AHHH....fell for it a 3rd time...oh wait...this is legit
I stopped by Best Buy tonight in the hopes that they put some out accidently. No store in my state has them in stock FYI and they don't go on sale there until what looks like the 30th. Funny though, they are going for $299 at BB. The 4850 is going for $199. Strangely they had a GT260 sitting out that I don't see on newegg....for anyone interested.
Message edited by SpinachEater on 06-25-2008 at 03:27:08 AM
Yeah, you can see the card in the snapshot, but, its not there. Either way at the very least it does confirm that the card will be released any time now....
Hopefully by the end of today or early, early tomorrow morning (EST)
Oh yeah P.S. No 4870s were in transit either to any store in this state. Seeing that they did have 4850 in stock, this might be a bad sign that the 4870s will be in short supply and $500 on ebay.
P.S.S. Did the GT260 even launch yet? It was $400 something and one was sitting on their shelves all by it's onesies. Should I pick it up tomorrow morning and sell it on ebay?
Message edited by SpinachEater on 06-25-2008 at 03:50:51 AM
I saw the 4870 on New Egg too. It said it was a deactivated item when I tried to add it to my cart though.
Funny thing is, I stopped by Best Buy tonight too. They had 3 4850s on the shelf. It sounds like the guy you talked to knew a lot more than the one I talked to. I don't think he even knew what a 4870 was. He couldn't give me an eta and started googling it while I was standing there.
WOW. According to the expressview review the 4870 is only 10% slower on average than the GTX 280 and dominates the 260 for $100 less. Let the price wars begin.....ahhhhh.....it's a good day to be a consumer. Go ATI! Compete!
If you do a simple google product search you'll see there's a handful of sites listing the 4870 (since last week) at $330-340. Though they say "call" for availability of course.
Message edited by Noya on 06-25-2008 at 04:35:09 AM
$300 is a well gurd price tho
