x850 crossfire edition (refurb but has 1 year ati warranty) $139... unbelievable deal

[ureadyforacold1]

http://shop.ati.com/product.asp?sku=2739026

Ati has the x850 crossfire edition for a LOW 139 free shipping plus no tax. This is a refurb item but has a 1 year warranty through ati, so you dont have to worry (unlike buying from ebay, which you should never do [buy used video card from ebay, that is]). Enter the coupon code '1439' to get an extra 5% off. If you already have a x850 card in your computer and also have a crossfire motherboard, this will bring you equal to or slightly above x1800xt performance, minus the whole shader 3.0 fiasco.

 

[cheapfrag]

Or get a non Cross-fire non refurb X850 for the same price at ati.com:
Radeon X850 Pro 256 MB AGP - New + 1 yr Standard Warranty
http://shop.ati.com/product.asp?sku=2699206

 

[SOSTrooper]

Ok deal, only a handful of CAG would benefit from this because of the strict hardware requirement to run the CrossFire platform.

People can read about CrossFire here.

 

[Zaku-II]

Only SM 2.0 (

 

[Americanpierg]

[quote name='cheapfrag']Or get a non Cross-fire non refurb X850 for the same price at ati.com:
Radeon X850 Pro 256 MB AGP - New + 1 yr Standard Warranty
http://shop.ati.com/product.asp?sku=2699206[/quote]

That's only the Pro edition of the x850... and its for agp. The x850 xt (true non crossfire x850) agp runs for ~$250, the PciE version for $160.

My order came last week...they sent me a non-refurbished one still shrinkwrapped. Decided I can help my friend out and go cheaper/better (with the newest hdr /shader intensive games) with x1800xt instead of x850 crossfire on his setup and get the conroe enabled mobo with the cheap yet insane E6400 while I'm at it. Managed to drop the sealed x850 crossfire on ebay for 180 w/shipping.