Best Buy(America) taking pre-orders for GFFX

[Iblis]

Looks like it's gonna be US$400.

you can see it here (http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=11205639&m=488&cat=540&scat=1574&cmp=IL13687)

[Method]

what one is this in terms of NV** i guess its NV2* not sure if its a 8 or the other one

[Iblis]

Originally posted by Method
what one is this in terms of NV** i guess its NV2* not sure if its a 8 or the other one
No, that's really the NV30.

[Wibber]

is it being released next month or sept?

[Iblis]

Originally posted by Wibber
is it being released next month or sept?

Release Date: 3/9/2003. Pre-order not available for store pickup.

[Method]

hmm, doesnt seem as expencive as i thought it would be if its the NV30, i was thinking it would be $1200+ or so, not ~800 or so $

[Iblis]

Yeah that kinda surprised me, too, and here's the kicker...
Best Buy is hardcore retail - definitely not the lowest price around - it's like buying an Asus vid card from Dick Smith.

[p01s0n_p1e]

do you think it might be a combination of the the 0.13micron core pushing production costs down, and also nvidia planning to break the "new card $1000+" rule so it really can make nv30 as attractive as possible?

anyway, its bound to push ti4200 prices down to a comfortable level, maybe 128meg versions under $300 for the top brands, not just the cheapo ones :)

[Wibber]

yeah but is it the 3rd of sept or the 9th of next month... these damn yanks do all kinds of things wonky :p what cant they use the metric system like every body else? huh huh? but no they have to be fvcking different

[Gh0s7 L3mUr]

Originally posted by Method
hmm, doesnt seem as expencive as i thought it would be if its the NV30, i was thinking it would be $1200+ or so, not ~800 or so $

Your just doubling US$. I have found that generally retail NZ is about three times retail US. If you remember when the Ti4600 was released it was the same ($US400) and when they arrived here they were (depending on the manufacturer) ~$1100. It's not just vid cards either. I think it must be due to a combination of New Zealands isolation, low population and shipping costs.

[Iblis]

Originally posted by Gh0s7 L3mUr
I think it must be due to a combination of New Zealands isolation, low population and shipping costs.
I think you're right on the money, actually. Despite NZ being closer to Taiwan, ;) , things get shipped in HUGE amounts to the states as well as more often, with NZ just being such a smaller market, combined with NZ's $ against ALL the currencies, not just $US, make prices here seem just a bit more painful.

[Gremlin]

Originally posted by Wibber
yeah but is it the 3rd of sept or the 9th of next month... these damn yanks do all kinds of things wonky :p what cant they use the metric system like every body else? huh huh? but no they have to be fvcking different
Where do you get next month from ? last time I checked we were still in January. Availability date is 9th March.

[Wibber]

aw I thought i was feb :p getting ahead of meself

[Antallica]

For anyone who gives a turd:

$400.00 USD United States Dollars
=
$725.03 NZD New Zealand Dollars


$1 NZD = $0.551700 USD

[Iblis]

Originally posted by Antallica
For anyone who gives a turd:
$400.00 USD United States Dollars = $725.03 NZD New Zealand Dollars
And judging from the NZ market previously, you can probably buy 'em at that and sell them here for $1100-1200...

[mird-OC]

damn our dollar is doing well... good old george w and his unjustifiable military spending :D :D

[Iblis]

Originally posted by mird-OC
damn our dollar is doing well... good old george w and his unjustifiable military spending :D :D
The best antidote for a crap economy is military spending....hmmmm....coincidence? I think not.

[Antallica]

Yeah last year when I had my P166 rig it was steady on round abouts $0.42C NZD most of last year. It hit $0.38C unfortunately when I needed an AMD K6 adapter, so I was gutted :(

We're gettin good now :)

[mird-OC]

Originally posted by Iblis
The best antidote for a crap economy is military spending....hmmmm....coincidence? I think not.
yeah traditionally, but not in this day and age. infact if that really was the intention, it appears to have had the absolute reverse effect.

[[H]arls]

As good as the NZ dollar is at the present time, Im betting they are going to cost us the thick end of $900 retail at initial release, because they can.

And we probably wont see them for a month after they're released in the US, due to nVidia supposedly building the first batch of boards themselves. Thats just what I think, I could be talking sh*t again.