4870 for £75.80 (+delivery) - Ebuyer

BigEejit

I dont know if people use Ebuyer in Ireland (or even if they ship to Ireland) .... They have some great deals and this is one of them:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169206

Right now showing 122 in stock.

Ghost Train

just incase anybody is wondering its a video card

green123

just in case anybody is still wondering - if you dont know what it is for then you dont need it

Effluo

It's also worth noting that if you're planning an upgrade it's prob a good idea to go to the Building & Upgrading part of this forum.

This card requires quite a bit of power, reletive to other gpus and will only work with some pc's

jesus_thats_gre

Hmmm toying with picking up a second one of these and going with a Crossfire set up. 75 quid is **** all like.

EKRIUQ

I'm wondering if you need a HDTV monitor for it to be of any use?

The_Conductor

EKRIUQ wrote: »

I'm wondering if you need a HDTV monitor for it to be of any use?

Depends on what you want to use it for- I use one for data crunching, not a bad card at all...... Personally I'd hang on for a budget DX11 card- they should be around in the next month or two.

superfly

tried to order but even though they say they deliver to Ireland you can't pick Ireland at the delivery stage and you have to put in a zip code

bennyob

superfly wrote: »

tried to order but even though they say they deliver to Ireland you can't pick Ireland at the delivery stage and you have to put in a zip code

try 1234......always works for me;)

witnessmenow

EKRIUQ wrote: »

I'm wondering if you need a HDTV monitor for it to be of any use?

You'd want a 22" monitor to be getting your moneys worth out of the card.

I have a 22" monitor and this cards little bro , the 4850, and it has maxed out all games I've tried (bar crysis, where I had to drop the settings to high to keep framerates playable all the time).

EDIT: I bet the thread title looks like a maths equation to some people! What are the variables "delivery" and "Ebuyer" though?

BaconZombie

You either have to use "Google Checkout" or phone them.

I'd phone when since I've had tried to order stuff three times over the last two weeks due to either Google or them fecking up.

superfly wrote: »

tried to order but even though they say they deliver to Ireland you can't pick Ireland at the delivery stage and you have to put in a zip code

dog_pig

I've ordered stuff to Ireland off Ebuyer before.

Didn't have a great experience however; they gave me a different version monitor to the one I ordered and then wouldn't allow me to switch it for the right one.

sdanseo

Oh bog off OP, I paid €250 for mine back in the day, you're making me depressed :P

nxbyveromdwjpg

green123 wrote: »

just in case anybody is still wondering - if you dont know what it is for then you dont need it

Sounded like a nokia phone to me. That was an annoying waste of a click.

Edit the title appropriately.

asharkman

Hey guys, i've a ati x850 512meg in my pc, a pentium D 2.8gig, system bout 4 /5years old was fairly decent when i bought it.
Got a 500w pwrsply would it be worth my while getting this card?
Also would this be the best card you could get for 100e?

bazwaldo

If anyone is of thinking of using this with a HTPC and wants to watch BBCHD, don't. All ATI cards have trouble decoding BBCHD and not fix in sight.

Slaanesh

I bought a Samsung NC10 on Ebuyer on Monday morning, it arrived Wednesday morning! Sweet.

Fidelis

witnessmenow wrote: »

You'd want a 22" monitor to be getting your moneys worth out of the card.

Why is that? It's a bargain for £75, but it's hardly going to blow away modern games with high settings @ 1920x1080.

Effluo

Fidelis wrote: »

Why is that? It's a bargain for £75, but it's hardly going to blow away modern games with high settings @ 1920x1080.

It will do with most of them.
I think it's a bad idea for this to be posted here, people if you want to know what gpu to get ask on the building & upgrading forums.
Yes this is a good price for what it is, but this is not for everyone/most people

BigEejit

BigEejit wrote: »

I dont know if people use Ebuyer in Ireland (or even if they ship to Ireland) .... They have some great deals and this is one of them:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169206

Right now showing 122 in stock.

Sorry for the ambiguous thread title, was in a rush. Now I cant edit title so its going to stay ambiguous and trap unwary bargain hunters.

eddiem74

superfly wrote: »

tried to order but even though they say they deliver to Ireland you can't pick Ireland at the delivery stage and you have to put in a zip code

From ebuyer support some time back "the dummy post codes are REP123 or REPIRE".

The_Conductor

asharkman wrote: »

Hey guys, i've a ati x850 512meg in my pc, a pentium D 2.8gig, system bout 4 /5years old was fairly decent when i bought it.
Got a 500w pwrsply would it be worth my while getting this card?
Also would this be the best card you could get for 100e?

You'll really need to get a new PSU as well- depending on the other components in your PC...... By the time you've bought a new graphics card along with a new PSU- it wouldn't cost all that much more to buy a new PC of a higher spec than your current machine?

asharkman

smccarrick wrote: »

You'll really need to get a new PSU as well- depending on the other components in your PC...... By the time you've bought a new graphics card along with a new PSU- it wouldn't cost all that much more to buy a new PC of a higher spec than your current machine?

You rekon a new PSU huh?
Damn it anyway, it's a vicious cycle with PC's isn't it.
Cheers for the heads up.

superfly

he should be fine with a 500w psu as ATI recommend a 600w for crossfire

The_Conductor

superfly wrote: »

he should be fine with a 500w psu as ATI recommend a 600w for crossfire

It all depends on what his current components are- my 4870 requires 2 power inputs- and I've clocked it at 180 watt under load. Also- another concern- if its 4-5 years old- what is the PSU- is it purely ATX or does it also have a SATA rail etc.....?

asharkman

superfly wrote: »

he should be fine with a 500w psu as ATI recommend a 600w for crossfire

Ah really?
I have a northQ NQ-4775-500 PSU.
I have 3 Sata drives in the system and 2 DVD drives.