New desktop parts

Dominus Atheos · Post by **Dominus Atheos** » 2006-08-20 10:15pm

Arthur_Tuxedo wrote:That system should do quite well. I would have gone with a 7600 GT for that price range, but looks good all in all.

They didn't have one, I looked.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2006-08-20 11:19pm

Video cards are a queer beast in retail shops; it's incredibly easy to find old, crappy video cards which are way out of date and priced way too high in retail shops.

Dominus Atheos · Post by **Dominus Atheos** » 2006-08-21 12:56am

Uraniun235 wrote:Video cards are a queer beast in retail shops; it's incredibly easy to find old, crappy video cards which are way out of date and priced way too high in retail shops.

Yep. I saw a Radeon 9250 for 50 bucks while I was there.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-08-21 09:44am

Alyeska wrote:There are of course ways around these rules. Such as paying a friend in the US to buy a computer and simply ship it down, call it a present. Though if caught, fines would not be pleasent.

I've gotten 2000$ worth of computer parts into the country using that method.

Executor32 · Post by **Executor32** » 2006-08-21 03:58pm

Dominus Atheos wrote:
Uraniun235 wrote:Video cards are a queer beast in retail shops; it's incredibly easy to find old, crappy video cards which are way out of date and priced way too high in retail shops.
Yep. I saw a Radeon 9250 for 50 bucks while I was there.

I've got you beat. I was at CompUSA on my birthday, and in the clearance bin was an 8MB ATi Rage Pro for 8 bucks.