Hot ?!?! 5850 newegg

Thanks for posting! In for 1... almost got 2 to Crossfire, but came to my senses. I don't need THAT much power.
 
nice. would look great in my H55n, any idea how it overclocks?
 
I would definitely wait a few weeks to see what the next gen cards do to the 5850 prices. I hoping for $150 for another 5850!
 
ekuest said:
nice. would look great in my H55n, any idea how it overclocks?
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IIRC the Vapor and Toxic series overclock really well.

MrC4 said:
I would definitely wait a few weeks to see what the next gen cards do to the 5850 prices. I hoping for $150 for another 5850!
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Yea if I see a 5850 for 150 brand new I'm getting another for Tri-Fire :) :D :cool:
 
fml, i wish i didnt go with 5770's in CFX a couple months ago, i could be sitting on a 5870 or something nicer for the same price or less

all well, my old card died so i had to get a replacement.
 
sparky1_2007 said:
fml, i wish i didnt go with 5770's in CFX a couple months ago, i could be sitting on a 5870 or something nicer for the same price or less

all well, my old card died so i had to get a replacement.
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kicking myself too. bought a 5830 2 months ago for almost $200. fml indeed.
 
sparky1_2007 said:
fml, i wish i didnt go with 5770's in CFX a couple months ago, i could be sitting on a 5870 or something nicer for the same price or less

all well, my old card died so i had to get a replacement.
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monkey_slap said:
kicking myself too. bought a 5830 2 months ago for almost $200. fml indeed.
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Welcome to the enthusiast way of life, gentlemen. Unless you buy on release, you can be sure as hell prices will keep dropping.
 
ocellaris said:
You should stop buying video cards if you were looking for your cash to hold its value for a long time.
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actually when the gtx 275 and 4890 came out those held their value for well over a year... in fact they APPRECIATED in price. didnt help that everyone went crazy over 5770s and the gts 250s even though they were beat by the gtx 260 and 4870/4890.
 
0055 said:
actually when the gtx 275 and 4890 came out those held their value for well over a year... in fact they APPRECIATED in price. didnt help that everyone went crazy over 5770s and the gts 250s even though they were beat by the gtx 260 and 4870/4890.
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GTX260s went up in price as well, however that was not a normal occurrence. Nvidia's complete inability to reduce production cost GTX2xx or get out anything else before Fermi cause those problems. My friend bought a GTX260 for $140 two years ago. Last year at this time those cards were $200. Everyone was left with artificially high prices because the Nvidia/AMD price and performance was not going on.

The fact remains that is is historically a bad idea to purchase hardware when their is always something newer and better coming out in week or months.
 
0055 said:
actually when the gtx 275 and 4890 came out those held their value for well over a year... in fact they APPRECIATED in price. didnt help that everyone went crazy over 5770s and the gts 250s even though they were beat by the gtx 260 and 4870/4890.
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Not that it's the norm, but same thing happened with my Radeon 5850. Bought it immediately after launch for $259 w/o any rebates or codes etc. Then the MSRP was raised and here we are over a year later and it's dropped down to a mere ~$20 less than what I payed at launch. Meanwhile, I played games like crazy all winter vs playing the waiting game.

Doesn't usually work out that way, but when a new Windows OS, new Intel chipset/cpu, and new vid card gpu all launch together and all of turn in solid performance/reviews, that's perfect timing. Done it 3 times in the past (os/cpu/gpu launch) and ALWAYS have gotten my money's worth.
 
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