Best Buy taking pre-orders on GeForce FX card
Posted by Toxicfume on 16 January 2003 - 15:27 · 19 comments & 3188 views
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#1 Posted by SecretAgentMan on 16 Jan 2003 - 15:33
- I will wait until March 9th or whenever the new FX cards actually become available before making a choice between NVIDIA or ATI.
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#1.1 Posted by Kyzoku on 16 Jan 2003 - 15:38
- Hopefully there will be benchmarks out before these things hit the shelves.
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#1.2 Posted by SecretAgentMan on 16 Jan 2003 - 16:53
- There should be some benchmarks out before too much longer but they will have to be really impressive for me to commit to a new card. I usually pass on first gen products when it comes to videocards.
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#2 Posted by Solarix on 16 Jan 2003 - 15:40
- since i work their i can get a good price
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#3 Posted by mAcOdIn on 16 Jan 2003 - 15:45
- It's got nice specs but I would wait until after the reviews alittle before buying this. I bought the 9700 right when it first game out like the first day, and only then did stuff that was never mentioned in the reviews come out. Like the lack of 16 bit Anti Aliasing, crazy incompatabilities with games like BF 1942 and others, and the infamous AGP 8x issue. It's all fixed now, but since this is a brand new architecture for Nvidia it might have some wierd things like that going on as well.
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#4 Posted by Solarix on 16 Jan 2003 - 15:48
- screw reviews lol impulse buy have some balls
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#5 Posted by RaGe- on 16 Jan 2003 - 15:58
- Omg! $%#$@^#@
Black Hawk Down demo?! For free?!!?! Are they insane?!
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#5.1 Posted by SecretAgentMan on 16 Jan 2003 - 16:58
- LOL, buy a demo and get a free videocard.
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#6 Posted by punchdrunk28 on 16 Jan 2003 - 16:26
- i am sorry, but 400 bones for a video card just doesn't tempt me.
if i keep telling myself this over and over, i think my credit card will be ok.
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#7 Posted by JaggedFlame on 16 Jan 2003 - 16:32
- Best Buy? I doubt anyone with money sense would want to buy computer parts from there. It's usually better to go with smaller OEMs on PriceWatch or something.
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#7.1 Posted by SecretAgentMan on 16 Jan 2003 - 17:00
- Agreed, look around and I bet the price will be lower that what is listed above.
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#8 Posted by edgrale on 16 Jan 2003 - 17:37
- BFG? As in Big Fucking Gun (hint: Doom)
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#9 Posted by Dazzla on 16 Jan 2003 - 17:43
- Damn it, I want a reputable UK retailer to post a price.
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#10 Posted by faeryking on 16 Jan 2003 - 18:29
- I saw a picture it is huge!! I don't want a card that big and then it is totally hyped, I mean $500-$700 for a card is crazy. I will just buy an ATI 9700 which will drop in price when Nidvia brings out theirs and the ATI card is a much smaller card. I remember seeing the 3dfx 5 card and it was huge too, that was right around the time they lost the race against Nivida.
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#11 Posted by naap51stang on 16 Jan 2003 - 19:25
- I can't wait for the FX............why? NOT because I want one, I wouldn't pay $400 for a
video card, no matter who builds it. I just rebuilt a computer of mine for 500.00, minus the video, CD's, and HD's.
The reason I can't wait? Cause when it comes out, the top of the line GeForce 4's will come down in price. Heck, most of the video software isn't written for the FX's anyway
Anyway, I don't run a lot of games on my computer anyway
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#12 Posted by SMG on 16 Jan 2003 - 19:27
- What! A FREE geek-shirt and cap! Oh boy, I cant wait! There is nothing that I like doing better than giving free publicity to nVIDIA by wearing their brand
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#13 Posted by MityMouse on 17 Jan 2003 - 09:36
- $400 huh? and from best buy, that means it really costs $600, because they typed up the website wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaaahhahhaha
oh and customers will be arrested for wanting the price!
Last edited by 20944 on 17 Jan 2003 - 13:38
"WE'RE GRATEFUL to a reader for noticing an entry on the Best Buy pages for a GeForce FX BFG Technologies card.
The 128MB DDR-II AGP card can be pre-ordered but according to the page will not be available until the 9th of March.
It looks like the price being pitched is $400 – or one cent short of that."
And here's what's on BestBuy.com's product page:
"BFG Technologies Asylum GeForce FX 128MB DDR-2 AGP Graphics Card
Model: ASLMGFFX128
Introducing the nVidia GeForce FX GPU with CineFX engine — astonishing images, eye-popping realism and effects. Pre-order today and get free next day shipping!"