New OEM 9700 Pro's on eBay for $140
Posted: 2004-06-26 07:37am
Some of you might want to check eBay for 9700 pros going at a "Buy it Now" price of $140, plus like $8 shipping. They are OEM models sold to companies like Dell and Gateway and were never used, so they are essentially brand new, and have a 1 year warranty. The seller has like 250 feedbacks, and not one is negative.
The deal was so good that I couldn't pass it up, and I consider myself the king of passing good deals up.
P.S. For those wondering, the 9700 pro is an 8 pipeline, 256 bit DirectX 9 card. The 9800 pro has a couple of features that cause it to run slightly better in DX9, and is clocked higher, but the real world performance differences are negligable. For $140 (about 9600 XT price), it's just an incredible deal. Framerates on the 9700 pro can be literally double what you might find on a mid-range card.
The deal was so good that I couldn't pass it up, and I consider myself the king of passing good deals up.
P.S. For those wondering, the 9700 pro is an 8 pipeline, 256 bit DirectX 9 card. The 9800 pro has a couple of features that cause it to run slightly better in DX9, and is clocked higher, but the real world performance differences are negligable. For $140 (about 9600 XT price), it's just an incredible deal. Framerates on the 9700 pro can be literally double what you might find on a mid-range card.