HeatSurge
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Right now, Galaxy only, and they gouged $10 more (used to be $519.99 now is $529.99 for the Galaxy one).
When you buy - USE BING CASHBACK FOR 12.3% AND MAKE SURE "CASHBACK" IS SHOWING AT CHECKOUT - DO NOT CHECKOUT IF IT'S NOT SHOWING.
EVGA reported in stock today at tigerdirect, but disappeared within minutes.
Galaxy is good, Kyle from HardForums (reviewer / site founder / tech enthusiast) vouches that they're a solid company, whatever that means.
Warranty is 2 years only, but in my experience I will have another video card in 2 years anyway, and if it works for 2 years, also in my experience it will work for more with no problems...
I thought about it all evening, and ended up biting on the Galaxy.
The way I see it, I'm gonna take the shit apart anyway for a waterblock install (after making sure it works right), so all warranties will be voided anyway (EVGA or not). Moreover, if precision works with EVGA only cards (not sure if this is the case), I'm pretty sure I can easily flash the bios to an EVGA card since the only difference is really the stickers on the GTX 480s right now. It really doesn't matter what company I buy from at all at this point. If I'd insist on EVGA/BFG/XFX or whoever, I guess I'd have to wait for stock and possibly even MORE price gouging than is going on now (evga 480's at newegg are up to $520 or 530 I think as well, and they're listed as $550 at zipzoomfly even though never in stock).
This is how it is around big card releases, and I think the deal is pretty good.
You might be able to buy a brand name for a better price, but you'd have to spend days waiting for the right moment when it's in stock, or wait for weeks for stock to normalize and prices to come back down.
IMO, if you want a GTX 480 quickly for the cheapest possible, the time is now at tigerdirect.
It's a pretty good deal imo, all things considered. After all, I'm buying the second day after official release at 8% MSRP discount and free shipping.
I know a better/cheaper/cooler/faster card will come around. It's inevitable. I'm guessing there will be a "die shrink" revision for christmas this year, if not sooner, with better clocks and running way cooler than this - or perhaps with nerfed memory or something - like the 8800GT came after the 8800GTX with similar performance and far better everything else.
However, I don't want to wait. I want a new toy, so I'll pay for it. If anyone else bites let me know ;-) .
As always, the only shit is that you wait 60 days for the cashback. It's very reliable though - you WILL get it (have used it more than 10 times in the last few months).
P.S. The "deal" is good on any GTX 480/470 right now at TD, as it is just a really large bing cashback which is either smaller or not available elsewhere, so that's why tigerdirect is so attractive right now (even though regularly they have shit prices). Case in point: with newegg the cashback is something laughable like 2%...
Right now, Galaxy only, and they gouged $10 more (used to be $519.99 now is $529.99 for the Galaxy one).
When you buy - USE BING CASHBACK FOR 12.3% AND MAKE SURE "CASHBACK" IS SHOWING AT CHECKOUT - DO NOT CHECKOUT IF IT'S NOT SHOWING.
EVGA reported in stock today at tigerdirect, but disappeared within minutes.
Galaxy is good, Kyle from HardForums (reviewer / site founder / tech enthusiast) vouches that they're a solid company, whatever that means.
Warranty is 2 years only, but in my experience I will have another video card in 2 years anyway, and if it works for 2 years, also in my experience it will work for more with no problems...
I thought about it all evening, and ended up biting on the Galaxy.
The way I see it, I'm gonna take the shit apart anyway for a waterblock install (after making sure it works right), so all warranties will be voided anyway (EVGA or not). Moreover, if precision works with EVGA only cards (not sure if this is the case), I'm pretty sure I can easily flash the bios to an EVGA card since the only difference is really the stickers on the GTX 480s right now. It really doesn't matter what company I buy from at all at this point. If I'd insist on EVGA/BFG/XFX or whoever, I guess I'd have to wait for stock and possibly even MORE price gouging than is going on now (evga 480's at newegg are up to $520 or 530 I think as well, and they're listed as $550 at zipzoomfly even though never in stock).
This is how it is around big card releases, and I think the deal is pretty good.
You might be able to buy a brand name for a better price, but you'd have to spend days waiting for the right moment when it's in stock, or wait for weeks for stock to normalize and prices to come back down.
IMO, if you want a GTX 480 quickly for the cheapest possible, the time is now at tigerdirect.
It's a pretty good deal imo, all things considered. After all, I'm buying the second day after official release at 8% MSRP discount and free shipping.
I know a better/cheaper/cooler/faster card will come around. It's inevitable. I'm guessing there will be a "die shrink" revision for christmas this year, if not sooner, with better clocks and running way cooler than this - or perhaps with nerfed memory or something - like the 8800GT came after the 8800GTX with similar performance and far better everything else.
However, I don't want to wait. I want a new toy, so I'll pay for it. If anyone else bites let me know ;-) .
As always, the only shit is that you wait 60 days for the cashback. It's very reliable though - you WILL get it (have used it more than 10 times in the last few months).
P.S. The "deal" is good on any GTX 480/470 right now at TD, as it is just a really large bing cashback which is either smaller or not available elsewhere, so that's why tigerdirect is so attractive right now (even though regularly they have shit prices). Case in point: with newegg the cashback is something laughable like 2%...
