Place to get GeForce 6800-7800 cheap?

HonkyPunch

I've just recently figured out that the computer i'm using has a god damned geforce fx 5200...damn you best buy. My dad placed the order for the computer, so i could have one where i can practice modelling, photoshop...etc. So, i suppose they didn't think i'd want to be playing video games on it. I need to know where i can get a 6800 or better cheap. I'd just like to know.

CheapAlert

CheapAlert mentions obvious places, such as Plicewatch and Ebar!

Keg

http://www.newegg.com/

and the 7800's are only available if your system is pci express, which by the sounds of it isn't.

The3DGuy

good luck. without a coupon of some type you are SOL for a cheap price.

KDR_11k

So, i suppose they didn't think i'd want to be playing video games on it.

Most likely they thought "Uh, does anybody know what that "jeefors" is? Ah, give me one of the cheapest yu have, we'll just throw in a bigger CPU and advertise that to the suckers who think MHz is everything!".

Rwolf

The other is to win a contest.
My local computer shop gave a 7800 GT away last month to a 12 year old kid. WTF?!?!? I cried as such a young boy to hold the most expensive and most powerful video card out today. I hope the video card blows up on him

Joshua Stubbles

Nvidia will be releasing AGP versions of the 7800 as well. Should be reletively soon.

www.pricewatch.com is another place to shop/compare for the lowest prices.

AstroZombie

The 6600GT did very nearly as well as the 6800 and even did better in some parts of a FPS test using HL2:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=14-130-220&depa=1

KDR_11k

HL2 is a bad test for GeForce cards, Doom 3 or Riddick show different distributions. HL2 doesn't work the shader pipelines as much as the completely normalmapped games.