nope, they don't usually carry my brand either. They have contracts with several of the big names, which is why they have certain brancs of mobos, vid cards, etc.They get all of the refurbs that the manufacturer repairs (certain ones anyway). My old lady likes them because we got her Samsung galaxy II through them and also get our blank media from em. She still blabs on and on about getting 60 blank dvd's with the thick (not jewel) cases for 8.88 ... lol. I think that if there were records for scouring the internet for bargains, she'd at least be on the podium. Good luck and if ya want, let me know what ya end up with?! BTW after our conversation last evening, I went ahead and ordered 1 of these cards for an upcoming htpc value build as I'm trying to break my record for the least expensive HTPC with all quality parts/brands. So far my list will end up costing 241.00 but i'm waiting on each part to get it on refurb or open box to try an get it under 200 lol.For the price, getting 400 stream processors w/low profile is a good value and most of them on newegg don't have the fan with a shroud/cover to help funnel the air in a smaller htpc case.
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD5570-PCIE-1024-3-PB&cat=VCD
I know it's an older "5000" nseries but it will perform just great in an HTPC environment and/or multi monitor environment. I had one of these same valuegeekers in my very first pc build and played dirt 2 on it although had to adjust a few settings. Have a good one!
shoot looks like I'll miss deal, oh well eBay has great priced stuff like that (if you don't mind used, I don't).
