Posted 12/23/2008 at 05:08:09pm

WTF is a 9800S?

Posted 12/18/2008 at 11:51:35pm

CF/SLI "for the future" makes no sense for a budget system.  By the time you can afford a second, usually a newer card is out that makes more sense to replace the old one with.

Posted 12/18/2008 at 11:49:59pm

maniacm0nk3y ,

 That means they support a 1333Mhz FSB MAX.  They will support CPUs with 800 and 1066 (sometimes even 533).  No need to search for a motherboard that only says 1066.

Posted 12/02/2008 at 11:18:05am

With how volitile the tech market is, why would you subscribe to any lifetime deal when for all you know Fujitsu could stop making laptops in 5 years or 5 months?

Posted 11/30/2008 at 02:29:43pm

Well I honestly didn't know.  BFG had better advertise.

Anyway I took a look at the price difference between the EVGA and BFG and the BFG is like $50 more.  Made the right choice.

Posted 11/29/2008 at 09:32:06pm

Pretty much.  The main reason I went with EVGA with my most recent purchase was its Step-Up Program.

But honestly this doesn't help them much.  If you're so far behind as to be using AGP in your main computer, you've got financial problems larger than just not being able to afford a new card.

Plus the real reason they're doing this is that the resale value of most of the cards on that list is higher than the MSRP of the cards they're giving as an equal replacement.  These cards have gotten to the point in the PC resale world where while they're not good at all as far as performance goes, they're the last of a generation or type and as such go back up in value as supply dwindles. (SEE: RDRAM insane prices, DDR(1) price increases after DDR2 came into its own, inproportionately high value of processors like the Socket 478 533Mhz FSB 3.06ghz P4 (fastest S478, 533Mhz processor). The only cards where you might make a fairly even swap are the 7600GS and 6800 (NU) though even then you'd probably come out on top selling it yourself.  The AGP version of the 6800 Ultra is nuts valuable from what I understand.   Search ebay and verify.

Posted 11/12/2008 at 03:08:35pm

Seriously, just let them die already.

Posted 11/10/2008 at 01:38:54pm

The only people I know who watch Blu-Rays are those I know with PS3's, which are generally no older than 25ish.  No one seems to know what they're missing until they see one playing.  Which is basically how every new technology spreads.  Most won't take the leap to try one until there isn't too much of a premium in price in comparison to DVD players.

Posted 11/07/2008 at 10:03:07pm

No RF Sheilding either but looks cool.

Posted 11/07/2008 at 07:59:19pm

God speed 3.1, God speed.