EVGA Superclocked 8800GT With CRYSIS In Stock!

I wouldn't say this is a hot deal, but a great deal if your in the market. yeah its an extra 80 bucks over the dell thing but you get 1) newegg shipping and backing 2) evga kick ass support and warrenty 3) its superclocked 4) you get crysis . all in all worth the 80 bucks and you get now and don't have to deal with dell.
 
I think he misread it as 2 card buying limit per customer.

I really don't think this is a "hot" deal,

considering the cost compared to the ones at dell but if you don't want to wait I guess you can pay $100 extra..
 
I bit on one. I will probably be using the step-up program for a new GTS unless something else hits in the next 90 days. The more I spend now the less I have to pay when I step-up.
 
well,

i canceled my MSI order from dell,

and took the 50+ MSRP hit and ordered from dell.


sigh...
 
What is up with cards like this that you can't search for/navigate to?
 
You can. I was fooled at first on Newegg's site because it still shows all of the 8800GTs as "Auto Notify". When you click on the link for a particular card you will see if it is in stock or not. They actually have more than half of their models showing in stock right now.
 
meh, you can get crysis for $30 at BB with the $10 off video game coupon in conjunction with the sale. $270 for this card isn't all that hot... probably why it's still in stock.
 
seemlessthunder said:
meh, you can get crysis for $30 at BB with the $10 off video game coupon in conjunction with the sale. $270 for this card isn't all that hot... probably why it's still in stock.
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Actually the $30 Crysis at BB has been a YMMV proposition. Some have gotten it, one guy reported being escorted from the store for trying to get the deal. I don't think this thread was started because this is a flaming hot deal from a price standpoint, rather a notification that they are in stock.
 
FurBurglar said:
Actually the $30 Crysis at BB has been a YMMV proposition. Some have gotten it, one guy reported being escorted from the store for trying to get the deal. I don't think this thread was started because this is a flaming hot deal from a price standpoint, rather a notification that they are in stock.
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I tried tonight they told me PC games arent video games :rolleyes: Even though there was a Giant Sign that said video games right over the section hehehehe
 
How is it paying $80 for Crysis? The MSRP on this part number is $279.99. Last I checked that is only a $20 difference if you want to look at it that way.
 
I would also say there is some value to the step-up program as well. Especially when you will receive credit for the full $299 towards a new card. Try to sell one of those MSI cards from Dell in the next 90 days and tell me what you get for it.
 
FurBurglar said:
I would also say there is some value to the step-up program as well. Especially when you will receive credit for the full $299 towards a new card. Try to sell one of those MSI cards from Dell in the next 90 days and tell me what you get for it.
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Heh, I would say at least in the next 30-60 days you will probably still be able to get your $220 back :) If the 8800GT starts showing more supply than demand and the price drops below $220, then perhaps it would be hard to sell it for that, but I wouldn't be surprised if that takes longer than 90 days to happen! But I'm on the waiting list for MSI so I'm biased ;)
 
xxaaqq said:
Heh, I would say at least in the next 30-60 days you will probably still be able to get your $220 back :) If the 8800GT starts showing more supply than demand and the price drops below $220, then perhaps it would be hard to sell it for that, but I wouldn't be surprised if that takes longer than 90 days to happen! But I'm on the waiting list for MSI so I'm biased ;)
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Well good news, I just canceled my order with dell so 2 more MSIs are available and I bought two of these because if I dont get these by Xmas Im a dead man. :D
 
The EVGA MSRP is certainly inflated. $280 for the base GT 512 is the MSRP listed on the step up? Come on, the thing is supposed to be $200 to $250 maximum, which means production costs are at most $185 per card.

To sell at inflated prices due to high demand is one thing but EVGA sets its MSRP at an inflated level permanently. The reason is obvious: while you may be happy to "step up" and trade in for a better card, you are also going to paying $20 to $30 more for that card than you would have had you bought the card at most retailers.

The other side of the coin, of course, is that none of those retailers will let you trade in your existing card in the first place.

In conclusion the program is a mixed bag.
 
FurBurglar said:
How is it paying $80 for Crysis? The MSRP on this part number is $279.99. Last I checked that is only a $20 difference if you want to look at it that way.
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because original msrp was significantly lower than that before they started price-gouging. initial MSRP was around $250 and most stores were selling for around $220 when it first came out. Considering you can get teh XFX from Dell (dual-lifetime warranty) for $234 or the MSI from Dell for $207 and then buy Crysis from BB for $30, this is a fairly lame deal.

Ok sure, those are all deals, but we're in the hot deal section, not the "pay inflated retail price" section. And none of them are that hard to get.
 
Matrices said:
The EVGA MSRP is certainly inflated. $280 for the base GT 512 is the MSRP listed on the step up? Come on, the thing is supposed to be $200 to $250 maximum, which means production costs are at most $185 per card.

To sell at inflated prices due to high demand is one thing but EVGA sets its MSRP at an inflated level permanently. The reason is obvious: while you may be happy to "step up" and trade in for a better card, you are also going to paying $20 to $30 more for that card than you would have had you bought the card at most retailers.

The other side of the coin, of course, is that none of those retailers will let you trade in your existing card in the first place.

In conclusion the program is a mixed bag.
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Actually, the step up program is very strong because it provides you with a known value on your card versus having to deal with market price. Let's paint an example.

You and I both buy the same new card from 2 different manufacturers. You pay $220, I pay $250 through EVGA. 60 Days later a newer card comes out. The new card is $300 from EVGA and $280 from Brand X. Your first card is still selling for $220 brand new so there is no way you can get that for it. We will give it a healthy used value of $200 even though we know that it would probably sell for less than that. Now to get the new card you have to cough up $80 and deal with an unknown entity on some message board. I on the other hand simply start the step up process, wait for my turn, then pay the $50 difference without fear of someone claiming they didn't get my card that I shipped to them or some other scam. This also does not take into account other unseen circumstances like the original cards we bought were lemons so the market tanked on them.

Also, do you care to enlighten us on your background that allows you to make such bold assumptions as to the "production cost" of these cards? Does that cost take into account R&D, marketing, packaging, etc.? You buy music on some medium correct? Do you know what the production cost is on a CD vs. what we pay for it? I think we all know how cheap blank CDs are. Granted pressed CDs cost slightly more to produce and then there is the printing and packaging but from a "production cost" vs. selling price standpoint you are taking it on the chin. How about clothes? Ever done the research to see how bad you are getting ripped off on those? Better start walking around naked.

I also forgot to add.....the last item I had from Dell that said "ships in 1-2 weeks" I finally canceled after waiting for 2 months.
 
Matrices said:
The EVGA MSRP is certainly inflated. $280 for the base GT 512 is the MSRP listed on the step up? Come on, the thing is supposed to be $200 to $250 maximum, which means production costs are at most $185 per card.
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http://www.evga.com/articles/378.asp

Actually, EVGA doesn't list the MSRP for the baseline 8800GT, the Superclocked version at Newegg is listed as $279.99 MSRP in the link above. So, you pay $20 dollars more for Crysis, lifetime warranty, and the step up program. Plus you get to have the card in less than a week. May not be a blazing deal if you can wait a few weeks, but I plan on stepping up to the new GTS.
 
Do we need a new thread everytime they are instock at newegg...i am pretty sure everyone who wants one checks all the time anyway.
in 2 forums in the past week or so i probably seen 20 threads about instock at newegg
 
sl3000gt94 said:
Do we need a new thread everytime they are instock at newegg...i am pretty sure everyone who wants one checks all the time anyway.
in 2 forums in the past week or so i probably seen 20 threads about instock at newegg
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Using that logic we could eliminate over half the threads in this forum since we know we all check the same sites all the time. I, for one, appreciated this thread because it was exactly what I was looking for and gave me a heads up before I would have checked Newegg again. Since I am lurking around here all the damn time I saw it and got in on one. Judging from Newegg's site now it looks like the stock issues are getting ironed out and the cards should be more readily available.
 
I see that. Their main listing page and the details pages are out of sync with each other. It shows in stock on the main listing page but out on the details page. It was the exact opposite last night when I ordered.
 
Also, do you care to enlighten us on your background that allows you to make such bold assumptions as to the "production cost" of these cards? Does that cost take into account R&D, marketing, packaging, etc.?
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It's called quarterly fiscal reports and common sense.

The MSRP for the 8800 GT, Nvidia told journalists, was $200 to $250. Note that most of the time street prices are below MSRP. Further note that the current pricing reflects inflated demand.

Now we know Nvidia and EVGA are profitable and, ergo, did not set an MSRP baseline of $200 because the cards' production costs are $210 or $240 and they enjoy losing money. It is only reasonable to assume costs are lower than $200 because you don't report $1b in quarterly earnings by losing money, it turns out.

Packaging and all that shit is pennies on the dollar when done on a mass scale, and any sound business calculates that well ahead of time and prefigures into the price of their product.

No company is selling below production cost unless the item is a loss-leader or they are expunging old stock.


Getting to the matter at hand: sure you can spend more on the EVGA card and bank on the step-up, but what you fail to take into account is the possibility that the card you plan to step-up to is a poor value proposition or flat-out sucks.

I think a lot of you are going to be really disappointed with the G92 GTS' performance advantage over the GT, and end up saddled with either keeping an overpriced $300 card or an underperforming $350 card, but that's just my speculation until we see some hard numbers.
 
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