $369 from newegg. If you are going to get a 9800xt for basically $175, snatch it up.

[Chowdy]

Yeah... buy it up and then sell it for more and buy an X800 or 6800

:D