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"John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:4076dc7a.2134749@news.verizon.net...
> On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:14:17 +0100, "The Old Man" <spam@spam.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
> >news:4075e13d.31558787@news.verizon.net...
> >> On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 17:22:20 +0100, "The Old Man" <spam@spam.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I bought one of the Aopen FX5900 128MB cards from Dabs about a month
ago
> >for
> >> >£140. I noticed they dropped to £129 last week. Mine overlcoked easily
to
> >> >59050 uoltra speeds out of the box and plays Far Cry at "Very High"
> >settings
> >> >easily so I just went to order one for my son's PC and they have
> >dissapeared
> >> >from the product listing.
> >> >
> >> >Does anyone know if they have been discontinued and replaced with
another
> >> >model or do you know of another supplier?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Out of stock. Never to be replaced. Value for money for too good....
> >> Manufacturers have moved to the much-cheaper-to-produce XT versions.
> >> Same here in the US. Any remaining 5900nU have inflated prices.
> >>
> >> You will probably have to resign yourself to a 5900XT....
> >>
> >> Beware, there are many 5900XT in 5900 non-XT clothing ( nomenclature )
> >> Check the specs. If there are no memory-clock specs, suspect XT.
> >> Aopen 5900 was the only exception to that rule; however, the giveaway
> >> that the Aopen 5900 was a genuine non-Ultra was the 5900-reference
> >> heat-sink design. All the XT versions have 1-slot-high GPU heat-sinks
> >> and many have no memory-heatsinks.
> >>
> >> john Lewis
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> >Thanks,
> >> >Gra.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >Thanks John for that rather gloomy news!
> >
> >
>
> Since I was aware of the shortage in the US a few weeks ago and
> people looking for genuine FX5900 ( I have 2 of them already in 2 of
> my machines) , for curiosity I started poking around in Google and
> found the Aopen at Dabs -- however, it was not immediately obvious
> that it was a genuine 5900 and the Aopen website did not spec the
> memory speed. However, the picture of the product was the giveaway, so
> I generated a posting to this newsgroup pointing to Dabs @ 128 pounds
> and asking if anybody had one already and could they confirm
> my suspicion. One person did.
>
> At the time of my posting Dabs had about 60 in stock... maybe
> it is due to my posting that they have run out now ? Sorry about
> that... shall I write to Dabs and ask for a sales commission ?
>
> If I spot a genuine 5900nU elsewhere at a reasonable price
> (UK or US) I will post again, but I think that the pickings will
> be slim.
>
> BTW, since the NV40 and R420 are to be announced this month,
> and shipping before Summer, expect to see the price of 5900 Ultra
> and 5950 Ultra fall rapidly during the Summer months.
>
> John Lewis
Thanks John, the 5900 Aopen sure was a bargain even at the orginal £145!
Looking forward to the next announcements for the GeForce 6800 Ultra and
GeForce 6800!
Regards,
Graha,
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