Looking for a ASUS 9800XT - Read Me

Creamy Goodness

right i've been looking/waiting for this card for a long time.
these cards are meant to be the best 9800XT out there.
so i shopped around and this is what i came up with...

Asus Radeon 9800XT 256MB DDR

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> 652.96 inc. VAT (From Komplett Click Link twice to work)

Asus Radeon 9800XT 256MB DDR

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> 582.38 inc. VAT (From Overclockersuk)

Asus Radeon 9800XT 256MB DDR

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> 591.79 inc. VAT (From Overclock.co.uk)

All Prices inc. VAT and excl. Shipping

shipping prices from each company

Komplett.ie............ € 9.99 Parcelforce 2-3 day delivery

OCUK................... £22.00 Parcelforce 2 day delivery

overclock.co.uk..... £18.50 Business Post Ireland only

now for the part that matters who is the cheapest in euros incl. delivery

Komplett.ie = € 662.95
Ocuk = € 619.52
Overclock.co.uk = € 632.56

Well there you have it after a short shopping around i fouve the card is € 43.43 cheaper in england and that takes in the fact the the euro is well weaker than the GBP.

All Calulations were made by www.xe.com with the €/£ rate set at .696069

Hope this helps some people as it certainly did for me and i know where i'm getting my XT card from

CivilServant

€600+ on ANY graphics card is pure madness imo! :ninja:

Get a non pro 9800, voltmod, softmod, and attach a huge heatsink = 9800XT hee hee!

Ryo Hazuki

^Thats what I did!!! Big Copper Ramsinks and an extra Fan pointed at the GPU.

Even better, I got my 9800np for 200euro, brand new.

256mb Ram is nice, but not essential. Yet.

Creamy Goodness

the reaons i'm getting this card is...

1. it supports overclocking (without voiding warrenty)
2. hl2 comes free

freekhead

look on ebay.com, got mine (9800 pro 128ram) brand new for €250 thats wit shipping from America

Woden

i got my powercolor radeon 9800 pro for 320 on komplett a great deal imo

Ryo Hazuki

it supports overclocking (without voiding warrenty)

WHAT? Wait a second, REALLY?

Are they mad?

Creamy Goodness

yes the feature is called overdrive which comes with the latest ATi drivers which allows you to overclock your gfx card without damaging it and if it does happened to get damaged they will replace it because you don't void the warrenty.

this is only available on the XT range of cards though

Woden

i thought it was more the drivers deciding based on system temps and such whether it can push it past its rated specs. i don't think the overclock is fantastic which they are offering and also didn't seem to make much difference in the bench's i've seen