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starwarsmonkey   07-22-2008 at 10:23:43 PM

Hi, I just built a new computer and I want to put in an ati 4850 but from what I've been hearing, prices may drop again soon.

Is it worth waiting till end of august/september? or should I just buy 1 now?

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licid24   07-22-2008 at 10:31:40 PM
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prices will always drop and new stuff will always come out. If you wana wait for some of the second gen 4850s, ones with 1gig and better coolers they should be out in the next month or so

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3Ball   07-22-2008 at 10:51:14 PM
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I would just order it now man. I actually just pulled the trigger on a 4870 about 20 min ago lol. There is a promo code for newegg for the visiontek 4870 that brings it down to $265 with free shipping (I couldnt resist) I was considering a toxic 4850 from sapphire (this may be something you may want to wait for) I am unsure of pricing, but it supposedly should hit retail in the next week or so (possibly this week).

Not much has been said on pricing, but I dont think it will be much higher than that of the normal 4850. Hopefully this helps, I say go for it if you want it now and you have the money.

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3Ball

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starwarsmonkey   07-23-2008 at 12:44:52 AM
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What about these price cut wars nvidia and amd are having?

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bydesign   07-23-2008 at 01:09:17 AM
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They are not likely to drop much further so just buy it if you want it.

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invisik   07-23-2008 at 01:24:27 AM
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i would buy now the prices r quite low.

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3Ball   07-23-2008 at 05:57:19 AM
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starwarsmonkey wrote :

What about these price cut wars nvidia and amd are having?



lol really it is only nvidia that is having to cut the prices.

Best,

3Ball

------------------------------ ASUS P5Q Pro P45 Motherboard
Intel C2Q Q9550 @ 3.40ghz w/ (8.5x400mhz, 1.2125v, Zalman 9500 & 24+ Hours Prime95 Stable)
6gb G. Skill DDR2 6400 @ 800mhz w/ (5-5-5-15: 2T, 2.04v)
EVGA GTX275 @ 660mhz/1550mhz/2400mhz
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night_wolf_in   07-23-2008 at 06:09:22 AM
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bydesign wrote :

They are not likely to drop much further so just buy it if you want it.



as ball said, it is more like nvidia cutting/slashing prices after the major fail/underperformance for their new cards

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mihirkula   07-23-2008 at 10:45:48 AM
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Buy the card mate. $160 for a 4850 is a steal. Don't expect ATI to drop its prices further.

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The_Abyss   07-23-2008 at 02:24:44 PM
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Make sure you have excellent case ventilation, or be ready to fit another cooling solution to it. 4850 native cooling is shoddy.

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fofo   07-23-2008 at 04:42:30 PM
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Just buy it now, you will be satisfied and wont regret it. I hate the waiting game, and I finally realized that it is all the same **** with very small increases in performance. If you wait until August I am sure they will announce something even cooler for September, then you will wait until September and so on. My new computer got prolonged for about 4 months because I kept playing the waiting game, and in the end when everything was out and brand new, the gains were not that large compared to if I had just bought the computer 4 months ago.

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