3870 for 129.99 @ BB only on june 1st no rebates!

[dccool879]

http://flickr.com/photos/26751169@N07/2532428702/sizes/o/in/set-72157605306057014/

I saw this on [H]

[erocker]

Well, I guess I'm not going to put my barely used card up for sale for $130 at the moment!:laugh: I haven't noticed how Blue-Ray drives are getting cheap!:D

[batmang]

Damn. Too bad I already have two of them. Wait... Now I could have three of them.....
eh, I'm broke.

[suraswami]

Well, I guess I'm not going to put my barely used card up for sale for $130 at the moment!:laugh: I haven't noticed how Blue-Ray drives are getting cheap!:D

Memorial day sale - Frys had Lite-on Blu-ray drive for $110 after instant discount. Missed it. Damn it.:banghead:

[magibeg]

Why do i get the feeling that the best buys in Canada will not be giving the same deal :P

[cdawall]

wow....

[Silverel]

Must be a new round of cards coming out soon, eh?

[Megasty]

Yeah, just a few. BB usually does this a few times right before the new cards come out - then it takes them a month to get the new ones in stock :rolleyes:

[suraswami]

Is it any better than my favorite brand HIS?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161218

[Megasty]

Is it any better than my favorite brand HIS?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161218

I have both of them. The coolers perform virtually the same. As for the OC, the HIS highest OC was at 916/1393 while the VisionTek was at 912/1388 so that's statistically the same as well - based on a .05 differential :D

[Silverel]

HIS one comes with the Black Box though... Not to mention you won't have to support BB going that route either. All the stuff they'll rip you of on is not absolved by a sweet deal once a month, imo.

[Kei]

Well, I guess I'm not going to put my barely used card up for sale for $130 at the moment!:laugh: I haven't noticed how Blue-Ray drives are getting cheap!:D

That drive is very good I might add as I purchased it a shade over 2 weeks ago and it runs excellently. Now I finally have all of the formats available to play on my pc (hd dvd, blu-ray, and dvd). I still like the 'look' of hd dvd better because there is just something about it that gets me going, but blu-ray is damn pretty as well. I picked it up from an Office Max nearby for more but it was worth it and about $15 cheaper than newegg with shipping (overnight...sry I'm weird when it comes to shipping).

I'm REALLY thinking about picking up a second 3870 this week from bestbuy as I was eyeing it when they had it at $179 which is $5 cheaper than online at newegg. Strange...bestbuy is known for overcharging extremely and this card keeps fluctuating in price (started at $249, then 179, then 249, then 199, back to 179, and now 129).

I think I just might go ahead and do this as the only other thing I'll need is a proper sound card (still using onboard though it's very good).

K

[Namslas90]

Just got back from BB. Puicked up THREE of theese for the price advertised +tax. One for me and two for freinds. So now TPU members Verizon and Curly and I all have X3870 OC'S.

Thanks for the "Heads-up" dccool879. :toast:

[cdawall]

i just started working at bestbuy and you think thats a good price :roll:

[niko084]

i just started working at bestbuy and you think thats a good price :roll:

Let me guess you get em for about $97 flat. ;)

[cdawall]

Let me guess you get em for about $97 flat. ;)

i can't say but i might be getting a phenom alot sooner than i had planned :roll: or a X2 6000+ those will be clearenced out soon methinks

[Kei]

I think I'm about ot hit up my friend who works there too. :D

[niko084]

i can't say but i might be getting a phenom alot sooner than i had planned :roll: or a X2 6000+ those will be clearenced out soon methinks

Ya best buys pricing because of their buying power is so good. A friend of mines older sister is a regional HR manager, I should hit her up for a few things here.

[mrw1986]

Best Buy discount is more than that for those cards, I know for a fact.

[Bytor]

Just picked up my 3rd Visiontek 3870 @ Best Buy for $129.

[suraswami]

Ordered it over the phone this morning. Going to the store to pick it up. Lets see how it performs.

Hey cda - Phenom or X2 6000 - does BB beat Frys on the price. No one can beat Frys man.

[Kei]

Just picked up my 3rd Visiontek 3870 @ Best Buy for $129.

No fair! You can't put a 3rd card in there yet I'm just getting my second one! :toast:

K

[Bytor]

No fair! You can't put a 3rd card in there yet I'm just getting my second one! :toast:

K

Lolz.... Only going to have it in there till I get my second rig parts together. But will bench with it in and see what it can do.

[cdawall]

Ordered it over the phone this morning. Going to the store to pick it up. Lets see how it performs.

Hey cda - Phenom or X2 6000 - does BB beat Frys on the price. No one can beat Frys man.

you must not know what the BB discount is

[Kei]

Lolz.... Only going to have it in there till I get my second rig parts together. But will bench with it in and see what it can do.

Thanks for kicking my hopes right back down the ladder again haha :laugh:

Now I'm gonna have to buy one of these AND a 4870 before you do. Just kidding ;) (<---maybe that'll throw you off my scent)

K

[niko084]

you must not know what the BB discount is

Is it still like 10% above cost or w/e?

[cdawall]

Is it still like 10% above cost or w/e?

lower than 10% but yea

[Bytor]

Thanks for kicking my hopes right back down the ladder again haha :laugh:

Now I'm gonna have to buy one of these AND a 4870 before you do. Just kidding ;) (<---maybe that'll throw you off my scent)

K

Lolz... Not sure I'm going to jump on one of the 4870's. May just skip that series and enjoy my 3870's a little more.

But you never know eh!!

[niko084]

lower than 10% but yea

We used to get "COST" at CCity back in the day.... Then they decided to screw the employee's... Their discount is worse than Walmarts now...

[cdawall]

We used to get "COST" at CCity back in the day.... Then they decided to screw the employee's... Their discount is worse than Walmarts now...

yea BB is still good :D

[suraswami]

yea BB is still good :D

ok you me friends :toast:

I just bought the card. Damn its huge. My AGP machine was acting up, randomly shutdown, will not come back from sleep etc and my wife was mad at me. Turns out it was incompatible RAM. Removed it and it works fine. Now If that works good, I have to return the damn Video card and Asus Crossfire wifi board:cry:

[Scrizz]

woot I actually returned my 8800gt and got meself back in the red camp @ $129.99 :laugh:
:toast: :D :shadedshu

[Bytor]

woot I actually returned my 8800gt and got meself back in the red camp @ $129.99 :laugh:
:toast: :D :shadedshu

Nice not a bad deal eh!!!

[freaksavior]

discount at bby is $129, same price.

I dont know why you all bash bby so much. i really dont. there a legit business, get over it.

and chris(cdawall) your welcome for the job :)

[mrw1986]

cda, I worked at Best Buy for over a year. Only thing worth buying is TVs. I have 7-8 friends who still work at the one I worked at. I get everything at employee price and 9 times out of 10 etailers are cheaper than BB discount. I now work at at&t and I am working on getting them all jobs with me. Pays MUCH higher ($65k a year vs $25k at BB)

[freaksavior]

cda, I worked at Best Buy for over a year. Only thing worth buying is TVs. I have 7-8 friends who still work at the one I worked at. I get everything at employee price and 9 times out of 10 etailers are cheaper than BB discount. I now work at at&t and I am working on getting them all jobs with me. Pays MUCH higher ($65k a year vs $25k at BB)

they may be cheaper online 9 out of 10 times, but you guys keep bashing their "over priced" prices. like i said, get over it. there a business.

are you going to complaign about the guys changing your oiljust because they charge you 2 times as much for the oil and 2 x the amount for a timing belt? i bet you want to order that online too?

[erocker]

I just wish Best Buy would carry more hardware. That's all that I have where I live.

[Bytor]

I just wish Best Buy would carry more hardware. That's all that I have where I live.

Yes and I wish CompUSA was still around my part of the country.

[Xazax]

For me all the HD 3870's for $130 were sold out :( They did however have an awesome price on a BFG 8600GTS for $280

[Kei]

Indeed BestBuy is a business I don't hate them for that, I don't hate them at all but I'm careful what I buy from them as their prices are far higher than what I get online (including overnight shipping). For them it's extremely smart and I still shop there as like Walmart they're one of the only things around retail wise to get certain things.

To me it just sucks because you can't go into a computer store anymore and get parts because of the online thing being $1 cheaper...I was and still am a fan of going into the local store and supporting it cuz one day you'll need them. Once they're gone a big business moves in (BestBuy) and can charge whatever they want.

It's just sad to me to watch people walk in and pay some of the prices they charge for instance seeing someone buy a HD3450 card for double the price! They're a good store but some of the parts they just charge far more than what's 'ethical' in my book. Profit and price gouging are two very different things.

Meh oh well, I still shop there and will continue to do so especially when they have deals like this. Though I'll be buying my new monitor (Samsung 1080p 32") as it's $300 cheaper at the egg even with BestBuy online. I do miss having CompUSA around as well, it was nice to have somewhere to guy and buy actual hardware besides just a few video cards and harddrives.

K

Oh yea I do all my own work too so I have no idea how much an oil change would cost haha :D

[flclisgreat]

they may be cheaper online 9 out of 10 times, but you guys keep bashing their "over priced" prices. like i said, get over it. there a business.

are you going to complaign about the guys changing your oiljust because they charge you 2 times as much for the oil and 2 x the amount for a timing belt? i bet you want to order that online too?

there is a difference between making a profit and charging up to double+ for an item.


and no i wouldn't complain about the price of an oil change and new timing belt as i do all my own mechanical work.

oil: $2
belt: find one for free

[nicepun]

I have both of them. The coolers perform virtually the same. As for the OC, the HIS highest OC was at 916/1393 while the VisionTek was at 912/1388 so that's statistically the same as well - based on a .05 differential :D

How did you OC the cards? Rivatuner? You used stock HSF? That's some really high OCs for stock HSF. Thanks.

[Kei]

My card is also overclocked very high for a stock card. In the 3800 series thread (or was it 3dmark06 thread) I've posted my highest clock screenshot of 931Mhz core clock and 1404Mhz memory on the stock HSF and no hardware mods. All of my work was done through software and no bios flashes either.

I'm using 905Mhz core and 1305Mhz memory as my day in day out game setup just to lessen any stress on the card. When I first did it I used CCC and RivaTuner in combination, but now I use ATi Tray Tools exclusively.

K

[Megasty]

How did you OC the cards? Rivatuner? You used stock HSF? That's some really high OCs for stock HSF. Thanks.

Rivatuner with the stock cooling @ 100%. Those are instanely high clocks for those cards. They're not stable for gaming at all & I only did it to run a few benchmarks.



I just wish Best Buy would carry more hardware. That's all that I have where I live.

I'm really lucky over here I guess. I have a TD about 6 mi from me. But its a little outlet. The larger TD & MC are near me as well but they are 20 to 30 mi aways. When I need something that the smaller TD doesn't have I usually put it off until I have some huge ridiculous list of junk. Then I trek off to TD & MC with an extra red container of gas :D

[Scrizz]

wow I'm really lucky that I still have a CompUSA near me

[Kei]

Thank the gods Scrizz they seem to be disappearing everywhere lately...and fast. I think it was 1 week the store near me sold everything and was gone...1 freaking week and it was almost bone dry after just a couple days.

K

[dark2099]

Sales are the only reason I go there, or unless I need something quick, but other than that it generally has been Microcenter lately, Fry's has some nice deals, but the drive for me, no thanks. And then there is always Newegg.

[philbrown23]

well with the actual price that these places are buying these cards for they should be selling them less than this!

[cdawall]

discount at bby is $129, same price.

I dont know why you all bash bby so much. i really dont. there a legit business, get over it.

and chris(cdawall) your welcome for the job :)

really thats gay :cry:

yea i said thanks for the job already :p

[Scrizz]

well my CompUSA was purchased by TigerDirect

[flclisgreat]

i picked one up today. cost $124.01 with 6% sales tax and 10% off coupon i got from the post office.

stock for it is 800 core and 1170 mem. haven't tried to OC it yet

[dark2099]

On stock volts I've gotten both my 3870's to 891 and 1305. I need to fiddle around with pencil modding again.

[warup89]

I live in orlando and today i had an adventure looking for this piece of hardware, went to like 5 bestbuys and they were all out :shadedshu, i guess i have to gte it from the egg :)