Occasionally a very good online deal on an NVIDIA GPU comes up… instead of posting new threads each time, maybe this thread can be a convenient place to share.
This would also be a good place to post availability of Fermi boards (which at the time of this post are still hard to find at any price.)
I’ll start first with a very good deal: Currently you can get a new GTX260 for $160.
And follow up with a source of GTX470 at Tiger Direct. They’re overpriced at $410, but at least they’re available today, April 17. These are the “superclocked” eVGA versions which are 3% faster than the stock GTX470.
If you’re desperate for a Fermi, check eBay, but be very careful to buy from sellers who have the card in hand… more than half the current sellers are just saying they’ll ship “when cards arrive.”
Another maneuver to consider when buying a high-end GPU is getting cash back from Bing.com shopping. Getting 2-10% back on top of any coupons or rebates is significant if you’re buying a GTX 4xx. They’re just passing on the affiliate fee to you.
Another maneuver to consider when buying a high-end GPU is getting cash back from Bing.com shopping. Getting 2-10% back on top of any coupons or rebates is significant if you’re buying a GTX 4xx. They’re just passing on the affiliate fee to you.
Currently, there are no GTX480’s available outside eBay. Amazon got some today but they sold out. Still, this is good news that their channel is now open, so it’s work checking if you’re on the hunt.
In the US, there’s no GTX470s except at Buy.com via Amazon. This is again at an inflated $410. It looks like Amazon also got some of these today but they sold out like the GTX480s.
The GTX470s at Amazon/Buy.com are out again. They didn’t last long.
Still no GTX480 retail units anywhere except eBay… none have been spotted for days.
There are now a few GTX470s at ZipZoomFly. They’re the only store with stock right now. ZZF price-gouges, but at least they’re an option. These will probably be gone tomorrow.
Probably, though it’d be pushing it if you have a powerful CPU and lots of hard drives.
If you’re just doing CUDA, then it’s no problem… graphics apps are where you hit maximum power draw.
(For example my GTX480 uses only 200 watts at full load in both my Monte Carlo and in my raytracing code, but reports show it can use up to 300 watts when running FurMark.)
A Kill-o-watt meter (or UPS with realtime wattage display) is very useful!
Newegg still has some GTX470s (and has for about 20 hours now… a new record).
Tiger Direct has one GTX470 available. This is $20 overpriced, but with no CA sales tax (and a $58 Bing cashback opportunity if you want to play discount games!) it’s a good alternative.
A short check on some dutch sites show that at least 3 retailers show the GTX470 as in stock, so if you really want to have some, pm me and I can give some links.
In my part of the world no one has stock, and shipping dates have been steadily slipping. I have some cards on ordered from the place that usually gets first stock when new parts are released. Originally GTX470 and GTX480 SKUs from Asus, Gigabyte and PNY were expected this week. Those have now slipped to the first week of May.