Newegg has the HIS Hightech Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 Video Card & OCZ Gold 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 Ram in a combo deal for $185 with $50 in MIR and $7 shipping. The card is $125 after rebate and has free shipping.

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It is also $118 after rebate with 2gb OCZ sli ready ram

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damn, that's cheap

You are correct. I suggest that if you got in on some of the other deals since 10/15, just wait until saturday. There will be a new rebate then.

The 4850 is a terrific video card - it bumped my 3dMark06 score by around 4000 points compared to the HD 3850 it replaced. I picked up a Visiontek 4850 (has lifetime warranty) from BB last month when they went on sale with a $10 gift card thrown in and was able to use my $50 giftcard from having purchased an HD-DVD player from BB last winter, so net was $150 - $50GC - $10GC = $90 + tax. That might be the best deal I've had on any computer hardware.

Two caveats about the card:

1) At stock fan speed, it is a very hot card - I was idling at 76C in a pretty well-ventillated case (my cpu idles at 20-24C with an OCZ Vanquisher CPU cooler on it). While HIS makes a lot of video cards with their patented two-slot IceQ coolers, this appears to be a stock ATI cooler and I would assume it would be as inefficient as most of them, straight out of the box. The solution is to do a manual fan speed mod. Here's a link to a YouTube video that shows you how:

How to mod a 4850's fan speed controller video

I did this mod to change my fan speed from 20% to 58% and my temperatures at idle dropped from 76C to 44C with only slightly more fan noise, not really noticeable sitting in my home theater 12' away from my HTPC and definitely not noticeable when my HVAC system is running. One problem I initially had was I could not find the necessary folder - follow the instructions regarding showing the hidden folders and then you'll find the one you need to do the mod.

2) This runs a bit funny with my LG HD-DVD/Blu-Ray combo drive with the last LG-sponsored PowerDVD Ultra version that plays both HD-DVD's and Blu-Ray disks. I've read some reviews saying that the driver isn't compatible with the last version of PowerDVD Ultra that runs both HD-DVD's and Blu-Rays (shortly after Blu-Ray won the format war, PowerDVD stopped updating any further versions with HD-DVD support and if you mistakenly decide to update your software now, it will no longer play HD-DVD's, so you need to stick with the old version) and Cyberlink refuses to update that version any further to address compatibility issues with the Radeon 4850. It's a bit glitchy playing back Blu-Ray disks - after the menu screen, it will sometimes show a multi-colored screen of pixels that looks like confetti, but usually that only lasts 5-10 seconds before it starts playing properly. A few times it has continued the confetti display into the actual movie, but it went away when I exited from PowerDVD and restarted it.

This is a heck of a deal and will beat anything nVidia has put out short of a GTX 260

lousygolfer said:.. 1) At stock fan speed, it is a very hot card
Just use the latest Catalyst (8.10?). It should control the fan speed within CCC. If someone sends me the card I can verify it for them for no charge. Can't return it 'cause it's a destructive test.

lousygolfer said: (shortly after Blu-Ray won the format war, PowerDVD stopped updating any further versions with HD-DVD support and if you mistakenly decide to update your software now, it will no longer play HD-DVD's, so you need to stick with the old version)
You can have PowerDVD Version7 and later versions installed on the same computer and that works. Only care you have to take is not to upgrade the version.