Got this video card from Staples today. Priced at $18.50 out the door. Got a second one from another store. Not sure of how good these are, but I feel the price is great. I couldn't find a SKU, but I did get the code from my receipt 751492347141. PNY Verto 8500 512. They should be able to find this when calling. Didn't find any other posts on these, good luck.
cgpm666 said:Got this video card from Staples today. Priced at $18.50 out the door. Got a second one from another store. Not sure of how good these are, but I feel the price is great. I couldn't find a SKU, but I did get the code from my receipt 751492347141. PNY Verto 8500 512. They should be able to find this when calling. Didn't find any other posts on these, good luck.
Nice find, this video card usually runs 40 - 50 dollars shipped.
bought 4 for 74 + 1 dollar filler - 25 ejunkie 25 off coupon + taxachusetts = 78.75 -25 =53.75
Sold them to computer shop literally across the street for $125 hard cold green Profit = $ 71.25 30 minutes
He asked "if the truck they fell off had any more" ? first rule of fatwallet club ! Never tell !!! if they think its dodgey they will buy if you tell them you got a legit deal they won't.....ps. computer shop guy was Canadian...thought they where honest ?
rebatemachine said:bought 4 for 74 + 1 dollar filler - 25 ejunkie 25 off coupon + taxachusetts = 78.75 -25 =53.75
Sold them to computer shop literally across the street for $125 hard cold green Profit = $ 71.25 30 minutes
He asked "if the truck they fell off had any more" ? first rule of fatwallet club ! Never tell !!! if they think its dodgey they will buy if you tell them you got a legit deal they won't.....ps. computer shop guy was Canadian...thought they where honest ?
That only proves how really out of touch most local mom-n-pop computer stores really are when it comes to curent street pricing for computer add-ons. For example Newegg frequently offers the 512MB XFX 8500GT in their email deals for $29.99 with free shippping. Even today they have the 256MB 8600GT with DDR3 for $17.99 AR limit 3.
Thanks OP. I picked one up in Parsippany NJ and there was still another one left around noon. Last time I was there, I think they were around $40 on clearance.
This is a good deal and would make a nice video card for a HTPC due to the hardware acceleration. I built a system a few years ago with the 8500GT and using nVidia PureVideo, was able to get some really nice/enhanced video quality at 1080i (my TV won't do 1080p) with significantly lower CPU usage than the 6600GT I had in it originally.
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