5850 shortage!!!

[D3lit3]

To quote a Newegger;

I would love to buy one. Scratch that I would like to order two. But can't, because finding one is like trying to find a needle in a haystack covered in concrete and guarded by rat ninjas.

[Dr_BenD_over]

If anybody feels like ordering from NS

MysteryByte Computers - Halifax, Nova Scotia - 902.453.2983

6 units were in stock Saturday

[Surfer_2099]

Grab them while they are hot!

DirectCanada seems to have some Powercolor and Visiontek Radeon 5850s in stock as of 9:30 EST on Monday November 2nd 2009.

Cheers!
Shopping_Network_Canuck :)

[YukonTrooper]

Originally Posted by Surfer_2099

Grab them while they are hot!

DirectCanada seems to have some Powercolor and Visiontek Radeon 5850s in stock as of 9:30 EST on Monday November 2nd 2009.

Cheers!
Shopping_Network_Canuck :)

One less Powercolor available now (it's cheaper and comes with Dirt 2!)

Expect a GTX 260 216SP to go up for sale soon!

[D3lit3]

My Visa is maxed out.

[Surfer_2099]

Glad I could help out Yuke.

Check out this article "Hidden Threat": ATI Radeon HD 5850 Graphics Card Review - X-bit labs if you missed it on the Round-Up page. I know that I've got a reference (and soon to be a second reference) Radeon 5850, but seriously, with the headroom on these things, when the board partners come out with the custom cooled, remapped and tweaked versions of these cards, the numbers are going to surpass the Radeon 5870 by a good margin methinks. Not that the 5870 isn't a great card, it's just not as accessible as the 5850 is *price and size wise*.

Cheers!
Crossfire_ - Hopefully_If_Stock_Was_Correct - _Canuck :)

[D3lit3]

Thanks a lot for the link btw Surfer. We need more hawks like you

[YukonTrooper]

Thanks, Surfer! I actually ended up spending about a grand more than just the card! I remembered that NCIX and DirectCanada share the same warehouse, so I checked NCIX's site for the Powercolor HD5850 and it came up as in-stock. I canceled my DirectCanada order and price-matched the HD5850 from DirectCanada with NCIX, but ended up getting the new HP 24" H-IPS monitor, a D0 stepping i7 920 and a 100 disc spindle of CD-R's. LOL, splurge!

It'll be fun to watch Jen-Hsun Huang cry about ATI until what looks like it'll be January/February when Fermi is released!

[jdok]

i ordered a powercolor hd5850 from direct canada yesterday around 4pm PST, and am still waiting on the confirmation that it's available.. I usually order from ncix but i didnt know the 2 share a warehouse :(.. When i ordered it was supposedly in stock, but now its not.. and i still havn't gotten a confirmation that I actually got it.. .. so I suppose all I can do is wait? I've never shopped from direct canada. Usually I'm patient as hell for these things.. but my 8800 gts has been baked 3 times now, it's so zombified I'd scared its going to jump out and eat me

[jdok]

"Order Processed
Your order was processed successfully. "

eeee now common and ship damn you!