I actually picked mine up from a local shop here in Boston: www.pcsforeveryone.com (I believe they do mail order, but am not sure).
It was retail price, but the last one they had (it was actually in a demo system, but I didn't get any deals). I ended up with the MSI card - but (because it had been opened and repacked) didn't get Splinter Cell (which was mildly annoying). The rest of the (very large) game bundle was intact however. The card does run warm, but the fan does an excellent job. You do need the power to run it however: the shop states specially that they recommend at least 500w PS for it. Annoyingly enough the card also wants two molex power connectors - although it comes with a splitter and seems to work fine with those two sources coming off the same rail. So why not use only one molex connector and split it internally? Still - that's only annoying when you're inside the case. ;^) Jim Davis -----Original Message----- From: Bill Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 7:56 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Halflife2 and EBgames.com and my new Video Card so sexy! Where did you find your ultra? I checked pricewatch and eventually found a company called wallapc that was not as cheap as the others but they had it in stock. Itw as only like 30 bucks more then the lowest price. On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:44:46 -0500, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not at all a dedicated nVidia user.... but I did just plunk a chunk for > a 6800 Ultra. ;^) > > I don't think I'm going to be disappointed. With the Counter-Strike Source > "torture test" I get just over 100fps. Should be quite serviceable for HL2. > > I can't wait... it may be the only that'll pull me away from "Burnout 3". > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135723 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
