build help, dell's delay -- please advise

leftheaded · 12-10-07, 03:09 PM

I am building the rig in my sig (with SLi XFX 8800 GT PV-T88P-YDF4 600Mhz core clock), but just got an email from dell that my video cards are being delayed nine days (12/19). it looks like i have 4 options:

1) wait for them
2) order one or two new G92 8800 GTS
3) order one 8800 Ultra
4) cancel dell and order ???

doing the last one means I'd RMA my 680i mobo I haven't used (just got it on 12/7) and get P35 or X38

ps2cho · 12-10-07, 03:13 PM

The two G92 8800 GTS's are expensive and you will be waiting even longer for them. By all means, don't do number 3 lol. Expensive as hell, and performs very close to one 8800GT excluding high resolution.

I'd go buy two off newegg.

I'm so glad I canceled my dell order.

mangyrat · 12-10-07, 03:19 PM

i got the same email im going to wait the 9 days. the card was $234 when i ordered it so its worth it to wait.

leftheaded · 12-10-07, 03:23 PM

new egg is out of stock on all but two cards though. which were you thinking? the one i'd get is $75 more per card. at this point i don't think i care.. besides the newegg cards are 75Mhz core clock too.

yeah, i was ok waiting a couple weeks for dell, but not a month.. and that's merely an ETA.. they may delay it another month.. who knows.

mangyrat · 12-10-07, 04:08 PM

i ordered the cheap one XFX with 600mhz core 1.8ghz on the mem.
im in no hurry my sys still plays all the games out right now, but crysis puts a hurting on the 7900gt
im not going to pay $75 for 75mhz, ill do that my self later for free

leftheaded · 12-10-07, 04:18 PM

i think my sense of urgency is because i have crysis, bioshock, orange box, call of duty 4 and i can't play them. got my vacation time coming up and wanted to geekout and build a new system during that time.

mangyrat · 12-10-07, 04:33 PM

ok then if you just got to play a game get a cheaper evga card for now. something like a 8800gt 256meg version or a 8600gt and in a few weeks trade up with the trade up program.

thats what i would do. the g92 8800gts is just a few weeks away from hitting the stores so why not do the trade up program with evga.

leftheaded · 12-10-07, 06:29 PM

That's an interesting idea.. i don't know anything about the evga trade up program. i'll check it out.. thanks for the tip!

mangyrat · 12-10-07, 06:42 PM

the trade up program gives you 90 days from date of purchase to get the full value out of your card and apply it to a new card from them.

say you pay $200 for a 8800gt 256meg card from newegg then trade it in to evga with in 90 days for a $300 8800gts 512meg G92 and you pay $100 plus shipping.

i did it with my 7800gt for a 7900gt ko sc and it cost me $39 + $9 for shipping. 2 years ago so read up to see if anything changed.

ops its called step up program

http://www.evga.com/stepup/default.asp?switch=2

knight_of_knee · 12-10-07, 07:55 PM

Well if you look at ClubIT they have a gigabyte and pny 8800gt 512 available:
http://clubit.com/product_browse.cfm...Force%208800GT

I ordered an EVGA one off there last Thursday or Friday after I canceled my dell order but they're now out of stock of those now.

I don't know about PNY but I bought a 6600gt made by gigabyte and it was a great card, I actually I have it right now in my media center pc...it's not too great but whenever I bought it, it could run all the games I played pretty well so I definitely recommend gigabyte.

mangyrat · 12-15-07, 08:53 AM

Dell shipped mine yesterday the 14th

David_N · 12-15-07, 04:17 PM

NCIX Has a few G92 8800GTS 512's in stock (XFX, Galaxy, Asus and possibly Gigabyte. eVga is out of stock). I placed an order yesterday for an XFX one and it should be here Thursday, Friday at the latest. I have being 6000km away from the warehouse

Anyways, see if you can grab an 8800GTS 512mb and grab a new P35 mobo; in my opinion that will give you the best results, unless you want to keep the mobo and/or get another video card next year sometime

jason4207 · 12-15-07, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mangyrat

say you pay $200 for a 8800gt 256meg card from newegg then trade it in to evga with in 90 days for a $300 8800gts 512meg G92 and you pay $100 plus shipping.

The 8800GTS 512MB G92 is $360, not $300. But your point is still recognized.

mangyrat · 12-16-07, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by jason4207

The 8800GTS 512MB G92 is $360, not $300. But your point is still recognized.

yea I was just tossing out ball park figures didn't even look up the price.

I really was thinking of canceling my 8800gt order and get a new gts but I could not justify the extra $100 in price difference.

12-10-07, 03:09 PM	Thread Starter #1
leftheaded Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: the present	build help, dell's delay -- please advise I am building the rig in my sig (with SLi XFX 8800 GT PV-T88P-YDF4 600Mhz core clock), but just got an email from dell that my video cards are being delayed nine days (12/19). it looks like i have 4 options: 1) wait for them 2) order one or two new G92 8800 GTS 3) order one 8800 Ultra 4) cancel dell and order ??? doing the last one means I'd RMA my 680i mobo I haven't used (just got it on 12/7) and get P35 or X38 __________________ ---------------------------- workstation ----------------------------- Q6600 \|\| EVGA 780i \|\| 8GB G.Skill DDR2-1000 PQ \|\| EVGA GTX 285 64GB SSD (Win7 x64) \|\| 3 x 640GB WD6400AAKS RAID0 LG Blu-ray/HD-DVD Combo \|\| Dell 3008WFP \|\| Corsair HX1000W \|\| Rocketfish Air Cooled with ThermalRight Ultra 120 Extreme ------------------------------- server -------------------------------- Q6600 \|\| Abit P35 Pro \|\| 8GB G.Skill DDR2-1000 PQ 640GB WD6400AAKS (Win7 x64) \|\| Areca 1231 ML \|\| 12 x 1TB Samsung HD103UJ RAID5 Corsair HX750W \|\| Antec 1200 Last edited by leftheaded; 12-10-07 at 03:20 PM.
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12-10-07, 03:13 PM	#2
ps2cho Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Socal, no hella here	The two G92 8800 GTS's are expensive and you will be waiting even longer for them. By all means, don't do number 3 lol. Expensive as hell, and performs very close to one 8800GT excluding high resolution. I'd go buy two off newegg. I'm so glad I canceled my dell order. __________________ Q6600 @ 3.6GHz:.:GA-P35-DS3L:.:4GB DDR2 RAM:.:BFG GTX 260:.:Ultra 120 eXtreme:.:Corsair 520HX X2 3600+ @ 3.1GHz:.:GA-MA78GPM-DS2H:.:1GB DDR2 RAM:.:eVGA 7900GS 256MB:.:Corsair 400CX HTPC: X4 620 0.9v:.:DFI LP JR 790GX:.:2GB DDR2 RAM:.:Asus HD4550 512MB:.:Corsair 450VX:.:32" Vizio 1080p HDTV Laptop: Sony Vaio CW27FX:.:Intel Core i5 @ 2.4GHz:.:GT 330M 512MB:.:4GB DDR3 RAM:.:14" LED AMD CPU List:.:How to HLDS:.:Heatware "The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear."-Jiddu Krishnamurti
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12-10-07, 03:19 PM	#3
mangyrat Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: South Carolina	i got the same email im going to wait the 9 days. the card was $234 when i ordered it so its worth it to wait. __________________ Q6600 @ 3.2 ghz, ABIT IP35 Pro, 8 GB A-Data DDR2 800, XFX 8800 GT, Audigy 2 zs, SyncMaster 225BW 22 inch lcd, VISTA 64bit Opteron 170 @ 2.5Ghz, 4 GB A-data DDR 3200 ,Biostar Tforce4 SLI, Evga 7900 GT, Soyo Topaz-S 24 inch lcd, XP 64 bit barton 2500+ @3200+ ,ati 9700pro, 1 GB ddr 3200, biostar M7ncd pro, viewEra 19 lcd, XP home
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12-10-07, 03:23 PM	Thread Starter #4
leftheaded Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: the present	new egg is out of stock on all but two cards though. which were you thinking? the one i'd get is $75 more per card. at this point i don't think i care.. besides the newegg cards are 75Mhz core clock too. yeah, i was ok waiting a couple weeks for dell, but not a month.. and that's merely an ETA.. they may delay it another month.. who knows. __________________ ---------------------------- workstation ----------------------------- Q6600 \|\| EVGA 780i \|\| 8GB G.Skill DDR2-1000 PQ \|\| EVGA GTX 285 64GB SSD (Win7 x64) \|\| 3 x 640GB WD6400AAKS RAID0 LG Blu-ray/HD-DVD Combo \|\| Dell 3008WFP \|\| Corsair HX1000W \|\| Rocketfish Air Cooled with ThermalRight Ultra 120 Extreme ------------------------------- server -------------------------------- Q6600 \|\| Abit P35 Pro \|\| 8GB G.Skill DDR2-1000 PQ 640GB WD6400AAKS (Win7 x64) \|\| Areca 1231 ML \|\| 12 x 1TB Samsung HD103UJ RAID5 Corsair HX750W \|\| Antec 1200
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12-10-07, 04:08 PM	#5
mangyrat Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: South Carolina	i ordered the cheap one XFX with 600mhz core 1.8ghz on the mem. im in no hurry my sys still plays all the games out right now, but crysis puts a hurting on the 7900gt im not going to pay $75 for 75mhz, ill do that my self later for free __________________ Q6600 @ 3.2 ghz, ABIT IP35 Pro, 8 GB A-Data DDR2 800, XFX 8800 GT, Audigy 2 zs, SyncMaster 225BW 22 inch lcd, VISTA 64bit Opteron 170 @ 2.5Ghz, 4 GB A-data DDR 3200 ,Biostar Tforce4 SLI, Evga 7900 GT, Soyo Topaz-S 24 inch lcd, XP 64 bit barton 2500+ @3200+ ,ati 9700pro, 1 GB ddr 3200, biostar M7ncd pro, viewEra 19 lcd, XP home
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12-10-07, 04:18 PM	Thread Starter #6
leftheaded Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: the present	i think my sense of urgency is because i have crysis, bioshock, orange box, call of duty 4 and i can't play them. got my vacation time coming up and wanted to geekout and build a new system during that time. __________________ ---------------------------- workstation ----------------------------- Q6600 \|\| EVGA 780i \|\| 8GB G.Skill DDR2-1000 PQ \|\| EVGA GTX 285 64GB SSD (Win7 x64) \|\| 3 x 640GB WD6400AAKS RAID0 LG Blu-ray/HD-DVD Combo \|\| Dell 3008WFP \|\| Corsair HX1000W \|\| Rocketfish Air Cooled with ThermalRight Ultra 120 Extreme ------------------------------- server -------------------------------- Q6600 \|\| Abit P35 Pro \|\| 8GB G.Skill DDR2-1000 PQ 640GB WD6400AAKS (Win7 x64) \|\| Areca 1231 ML \|\| 12 x 1TB Samsung HD103UJ RAID5 Corsair HX750W \|\| Antec 1200
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12-10-07, 04:33 PM	#7
mangyrat Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: South Carolina	ok then if you just got to play a game get a cheaper evga card for now. something like a 8800gt 256meg version or a 8600gt and in a few weeks trade up with the trade up program. thats what i would do. the g92 8800gts is just a few weeks away from hitting the stores so why not do the trade up program with evga. __________________ Q6600 @ 3.2 ghz, ABIT IP35 Pro, 8 GB A-Data DDR2 800, XFX 8800 GT, Audigy 2 zs, SyncMaster 225BW 22 inch lcd, VISTA 64bit Opteron 170 @ 2.5Ghz, 4 GB A-data DDR 3200 ,Biostar Tforce4 SLI, Evga 7900 GT, Soyo Topaz-S 24 inch lcd, XP 64 bit barton 2500+ @3200+ ,ati 9700pro, 1 GB ddr 3200, biostar M7ncd pro, viewEra 19 lcd, XP home
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12-10-07, 06:29 PM	Thread Starter #8
leftheaded Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: the present	That's an interesting idea.. i don't know anything about the evga trade up program. i'll check it out.. thanks for the tip! __________________ ---------------------------- workstation ----------------------------- Q6600 \|\| EVGA 780i \|\| 8GB G.Skill DDR2-1000 PQ \|\| EVGA GTX 285 64GB SSD (Win7 x64) \|\| 3 x 640GB WD6400AAKS RAID0 LG Blu-ray/HD-DVD Combo \|\| Dell 3008WFP \|\| Corsair HX1000W \|\| Rocketfish Air Cooled with ThermalRight Ultra 120 Extreme ------------------------------- server -------------------------------- Q6600 \|\| Abit P35 Pro \|\| 8GB G.Skill DDR2-1000 PQ 640GB WD6400AAKS (Win7 x64) \|\| Areca 1231 ML \|\| 12 x 1TB Samsung HD103UJ RAID5 Corsair HX750W \|\| Antec 1200
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12-10-07, 06:42 PM	#9
mangyrat Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: South Carolina	the trade up program gives you 90 days from date of purchase to get the full value out of your card and apply it to a new card from them. say you pay $200 for a 8800gt 256meg card from newegg then trade it in to evga with in 90 days for a $300 8800gts 512meg G92 and you pay $100 plus shipping. i did it with my 7800gt for a 7900gt ko sc and it cost me $39 + $9 for shipping. 2 years ago so read up to see if anything changed. ops its called step up program http://www.evga.com/stepup/default.asp?switch=2 __________________ Q6600 @ 3.2 ghz, ABIT IP35 Pro, 8 GB A-Data DDR2 800, XFX 8800 GT, Audigy 2 zs, SyncMaster 225BW 22 inch lcd, VISTA 64bit Opteron 170 @ 2.5Ghz, 4 GB A-data DDR 3200 ,Biostar Tforce4 SLI, Evga 7900 GT, Soyo Topaz-S 24 inch lcd, XP 64 bit barton 2500+ @3200+ ,ati 9700pro, 1 GB ddr 3200, biostar M7ncd pro, viewEra 19 lcd, XP home Last edited by mangyrat; 12-10-07 at 06:49 PM.
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12-10-07, 07:55 PM	#10
knight_of_knee Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Springfield, Missouri	Well if you look at ClubIT they have a gigabyte and pny 8800gt 512 available: http://clubit.com/product_browse.cfm...Force%208800GT I ordered an EVGA one off there last Thursday or Friday after I canceled my dell order but they're now out of stock of those now. I don't know about PNY but I bought a 6600gt made by gigabyte and it was a great card, I actually I have it right now in my media center pc...it's not too great but whenever I bought it, it could run all the games I played pretty well so I definitely recommend gigabyte. __________________ Main: Q6600@3.0=334x9 1.300v, TRUE120, Abit IP35-Pro, 2x2gb G.Skill Pi DDR2 800, EVGA 8800gt 700/1010, PCP&C Silencer 610w, 3.15TB, 2x22" Acer AL2223W, Ubuntu 7.10 & XP Pro SP3 ASUS EEE PC: Celeron-M@900, 1gb DDR2, GMA900, 4GB SSD, 8GB SDHC, 7", Windows XP SP3 [Heatware]
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12-15-07, 08:53 AM	#11
mangyrat Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: South Carolina	Dell shipped mine yesterday the 14th __________________ Q6600 @ 3.2 ghz, ABIT IP35 Pro, 8 GB A-Data DDR2 800, XFX 8800 GT, Audigy 2 zs, SyncMaster 225BW 22 inch lcd, VISTA 64bit Opteron 170 @ 2.5Ghz, 4 GB A-data DDR 3200 ,Biostar Tforce4 SLI, Evga 7900 GT, Soyo Topaz-S 24 inch lcd, XP 64 bit barton 2500+ @3200+ ,ati 9700pro, 1 GB ddr 3200, biostar M7ncd pro, viewEra 19 lcd, XP home
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12-15-07, 04:17 PM	#12
David_N Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hiding in Canada from comments regarding my avatar :)	NCIX Has a few G92 8800GTS 512's in stock (XFX, Galaxy, Asus and possibly Gigabyte. eVga is out of stock). I placed an order yesterday for an XFX one and it should be here Thursday, Friday at the latest. I have being 6000km away from the warehouse Anyways, see if you can grab an 8800GTS 512mb and grab a new P35 mobo; in my opinion that will give you the best results, unless you want to keep the mobo and/or get another video card next year sometime __________________ FOLDING FOR A CURE! Listen to The OCF PodCast!
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