This is just silly

[bcjenkins]

A PCIe 6600GT for 30 bucks AMIR. This card/slot type is ISF certified, right?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...CODE=WEM1366AM

http://www.nvidia.com/object/isf.html

[Fluffdaddy]

That got to be a misprint



Edit to add: AFTER a 40 buck rebate. I don't do mail-in rebates

[bcjenkins]

Sorry, AMIR == After Mail In Rebate

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[Fluffdaddy]

Sorry I missed that.

I hate Mail In Rebates, just offer your best price up-front. That's why I deal with Newegg 90% of the time

[bcjenkins]

Yeah, I would rather it be the price too.. Although my last RAM purchase from the egg came with a 75 MIR.. Which is already in the mail ;-)

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[sakker]

Tigerdirect is also notoriously bad for denying rebates in hopes that you just don't bother fighting them and give up.

[paulbeers]

I know in the past Tiger has been horrible, but I have heard the tides have changed as far as their rebates are concerned. I will be honest though, I hate MIR too.

[Paul H]

Originally Posted by sakker

Tigerdirect is also notoriously bad for denying rebates in hopes that you just don't bother fighting them and give up.

That's funny. I've gotten hundreds of dollars back in rebates and only had problem with one. A misprint on the rebate form that one (free) phone call corrected. I can think of nothing wrong with TigerDirect, I get my orders fast sometimes the next day and I only use standard shipping! Their followup on orders is great and on the few occasions I've had to return items they handled the refund or replacement in a timely manner.

BTW: No this is not a paid commercial, I'm just a very happy customer.

BTW2: If you don't want to pay for shipping, check out ZipZoomFly.com There's no shipping on anything with a US destination.

[sixdoubleo]

Originally Posted by bcjenkins

A PCIe 6600GT for 30 bucks AMIR. This card/slot type is ISF certified, right?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...CODE=WEM1366AM

http://www.nvidia.com/object/isf.html

Thanks for the link. I think I am going to get one. I already have a 6600 in another machine and it's a nice card, especially for $30!.

As far as the ISF certification, since they're really all based on the NVidia reference model, I would think that ANY card which uses that reference model is ISF, right? I could be wrong..

[Paul H]

If got the pennies you might want to consider this:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...02#detailspecs

[sixdoubleo]

Originally Posted by Paul H

If got the pennies you might want to consider this:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...02#detailspecs

How does the 8500 compare to the 7600?

[Paul H]

Originally Posted by sixdoubleo

How does the 8500 compare to the 7600?

http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce8.html

http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce7.html

[stanger89]

The 8 series pretty much smokes the 6/7 series for video. Especailly in terms of H.264 accelleration (unfortunately that part's not available in XP yet).

[sixdoubleo]

Originally Posted by Paul H

http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce8.html

http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce7.html

Yeah, I was just wondering why you recommend the 8500...what's better about an 8500 vs a 7600. Spec-wise the 7600 looks to be the better performer. Is it the PureVideoHD that makes the 8500 better?

(not arguing, asking as an uninformed consumer)

[sixdoubleo]

Originally Posted by stanger89

The 8 series pretty much smokes the 6/7 series for video. Especailly in terms of H.264 accelleration (unfortunately that part's not available in XP yet).

So the PureVideoHD...is that a Vista thing, or is it a DirectX 10 thing?

[stanger89]

The H.264 decoding is supposed to be coming to XP in June I think. Plus if you check AVS Forums, you'll see lots of reports of 8 series cards being significantly better (no dropped frames, no tearing, better scaling, better deinterlacing) despite having the "same" features.

[Paul H]

Just that if you're setting up for HD a 7600 is pressed pretty hard, while going to a 8 series may provide better video, especially with lots of action on the screen.

JMTCW