[geeks] current value of EVGA 8800 ultra (768mb RAM)?

[Phil Stracchino]

Nate wrote:
> On Oct 7, 2009, at 8:55 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> 
>> Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
>>> I have a customer that looks like he is going to stiff me on some  
>>> invoices.
>>>
>>> I never shipped back the EVGA 8800 Ultra (768MB RAM):
>>>
>>> http://www.buy.com/prod/evga-geforce-8800-ultra-612mhz-768mb-pci-express-x16-video-card-evga-e/q/loc/101/204557668.html
>>>
>>> That was installed in a server (he was doing some GPU computations).
>>>
>>> What is the current value of this card, any idea?
>> They appear to start around $250-$350 new.
> 
> They haven't been made for a while, I'm not sure where you're getting  
> that price from, and as I just wrote, the contemporary derivative/ 
> equivalent of that architecture is $140-160.

I guess there's a lot of people out there trying to sell them for more
than their value, then...

Useful data point noted.



(It's still WAY better than my now-ancient 256MB 6800XT.)


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