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I note the Ati statement about shipping the X800 Pro next week
and the X800 XT Platinum by May 21..........
Maybe in Canada... Certainly not in the US.
Log on to the Ati website and see if you can order any version of the
X800 from the USA list. There are 3 X800 sources listed: Ati, Best
Buy, CompUSA. Neither the Best Buy, nor CompUSA links lead to
anything but the top level of their sites -- burrowing down, no sign
of the X800, just the 9800 downwards... On Ati, the card can be
ordered with 5-7 day delivery from the ship date for the X800 @ $449
( plus shipping ), but no ship date is listed anywhere.
In fact I did a little experiment on the ATi site ... filled in all
the details for ordering their X800 Pro, up to entering my credit-card
number --- still no sign of any proposed ship date !! Very fishy....
The price of the 9800XT/256 on the Ati site is still $499 US.
Is that price going to suddenly drop to $299 next week ? No sign of
any X800 deliveries to Newegg either, and Newegg's price is ~ $449
for the 9800XT 256. ( And the 9800 FireGL DDR2 @ $759 !!!).
I could see Newegg just being a little pi**ed off having to suddenly
drop 9800XT 256 prices by ~ $150 (probably to well below dealer- cost)
to make room for the X800 Pro at $399. --- lots of returns of 9800 XT
of all types by retailers to Ati.............
I vaguely remember the overheated Ati marketing machine making the
exact-same statement that the 9700 was shipping to "stores next week"
when it first came out. They eventually did arrive.. 2-3 months
later.....
Feel welcome to refute the above statements, but only when you have
had your X800 order accepted from your favorite dealer AND you have
received the Tracking Number via Fedex/UPS/Airborne........
Meanwhile, I am in the bridge-selling business..........
John Lewis
I note the Ati statement about shipping the X800 Pro next week
and the X800 XT Platinum by May 21..........
Maybe in Canada... Certainly not in the US.
Log on to the Ati website and see if you can order any version of the
X800 from the USA list. There are 3 X800 sources listed: Ati, Best
Buy, CompUSA. Neither the Best Buy, nor CompUSA links lead to
anything but the top level of their sites -- burrowing down, no sign
of the X800, just the 9800 downwards... On Ati, the card can be
ordered with 5-7 day delivery from the ship date for the X800 @ $449
( plus shipping ), but no ship date is listed anywhere.
In fact I did a little experiment on the ATi site ... filled in all
the details for ordering their X800 Pro, up to entering my credit-card
number --- still no sign of any proposed ship date !! Very fishy....
The price of the 9800XT/256 on the Ati site is still $499 US.
Is that price going to suddenly drop to $299 next week ? No sign of
any X800 deliveries to Newegg either, and Newegg's price is ~ $449
for the 9800XT 256. ( And the 9800 FireGL DDR2 @ $759 !!!).
I could see Newegg just being a little pi**ed off having to suddenly
drop 9800XT 256 prices by ~ $150 (probably to well below dealer- cost)
to make room for the X800 Pro at $399. --- lots of returns of 9800 XT
of all types by retailers to Ati.............
I vaguely remember the overheated Ati marketing machine making the
exact-same statement that the 9700 was shipping to "stores next week"
when it first came out. They eventually did arrive.. 2-3 months
later.....
Feel welcome to refute the above statements, but only when you have
had your X800 order accepted from your favorite dealer AND you have
received the Tracking Number via Fedex/UPS/Airborne........
Meanwhile, I am in the bridge-selling business..........
John Lewis
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