Good price for the new 5700 256MB?

Trying to get some last minute shopping and seen this.

What do you guys think?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=40161&item=2774478584

This card is faster than the Asus cards (25Mhz GPU, and 50 or 100MHz memory) which are about the same price.


I am looking to not spend more than about $250.

I think it looks like a good deal. You dont need the extra 128mb, but its higher clocked, so go ahead and get it.

I heard somewhere that the higher memory versions are slower just so they can keep costs down. Anyone else hear of this? So if I got a 128MB version is it possible that it would be 650mhz memory speed or more? 256MB does seem like more than I need but if I can get a 128MB version that is actually faster I probably would do that.

wanna_b_rich_13 said:

I heard somewhere that the higher memory versions are slower just so they can keep costs down. Anyone else hear of this? So if I got a 128MB version is it possible that it would be 650mhz memory speed or more? 256MB does seem like more than I need but if I can get a 128MB version that is actually faster I probably would do that.

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That's mainly w/ the 5600's. I'm not sure if the same is true w/ the 5700's. It looks like a pretty good deal, although @ the current price ($199), you could prolly find that price @ your local Circuit City/Best Buy/Fry's.

I think for $200, you should get the 5900 non ultra. It should be better than the 5700 ultra. However, I will recommend the ATI because of future games.