ASUS X1950 PRO $165 on newegg! No rebates!

[cleeve]

In stock!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121031

That's a helluva good price...

 

[thefishdude]

that is well cheap wish i was in usa to get that

cheapest i have seen in uk is about $200

 

[kaotao]

8O Wow. Too bad they won't be that cheap for AGP.

 

[prozac26]

Very nice.

 

[TSIMonster]

I will be ordering mine Friday...


P.S.- Jow much better is this the x850xt pe that I have already?

EDIT- With that heat pipe I don't think I could fit it in my case. I'll just wait for the Sapphire ones to come down a little http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102061

 

[cleeve]

I'd guesstimate maybe 20% better on average. At some resolutions and image quality settings maybe as high as 40% better.

 

[TSIMonster]

At the top of that card it has what looks like a place for an SLI type bridge... I wonder what thats for?

I know these are suppose to be dongless crossfire models... but whats that for?

Also, are these better then the x1900xt 256 cards?

 

[jamesgoddard]

update your bestbys then...


Also at this price, what's the point of a $140 level, just spend the extra $25 and get near double performance!!!

 

[cleeve]

Also, are these better then the x1900xt 256 cards?

No, but they're pretty close, probably within 10% at modest image quality settings.

The best buys list is getting updated for November very soon.

 

[WR2]

At the top of that card it has what looks like a place for an SLI type bridge... I wonder what thats for?
I know these are suppose to be dongless crossfire models... but whats that for?

Its for the Crossfire connector strip.
Its a flexible bridge that takes the place of the external dongle.

In the picture above its the copper colored strip just below the CD. Picture from the ATI version.
It bothers me that you can't find the connector in the ASUS collection of accessories that's on NewEgg.
ATI, HIS and Sapphire accessory photos all show the connector, but not Asus.

 

[a123456]

It bothers me that you can't find the connector in the ASUS collection of accessories that's on NewEgg.
ATI, HIS and Sapphire accessory photos all show the connector, but not Asus.

This is intentional. ASUS is doing a marketing gimmic where one of their cards comes with 2 connectors and one comes with none, and they're labeling them as a Crossfire card and the other just plain. They'll probably mark up the "Crossfire" version up a bit. Newegg only offers the plain version. So, if you want Crossfire, it's not as great a deal as you'll have to buy their other card or grab another connector on Ebay or something.

Without: http://www.asus.com.tw/products4.aspx?l1=2&l2=8&l3=338&model=1411&modelmenu=1

With: http://www.asus.com.tw/products4.aspx?l1=2&l2=8&l3=338&model=1415&modelmenu=1

 

[Dr_asik]

*dies

 

[Dr_asik]

That gives some serious competition to the 7600GT, which stayed untouched in its price segment for well over a month now. I would definitly invest the additional 30$ for it.

 

[kaotao]

Now, it's out of stock.

 

[jamesgoddard]

Now, it's out of stock.

no - stil there for me

 

[nobly]

out of stock!! boohoo!
Of course I'd need to build a new computer to use it... darn!

 

[jamesgoddard]

out of stock!! boohoo!
Of course I'd need to build a new computer to use it... darn!

I have just re-checked the page AFTER you posted that...

$164.99

$6.13 Three Day Shipping
(Not available in HI, AK and PR)

In Stock

 

[jamesgoddard]

If the x1950pro can be had for 165, I have very high hopes for the x1650xt... What do we think, settle around $125 mark???

 

[Vein]

Please note that the ASUS card doesn't support VIVO! The X1950 PRO is supposed to have an integrated RAGE theater chip to support this (please correct me if I'm wrong), and my guess is that the ASUS cut some corners to help drop the price of the card...

 

[purdueguy]

Damn. Maybe I should buy them all and sell them on Ebay. 8)

Updated. Video Card Price/Performance Analysis.

The ASUS X1950Pro has a Price/Perf of 3.10.

Now, if ATI gets the driver fixed for the X1950Pro in Xfire for Quake4, this might be the 1st card to actually recommend for a dual slot solution over a single card solution.

 

[unbiased4u]

out of stock!! boohoo!
Of course I'd need to build a new computer to use it... darn!

I have just re-checked the page AFTER you posted that...

$164.99

$6.13 Three Day Shipping
(Not available in HI, AK and PR)

In Stock

I checked after you posted and...

ASUS EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M Radeon X1950PRO 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

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$164.99

$6.13 Three Day Shipping
(Not available in HI, AK and PR)

Out Of Stock

No X1950Pro for me Not that I can use it right now anyways

Good deal! Wish it had VIVO though...

 

[pauldh]

Shoot, just got home from work and it's out of stock. Nice price.

 

[jamesgoddard]

Please note that the ASUS card doesn't support VIVO! The X1950 PRO is supposed to have an integrated RAGE theater chip to support this (please correct me if I'm wrong), and my guess is that the ASUS cut some corners to help drop the price of the card...

You can see it's missing from the picture

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.asp?Image=14%2D121%2D031%2D02%2Ejpg%2C14%2D121%2D031%2D03%2Ejpg%2C14%2D121%2D031%2D04%2Ejpg%2C14%2D121%2D031%2D05%2Ejpg%2C14%2D121%2D031%2D06%2Ejpg%2C14%2D121%2D031%2D07%2Ejpg&CurImage=14%2D121%2D031%2D03%2Ejpg&Description=ASUS+EAX1950PRO%2FHTDP%2F256M+Radeon+X1950PRO+256MB+GDDR3+PCI+Express+x16+Video+Card+%2D+Retail

 

[cleeve]

Showing out of stock for me now, too.

I wonder how many they sold?

 

[purdueguy]

Unless I'm reading something wrong, that's not what ASUS' website says, here.

Looks like a typo at Newegg.