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nardox · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Quantum Reality

Rotten luck. I definitely would suggest holding out till after Christmas when there may be some sales on as stores try to clear inventory for the new year.

I see you have a GTX 260. That should hold you for a while, though I bet a couple crossfired 4870s (some stores are flogging these off really cheaply in the $100 range) would shred that to pieces.

I'm actually using a 8800GT now. I sold the GTX260 so I could get a 5800 series, but my credit card expired when the 5850s came out, and when I got my new card, they were all gone. Have been looking for one for 4 weeks I think

I personally think the shortage will last till the beginning of next year at least.

LuckySe7ens · 2 Weeks Ago

i think it was mentioned but crossfired 5770's? It'll be worth it!

cbr600 · 2 Weeks Ago

I know this dont help you but I just seen 9 of them on the self at the frys here in the Seattle area. Heads up if anyone is up here and is still wants one.

nardox · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by LuckySe7ens

i think it was mentioned but crossfired 5770's? It'll be worth it!

I know but I was planning on Crossfiring two 5850/5870s. Thanks for the suggestion tho

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Originally Posted by cbr600

I know this dont help you but I just seen 9 of them on the self at the frys here in the Seattle area. Heads up if anyone is up here and is still wants one.

All Fry's in Texas are out of 5870s

but that's great news for any OCN member in Seattle, at least some people can buy the card now and enjoy it

LuckySe7ens · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by cbr600

I know this dont help you but I just seen 9 of them on the self at the frys here in the Seattle area. Heads up if anyone is up here and is still wants one.

Seriously if i were you id buy one or two and ebay them...

nardox · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by LuckySe7ens

Seriously if i were you id buy all and ebay them...

lol

Quantum Reality · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by nardox

I'm actually using a 8800GT now. I sold the GTX260 so I could get a 5800 series, but my credit card expired when the 5850s came out, and when I got my new card, they were all gone. Have been looking for one for 4 weeks I think

I personally think the shortage will last till the beginning of next year at least.

Rats. Sorry to hear your tale of unfortunate luck. Hopefully AMD/ATI can get this sorted out quickly.

Incidentally, this isn't the first time a company's been caught flat-footed.

The Cabbage Patch Dolls (don't laugh, mmkay

) were introduced in the early 1980s just on the tail of a bruising economic recession. The company, being understandably cautious, produced too few of them and didn't anticipate the strong demand from children who just HAD to have one.

Pretty strong parallels here, ATI/AMD probably didn't expect people to want these things even though they were priced quite attractively. I remember seeing 5770s for like $150 Canadian, which is pretty damn good considering a 4870 still costs about that much.

Alas.

LuckySe7ens · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by nardox

I know but I was planning on Crossfiring two 5850/5870s. Thanks for the suggestion tho

Ah go big or go home i suppose eh?

I have seen very little difference between crossfired 5850's and 5870's...

LuckySe7ens · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Quantum Reality

Incidentally, this isn't the first time a company's been caught flat-footed.

The Cabbage Patch Dolls (don't laugh, mmkay

) were introduced in the early 1980s just on the tail of a bruising economic recession. The company, being understandably cautious, produced too few of them and didn't anticipate the strong demand from children who just HAD to have one.

As much as that is true and a good comparison its still hilarious that its the first thing you thought of!

SniperXX · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by nardox

Missed Newegg's 5850/5870 4 times already, all by just a few minutes. And I placed 4 orders with other e-tailers like eWiz and Tigerdirect, all canceled. (eWiz canceled 2 of my orders, and I canceled my TD order cause they won't get any till Nov 20th at least).

Really tired of trying to find one, so screw this. I will get a 5950/5970 if they come out this month, may not be the most logical or reasonable choice, but better than paying $350 for a 5850 at Fry's. Plus I never had a 600 dollars video card before

That sucks man. 5870 stocks fail worse than the wii stock levels at launch.

I had a $600 card, it was the 7800GTX back in 6/2005 I believe. Now its worth $20 at best, lol.

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