Newegg.ca - HIS Radeon 5850 $279 | Bewawa.com Sapphire 5850 $285 ($5 ship)

[billsan101]

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...W5B-_-14161302

Use promo code CEMCYNYP64 at checkout to remove the extra 20$. My total is $307.34 shipped to Montreal, Quebec. Also comes with Dirt 2 (as i've read in the reviews).

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The Sapphire 5850 at bewawa is 285$, and shipping is 5$ flat i beleive, pretty good also if you don't have to pay the taxes (plus it comes with dirt 2 as well);
http://www.bewawa.com/sapphire-video...mi-dp-fan.html

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And these graphic cards overclock like beasts, got my sapphire 5850 to 870/1220 with low temps/no voltage increases.

[impruv]

With every bit of nvidia news, ati prices keep dropping

[Taft]

Very nice! I like the direction these prices are going

[ph00p]

Its a good time to get one of these.

[AeonX]

Its a good time to get one of these.

im still waiting for the price drop when the nvidia cards roll around

[grimzkunk]

Wow! Great deal. These 5850 are some beast. Almost made me buy one...

I'll keep my 4890 until those 5850 drop at 200$.

[billsan101]

Wow! Great deal. These 5850 are some beast. Almost made me buy one...

I'll keep my 4890 until those 5850 drop at 200$.

You might be waiting a while lol, probably discontinued before they reach that price. (ebay ftw i suppose)

[iamzill]

im still waiting for the price drop when the nvidia cards roll around

That's gonna be a long wait...

[adblink182]

do you guys think I should wait until the nvidia release something? I'm currently running a 9800GT, would I notice a difference with these cards? (playing mostly L4D2 and MW2)

[thunder]

I'll wait until Fermi Release, then I'll buy this Card with a lowest price $240 or so..

oh by the way Radeon HD 5830 launching on February 5 The Tech Report :

 
http://techreport.com/discussions.x/18315

[ZipSpeed]

do you guys think I should wait until the nvidia release something? I'm currently running a 9800GT, would I notice a difference with these cards? (playing mostly L4D2 and MW2)

If you are happy with the image quality and framerate, keep your 9800GT and wait for Fermi.

[billsan101]

do you guys think I should wait until the nvidia release something? I'm currently running a 9800GT, would I notice a difference with these cards? (playing mostly L4D2 and MW2)

Note that the nvidia cards will be somewhat more expensive then the 300$ current high-end ati cards. You can always be waiting for a better card to come out.

Depends how you like the current framerate/graphics settings, but a 5850 compared to a 9800gt, the 5850 would win hands down.

View the cards compared (late 2009):

http://tinyurl.com/yz495yb (original url didnt work in these forums, but the card to the right is the asus 9800gt)

[BiGD33nS]

do you guys think I should wait until the nvidia release something? I'm currently running a 9800GT, would I notice a difference with these cards? (playing mostly L4D2 and MW2)

A 9800GT for those games is alright. I know people still playing those with much older cards.

Wait until late spring to see some major price drops with ATI.

If Nvidia's new platform is that impressive and offers an excellent price/performance product, it couls be a good choice but I highly doubt that will happen. Wait for the new Nvidia GPU's shows it's nose then buy an ATI 58xx when they drop.

My 02

[mucat]

Come on nVidia!!!!! We need you to bring balance to the Force!!! I want to buy a 5870 cheap!!!!!

[4got10]

im still waiting for the price drop when the nvidia cards roll around

Still looking at a couple of months before you see anything an I am guess the price point will be high on the 470/480 series. I doubt you'll see the 5850 any lower since ATI is also coming out with a 5830 series.