9800 Pro in UK

[Mike]

Where's the best place to purchase one of those cards in the UK and any
particular makes to stay away from ?

MikeE

 

[Toby Groves]

Where's the best place to purchase one of those cards in the UK and any
particular makes to stay away from ?

I think the current consensus is to go with Crucial.

 

[David Morton]

Especially if you can get a decent coupon to discount it even further! (I
managed another 5%)

 

[bongdaddyboo]

Especially if you can get a decent coupon to discount it even
further! (I managed another 5%)

Any idea where to get such a coupon? Got my 9700pro from Crucial and I'm
now building a second system so I'd get the 9800pro from them if the price
were right.

If you're after a decent price on a 9700pro though, Dabs are still selling a
Gigabyte Maya II 9700pro fro 204 quid. Mate got one a few weeks ago and for
the price it's a peach. Not sure if you could get one cheaper but it's
worth keeping in mind.

 

[David Morton]

Try this - http://www.crucial.com/uk/promo/index.asp?prog=webpromo

I'll be replacing my old Geforce 2 GTS with a Crucial 9800PRO today - Wish
me luck..! (Now to find the hacked Dawn demo...)

 

[bongdaddyboo]

Try this - http://www.crucial.com/uk/promo/index.asp?prog=webpromo

Result!! Sweet.

I'll be replacing my old Geforce 2 GTS with a Crucial 9800PRO today -
Wish me luck..! (Now to find the hacked Dawn demo...)

Now that's a fairly big jump. Hope it goes well....

 

[Alan]

When do you think the 256MB versio will be available?

Alan

 

[David Morton]

And it worked out really good too..!

Result!! Sweet.


Now that's a fairly big jump. Hope it goes well....

 

[Toby Groves]

When do you think the 256MB versio will be available?

I doubt Crucial will do one.

Frankly I think the 256MB version is pointless.

 

[Piers James]

yep I heard that too. Their 9700 card was good according to postings I had
seen, so I guess the 9800 will be similar

 

[Mike]

Especially if you can get a decent coupon to discount it even further! (I
managed another 5%)

Many thanks to Toby and David, I placed the order today AND got the 5%
discount, I always bought memory from Crucial but never thought about their
video cards.
I hope I see some difference in gming performance from the 9800pro over my
old 8500LE...

MikeE