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03-29-2008, 06:16 AM
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9800 not looking too good.
Just looked at a local PC shop and noticed they had the 9800GX2. Then I saw the price tag, $1050. Thats $400 more than the 3870 X2. I think to anyone with half a brain would choose the 3870 X2 over the GX2. For some reason ATi cards are cheaper here than comparable nVidia cards, the 8800GT still sells for around $400 where the 3870 is about $320. So its not looking too good for the 9800. the 9600 however is looking quite good, about $290 for those.
EDIT: Oops, wrong forum, could this please be moved to General Discussion, thanks.
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03-29-2008, 09:58 AM
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They are ripping you off, here is a link showing what they run here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143128
Less than $600, quite a difference.
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03-29-2008, 11:59 AM
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I was about to say...the price difference is quite large, but the 3870 hits for less than 200 bucks now. 3870X2 should be around 450 at most.
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03-29-2008, 12:50 PM
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Keep the difference between USD and NZD in perspective.
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03-29-2008, 01:14 PM
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Right, forgot to look at that...
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03-29-2008, 02:16 PM
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Wow 1050 NZ$ is still 840 bucks, thats still very high. check this out http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspeci...?ItemID=363233
they must have insane import taxes in New Zealand
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03-29-2008, 06:07 PM
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I don't think you can simply take into account the exchange rate between two countries and compare the price of the same product one to one. Likewise, I don't think it's just "import tax" - I think it's a good idea to think of a particular product's prices relative to what the other products are in the same unit currency.
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03-29-2008, 08:18 PM
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I just think there is a very high markup on the 9800. I can get the 512MB 8800GT for $379: http://dragonpc.co.nz/p.aspx?104701
For that price it would be much better to SLi 2 of them than get a single 9800GX2. At least I got my rig for a good price, $1200 from www.dragonpc.co.nz. |
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03-30-2008, 02:27 AM
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Wow, just one generation and literally the speed tripled.......
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03-30-2008, 12:09 PM
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Current prices for the 9800 GX2 in US dollars: http://computers.pricegrabber.com/vi.../sortby=priceD
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03-30-2008, 12:11 PM
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9600GT is the best for the money. Thought I'd put in a plug for that
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03-31-2008, 05:44 AM
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03-31-2008, 12:23 PM
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Does anyone know of any benchmarking comparing two 8800GT512 or GTS's 512's in SLI vs one 9800GX2? Is it worth the dollars per frame rate?
Edit: I found a comparison. http://review.zdnet.com/graphics-car...-32902548.html Last edited by David M; 03-31-2008 at 12:35 PM. |
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