HD3850 AGP: USA Availability

sitswithmouse said:
The Sapphire card is now a "deactivated item" at Newegg, not just out of stock. Wonder what's up with that.
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Interesting...and all of the other sites posted at the beginning of the thread are either not listing the Sapphire card anymore or, show "out of stock". It will be interesting to see what 'unfolds'. With the alleged new entries of 3850 AGP by HIS with different cooling solutions, could be Sapphire stopped production of the "deactivated" model in favor of a "new and improved" design. Could be that the AMD/ATI CCC team is refusing to "officially" support the 3850 AGP with its partners and therefore Sapphire has decided to "cut bait". The Sapphire web site has issued different "hotfixes" in an effort to placate end users, but no instructions exactly how or in what order to apply them. For me personally, I just "forced" XP to load the regular 8.3 drivers and CCC and everything appears to be working well.

I'm no Sherlock, but defintely the "game is afoot" as we try to unravel what is happening behind the scenes.
 
wjogert said:
Personally, I'd rather buy the PowerColor anyway.

Sapphire was awesome, back in "the day". But, after all the horror stories I've heard here about poor quality and absolute horrible customer service... not sure I'd want to take that risk.

Ironic twist, actually, since back in "the day", PowerColor was barely a step above a no-name generic! :p
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My old powercolor 8500 was great, but the first reviews on the egg reported problems with the fan with the powercolor 3850. That made me a little nervous, but I see it's back in stock now, and I don't think the Sapphire card is in stock anywhere.
 
I am guessing that Sapphire is going to be releasing a new version, perhaps one with a better cooling system. I'll make a note on the first message.
 
would be nice if they had the hot air exiting the case instead of blowing into the case... oh wellllll
 
sitswithmouse said:
My old powercolor 8500 was great, but the first reviews on the egg reported problems with the fan with the powercolor 3850. That made me a little nervous, but I see it's back in stock now, and I don't think the Sapphire card is in stock anywhere.
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Whoops, out of stock again. Talk about your hotcakes! User reveiws have improved, too.
 
the HIS 3850 Turbo ICEQ3 is also up for sale.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161226

all for the low low price is 274.99

i was set to go upto 250, but 275? theyre out of their damn mind.

its clocked at 720/1820.

for comparison, the standard PCIe 3850 is 670/1660 and the 3870 is 775/2250
going off of Gpureviews stats, comparing the HIS to the sapphire, the His is about 5GB/s faster (52.99 vs 58.1) and a slightly faster pixel and texture fill rate (10688 vs 11586)
 
I was just about to be sorry I ordered the Sapphire 'til I read the price. :eek:

I'm replacing an HIS X1650 XT IceQ turbo, and wouldn't have minded going with HIS again.
 
I added the Newegg link for the HIS card to the first post. But I think they need to drop down from $275. My Sapphire card doesn't run too hot to make me want a better cooler.
 
For me, it's not the bigger cooler, but rather the better CS that warrants considering.

From what I've read, Sapphire's Customer Service has gone beyond horrible. That makes me hesitant to invest ANY money in their products, so long as an alternative is available.
 
i refuse to touch sapphire for their customer service. the his though looks to be a nice quality build, and it exhausts heat back out of the case, rather then keeping it in the case. always nice for when you try to keep your system cool.
 
nice. i just bought my sapphire agp one 2 weeks ago for 200 =(
 
Shipping is pretty expensive, but the total is still cheaper than NewEgg. Tempting.
 
Mine is coming tomorrow. I paid $212.00 shipped. I had to pay tax because I'm in California where they charge tax almost for breathing! . I think is a great deal.
 
isai95 said:
Mine is coming tomorrow. I paid $212.00 shipped. I had to pay tax because I'm in California where they charge tax almost for breathing! . I think is a great deal.
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Lord, what's your tax rate? For me it would come to $178 including shipping without tax.
 
honestjohn said:
Lord, what's your tax rate? For me it would come to $178 including shipping without tax.
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They sold it to me for $196.00 + 8.25% tax free shipping. $212.17 total. When I questioned about the $163.00 price on their site, they say that it was not that price but 193.00 + tax + $7.00 shipping. It's coming today. I ordered Friday in the morning. It took 4 working days to come from within the same state. From San Jose, CA to Los Angeles.

I could have got it from newegg that is located within my own city same day same price.:D
 
isai95 said:
They sold it to me for $196.00 + 8.25% tax free shipping. $212.17 total. When I questioned about the $163.00 price on their site, they say that it was not that price but 193.00 + tax + $7.00 shipping. It's coming today. I ordered Friday in the morning. It took 4 working days to come from within the same state. From San Jose, CA to Los Angeles.

I could have got it from newegg that is located within my own city same day same price.:D
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Sorry, $165.83 was the discounted price, but only through Google discount link. I even went though the checkout process just to verify. Ewiz often gives discounts like this through Google much like PriceGrabber links will with other vendors. Standard Online Price from Ewiz / No Discount is only $181 by the way. See link below. Sounds like whoever you were talking to was a bit confused.

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=AT-3850AGP

So in the future you should check Google for discounts as you may miss some good deals that don't show up when using other search engines. Also note when you add an item to your cart at Ewiz using the discount Google link they append an [FR] to the item you've purchased to reflect the discounted price and source. Try it below and see....

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=AT...24bba464715aaaa235a4cef6dd3bee75e8262e4c34813
 
Is Atacom reliable?

SAPPHIRE 3850 512MB 100228L ATi AGP 8X DUAL DVI, HDTV, DX10 (100228L)

ATACOM Part #: VIDA_ATIX_38_52
Price: $164.95 + $8.84 shipping


 
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