Xtasy Geforce4 Ti4600 for $129 at BB!

[tritium]

Xtasy Geforce4 Ti4600
$129.99

256-bit nfiniteFX II graphics engine; 300MHz core speed
128MB high-speed DDR memory
10.4GB/sec. memory bandwidth
650MHz effective memory clock rate
AGP 4X/2X and AGP texturing support
AGP 4X with Fast Writes
32-bit color with 32-bit Z/stencil buffer
High-Definition Video Processor (HDVP)
Accuview antialiasing for awesome visual quality and frame rate
VGA, TV-in/TV-out (VIVO) and digital flat panel (DVI) connectors

Linky (http://www.bestbuy.com/ComputersPeripherals/details.asp?e=11099619&m=488&cat=521&scat=522)

[aglio412]

is this a good price? i'm tempted to order and retire my old skool ATi AIW card...

also, with the VIVO on these cards, i assume you can S-video or RCA in from a vcr/camcorder, correct?

[techhi]

It won't take my order it says it's not available

[MasterRecca]

is that the final cost or just the pre-order price and you have to pay more for the card???????

[skynet]

BB Put it back to the real price, 399. I ordered one @ 129, lets see what happens.

[techhi]

now it's $399.00 can't get through

[Baptizer]

Anyone by chance save the screen image possibily for pricematch?

[the_dude8]

deal dead.

[pagemap]

AMRivlin and I each ordered one of these this morning @ $129. I doubt they will ship these.

[dag16]

Originally posted by Baptizer
Anyone by chance save the screen image possibily for pricematch?

Don't you feel like that is abusing the system a little bit?
Causing a company to lose a lot of money is quite a bit different than causing it to make less of a profit...

[skynet]

Has anyone ever ordered from BB with a typo? Do they honor it?

[raimin]

i got the jamesbond third set dvd for $29 instead of $129.

but that was a while ago

[sbp]

Wannabe a wounded gf4 child? :heh:

[skynet]

This will be the best deal ever if it comes through

[chrissy]

Originally posted by skynet
Has anyone ever ordered from BB with a typo? Do they honor it?

I did at Christmas. I was able to get a Imagination Desk for my son (retails $45-49) for $9.99.

They were supposed to be clearancing them out at $29.99.

[Baptizer]

dag16,
your right...that was a bit of a stupid comment i made. Nor do i want to go to that extreme. Honestly, i think my jealousy of not gettin in on the deal(if it goes through, good luck to whom) overpowered my normal chain of thought.

[techhi]

I was going to buy 5 but the system would not let me even buy 1

still running my Asus GForce deluxe
goodluck

[AmRivlin]

The window of opportunity was 7AM-11AM CST... I am glad I ordered only one, I have bad feelings about this. As Dell never honors there messups and I don't know about BestBuy.com (I have ordered there 8 times including T2 for 4.99)

If this does go through, I will have a GF3 TI500 Card Expert for sale! For a tad cheaper than retail wink wink. I didn't hesitate once when I saw the deal, I was on it. Compusa.com had it for 400 all day! Lets just say I am one happy SOB!

[AmRivlin]

http://iamrivlin.net/bbgf4.png

[pagemap]

My sceenshot is below
http://pagemap.org/ordergf4.jpg

[techhi]

I'm pissed off
I was ready for 5 of them

[pooka]

do you guys think if you buy this at somewhere else
and price match it with AE blue by giving them the order receipt provieded up there will work ?

[kellybrf]

it wont work w/blue b/c you have to buy it before the advertised price. as for other stores, i dont know, someone help me out here b/c ill definately jump on that one.

brian

[SpiNtEEwS]

ya i would really like to price match it if it works... damn just purchased my gf3 ti 200.. rather have the gf4

PM PM PM

[skynet]

Out of curiosity, How many people bought this card for $399? Or howmany plan to preorder it for $399? Please state whether or not from BB too.

[lowlevel]

HOLY CRAP!

Hot deal if you guys get it!!!

Best of luck to you all...

:bawl:

[AmRivlin]

This was a BCC sent to all that got in on the 129.99 deal:
If anyone knows of someway to work around this please do tell!

Dear Best Buy Customer,

Thank you for your recent graphics card order.
A recent systems error on our web site allowed you to purchase the VisionTek GeForce4 Ti 4600 Graphics Card at $129.99. The actual price for this item is $399.99. Due to the nature of this error, we have canceled your order for this item. We apologize for any disappointment this cancellation may cause.
We would like to inform you that the error has been fixed, and if you are still interested in ordering this product, please visit http://www.bestbuy.com/ComputersPeripherals/details.asp?e=11099619&m=488&cat
=521&scat=522 <http://www.bestbuy.com/ComputersPeripherals/details.asp?e=11099619&m=488&ca
t=521&scat=522> to place your order again. This card is available as a special pre-order. It will begin shipping on 3/4/2002.

Thank you for your understanding. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns.

Best wishes from Best Buy,
The Customer Care Team

[pagemap]

So far my order hasnt been cancelled, we will see.

[sbp]

Originally posted by skynet
Out of curiosity, How many people bought this card for $399? Or how many plan to preorder it for $399? Please state whether or not from BB too. No plans here to buy it. You'll be able to buy it cheaper at places like http://www.newegg.com
The prices will be stay high at first then drop.

[skynet]

Best Buy will be cancelling all orders, I called. I reported them to the BBB, and I recomend everyone else does as well, here is the info
http://www.bbb.org

Best Buy World Head Quarters
7075 Slying Cloud
PO BOX 9312
Eden Prairie Minnesota 55400

[LPMiller]

Uh, it's actually flying cloud airport, not slying cloud.

I'm not sure what you think the BBB is going to do about a typo.:rolleyes:

[skynet]

What I did was a typo, sorry about that. What best buy did, I hardly believe that was a typo. A typo would have been for 3999.9 or 39.99 or 3.99.

[Memo]

Using that logic Slying wouldn't have been a typo "fflying" would have or "lying" or "fly"

[sbp]

LOL a ferengi wants to be a wounded gf4 child.

[kellybrf]

so has anyone tired to take in a screen shot and get another store to match the price?

[LPMiller]

Originally posted by skynet
What I did was a typo, sorry about that. What best buy did, I hardly believe that was a typo. A typo would have been for 3999.9 or 39.99 or 3.99.

You honestly think they did it on purpose? Why, do you believe Best Buy likes having a 1000 people ticked at them? Is this some sort of strange marketing policy gone evil?

This is no different then when they make a mistake in the print ad, and when you get there they have a sign that says sorry for the confusion. Unless they actually complete the transaction, i.e. charge you, you don't really have a recourse. Chances are, the person doing the page was popping in the price of the MX card...happens. You tried, you failed, end of story. Sometimes you get lucky.

[skynet]

It is just like when they make a "mistake" in an add. And how often does best buy do this? Very often. Lets say they have a 40 gig Maxtor 7200 rpm advertised on sale, when you get there its only save $5 instead of $50. They got you in the store by this time didn't they? They are also still trying to push the product in your face at the not so good sale price as well.

[Tico]

Ok guys tell me if this is a good deal.... Couldn't find it on Pricewatch...

Xtasy GeForce4 MX440

Specifications
• Controller: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
• Bus Type AGP
• Memory 64MB DDR
• Core Clock 270MHz
• Memory Clock 400MHz effective
DDR memory
• RAMDAC Dual 350MHz RAMDACs
• Vertical Refresh See chart on other side
• API Support Direct-X®, Open GL ICD®
for Windows
• Connectors Dual VGA
• 1.1 Billion texel fill rate
• 34 Million triangles/sec setup
• 6.4GB/second memory bandwidth


Features at a Glance
• AGP 4x compatible with fast writes
• 256-bit 3D and 2D graphics accelerator
• NVIDIA nView™ display technologies
• Lightspeed Memory Architecture™ II
• Dual Integrated 350MHz DACs
• Accuview Antialiasing™
• High Definition Video Processing Engine
• MX memory Crossbar


My BB B&m has it for $179.00

[Shadowdane]

http://hypothermia.gamershardware.com/articles/bestbuy_gf4deal.html

[LPMiller]

There is nothing good about the GeForce 4 MX card - it's a crippled Geforce 3, really.

[Justin42]

The GF4MX's are really GF2MX's on steroids... they have none of the DirectX 8 support of the GF3's.

And supposedly they are discontinuing the GF3 chips, like, NOW.

Really dumb move on NVidia's part. The GF3 TI 200 was set to be an awesome price/value match. Seems like they're going all out on the arrogance that seems to come with being the 3d Market Leader (seems to affect any company... look at where 3dfx is now!)

RIP 3dfx. :(

[sbp]

Originally posted by Shadowdane
http://hypothermia.gamershardware.com/articles/bestbuy_gf4deal.html And do what?

[sbp]

Tico: That price is too much for a GeForce 4 MX440. Previews said the MX440 was supposed to cost $149. It will be cheaper online.

[Tico]

Originally posted by sbp
Tico: That price is too much for a GeForce 4 MX440. Previews said the MX440 was supposed to cost $149. It will be cheaper online.


Thanks for all the replies guys..... I wa just kinda surprised to even see it on the shelves.....

I didn't even know they were coming out with a MX version.......:(

[cratervalley]

Saw the GeForce4 MX 420 instore for $129 at Best Buy. The GeForce 3 MX 420 is much better. On the GF4 the memory bandwidth is slower [even though it has more] and the only thing faster is the core clock but you can overclock anyway.

[GraingerGuy]

Originally posted by cratervalley
Saw the GeForce4 MX 420 instore for $129 at Best Buy. The GeForce 3 MX 420 is much better. On the GF4 the memory bandwidth is slower [even though it has more] and the only thing faster is the core clock but you can overclock anyway.

ummm.....no....

Ti4600 - 10,400 MB/s
Ti4400 - 8,800 MB/s
Ti4200 - 8,000 MB/s
GF3 ti500 - 8,000 MB/s

MX460 - 8,800 MB/s
MX440 - 6,400 MB/s
MX420 - 2,656 MB/s
GF3 ti200 - 6,400 MB/s

And there is no GF3 MX420

[cratervalley]

My mistake I meant Geforce2 MX 420

Here is the card I saw at BestBuy:
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/enpc/pnyvergefmx62.html

It was badged under the "Xtasy" name.

[AmRivlin]

I sent in my complaints. Lets hope for the best... I want this think badly.

[sbp]

cratervalley meant the GeForce 2 MX400. http://sbp777.homestead.com/files/wink2.gif

Most GeForce 2 MX400 use 128-bit sdram. Creative had one that used ddr ram but it was 64-bit DDR ram. The 64-bit DDR ram would give the same performance as 128-bit sdram. http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/01q2/010502/mx400-01.html

The GeForce 2 MX400 and the GeForce 4 MX420 have the same amount of bandwidth (http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/02q1/020206/geforce4-07.html). But the GeForce 4 MX420 comes with lightspeed memory architecture. Even with that architecture, the GeForce 4 MX420 is not much faster. And of course the GeForce 4 MX420 costs more.

Having all these different videocards is confusing for customers but it makes sense from a bin sorting perspective. All these videocard versions may be a reason why some manufacturers {Hercules and Gigabyte} have left for ATI. That and the pace of Nvidia videocard chip releases.

[khampman]

Thank you for shopping at BestBuy.com!

Unfortunately, the following item(s) are still unavailable to be shipped, but we hope to be able to ship this item(s) to you soon.

If you prefer to cancel this item from your order, please contact our Customer Care representatives at [email protected] or call our Online Store help center toll-free at 1-888-BESTBUY (1-888-237-8289).

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Item Description Type Qty Web Price Total Status
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VisionTek Xtasy GeForce4 Ti 46 --- 1 $129.99 $129.99 On Backorder


Keep in mind, your credit card will only be charged after each item has left our warehouse.

So far my order is still good, I think.

[AmRivlin]

but I just recieved a letter from Frankie at BB requesting all correspondance be sent to their corporate HQ. I just sent a Certified Priority letter to Consumer Relations. 8 pages. I wonder what trick they have up their sleve for that.

[Mablung]

Here's a little heads up on some articles posted on The Register (a UK-Based IT kinda news-site).

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/24000.html

and

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/24005.html

pay close attention to the first article, as it has links to a very similar story that happened at one of Kodak's UK-based e-shops. After much moaning and griping, enough unhappy customers were able to coax Kodak into honoring the "mistaken" price and take the hit in order to save face. I highly recommend reading up on this, especially if you were able to get in an order at the $129 price.

[Mablung]

Dear Best Buy Customer
We sincerely apologize for the error in your recent pre-order of the VisionTek Xtasy GeForce4 Graphics Accelerator. Because we value you as a BestBuy.com customer, we would like to offer you a $30 digital coupon to use on your next online purchase.

Click here to redeem this coupon or visit our homepage, click on Redeem Coupons, and enter and redeem the following code before February 28th, 2002:

10E9XXXXXX (coupon code).

If you have received a backorder email notification from us, please disregard the backorder email notification, your original order of this graphics accelerator has been cancelled. We apologize for any disappointment this cancellation may cause.

Thank you for your understanding. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns.

Best wishes from Best Buy,
The Customer Care Team



I took this from

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/24041.html