Tech Roundup: Galaxy 8800GT $150 AR, OCZ Rally2 16GB Flash Drive $70 AR, Seagate 1TB Hard Drive $200

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Here's a number of good tech bargains to get your blood pumping this morning:

The daily deal at Canada Computers is the Galaxy GeForce 8800GT Chipset (600Mhz) 512MB DDR3 (1800Mhz) Dual Dual-Link Display PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card for $149.99 after $75 mail in rebate. This offer is good for today only.
Canada Computers also has the OCZ 16GB Rally 2 for $69.99 after $10 mail in rebate. This offer also ends today.
Until 12 noon, TigerDirect.ca is still featuring the Garmin Nuvi 650 - GPS Navigation Device With 4.3-Inch Touchscreen for $279.97.
tdDirect.ca has the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1000GB 1TB SATA2 7200RPM 32MB Cache NCQ Hard Drive for ~~$209.95~~ $199.85.
GTA retailer Infonec Computer's daily deal is the Logitech Quickcam Pro 5000 Hi-Speed USB Digital Video Camera for $42.99

These are some very tempting offers. $150 for an 8800GT card is fantastic price for what remains arguably the best video card in terms of price/performance. The 16GB OCZ Rally 2 USB flash drive is also priced well. It should be high on your list if you want a high capacity flash drive with good read/write speeds. $199.85 is the lowest price we've seen for the Seagate 1TB Barracuda, with the previous best being about $210. Last but not least, use PriceCanada.com to compare prices on the Logitech Quickcam Pro 5000 and the Garmin Nuvi 650 GPS - you'll see that the prices above are the best of the bunch.

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- neo1973
- Great price but I heard a lot of people are having problems with the rebate from Galaxy.
- MaxTheDog
- What problems are people having? I actually bought the Galaxy card on March 13th and mailed the rebate stuff to WorldWideRebates after registering online. I received an email on April 1st indicating that they would send me a cheque in 6-8 weeks. Do the problems occur after this point?
  
  WorldwideRebates.com pleased to inform you that your rebate has been processed on Apr 1 2008 1:50AM.
  
  Your check will be mailed in 6-8 weeks. Please contact us if you have any additional questions.
- AndrewRFD
- Good deal. Posted to the front page, thanks.
- zickvon
- I bought this card from NCIX when it was $148 AR last month. Very good card, and quiet comparing to my evga 8800GT.
  Regarding the rebate, the $30 bonus get approved very quickly, but the $40 one didn't. So I sent them an email asking for that, and the second day, it got approved too
  
  Oh, my mistake. The one I got from NCIX is the heatpipe version.
- killoverme
- yeah i was wondering how good this was before. Someone wrote that its a good company.... but is the video card specs good? for if it were 250 bucks?
  
  is it a G92 chip?
- duckdown
- thats a heavy MIR
- gameboy115
- How come I see it raise up to $179.99 after rebate?
  
  http://www.canadacomputers.com/index...d=999 .243.390
- frozenmelon
- Look again... but through this link :P
  
  http://www.canadacomputers.com/index...d=999 .243.390
  
  edit:
  
  wrong link... i'm n00b
- killoverme
- http://www.canadacomputers.com/index...d=999 .243.390
  
  diff card
- Haz
- Try this link. It's for the 8800GT with the covered HSF.
  
  Edit: Dang, too slow!
  
  http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2183/image2kk5.png
- Gotcha
- How long does it take for it show up as received on their website?
  Ive submitted my rebate on March 25 and still nothing on their website..
  Should I call them?
- MaxTheDog
- How long does it take for it show up as received on their website?
  Ive submitted my rebate on March 25 and still nothing on their website..
  Should I call them?
  It took 18 days for my rebate application to show up in their system. They sent me an email once they had processed it. I would wait another week before contacting them.
- bbruzzes
- Gerat deal if you guys get the rebate. The launch of the 8800GT and 9600GT card is the best thing to come to PC Gaming in a long time, and hopefully will get more people to look into the PC as a viable gaming platform. High def gaming to the masses!
- killoverme
- so is this as good as the 171 one?
- Haz
- so is this as good as the 171 one?
  The $171 one is overclocked, has a better HSF and I seem to remember something about voltage jumpers on the card itself.
- killoverme
- The $171 one is overclocked, has a better HSF and I seem to remember something about voltage jumpers on the card itself.
  is it 30 dollars more worth it to get that then?
- Gotcha
- So far this card has given my aging rig another life.... I have a P4 3.4G and I can play COD 4 , Bioshock at max no problem... whats even more surprising is that it is a stock PSU in DELL Dimension 8400
  
  im just hoping i get the MIR
  
  I dont think its worth getting the OC... i think someone mentioned you can flash the bios and get the OC'ed frequency...toherwise there's always Rivatuner.. ( not that im an expert or anything ) apparently its the same hardware just a different bios
- Stupy76
- Also noticed that the EVGA 9600 is on sale for similar price. Which is the faster card? x800 series should faster than a x600 card. But then again a 9xxx should be better than a 8xxx card...
- lincoln
- Also noticed that the EVGA 9600 is on sale for similar price. Which is the faster card? x800 series should faster than a x600 card. But then again a 9xxx should be better than a 8xxx card...
  The 8800gt is a faster card
  9800gx2 > 9800gtx > 8800gtx > 8800gts > 8800gt > 9600gt > 8800gs
- slomo
- Also noticed that the EVGA 9600 is on sale for similar price. Which is the faster card? x800 series should faster than a x600 card. But then again a 9xxx should be better than a 8xxx card...
  GeForce 8800GT should normally be faster than 9600GT.
  
  I am using this table for performance tiers:
  
  http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/04/...ney/page6.html
- killoverme
- alright, seems like its a good card... i'll buy it i guess... I need a cheap card for my old PC probably should upgrade
  
  SONATA II
  MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
  AMD X2 3800 (s939)
  2GB RAM
  960GB (3 x 320 SATA HD)
  ATI x800xl (only ave 70fps on CS:Source @ 1920 x 1200)
  Sound Blaster X-FI Platinum
  Antec Power Supply TP3-550 TruePower Trio 550W
  
  Westinghouse 24" monitor - L2410nm
- lincoln
- alright, seems like its a good card... i'll buy it i guess... I need a cheap card for my old PC probably should upgrade
  
  SONATA II
  MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
  AMD X2 3800 (s939)
  2GB RAM
  960GB (3 x 320 SATA HD)
  ATI x800xl (only ave 70fps on CS:Source @ 1920 x 1200)
  Sound Blaster X-FI Platinum
  Antec Power Supply TP3-550 TruePower Trio 550W
  
  Westinghouse 24" monitor - L2410nm
  You'll be CPU limited on that computer and you'll never see the full performance of the 8800gt.
  Either way it'll be an upgrade
- t_mo_t
- do you guys think we can PM this with NCIX? they have this free ground shipping for all orders...... and they have the same MIR although the base price is more expensive than CC.
- tanmanwayne
- alright, seems like its a good card... i'll buy it i guess... I need a cheap card for my old PC probably should upgrade
  
  SONATA II
  MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
  AMD X2 3800 (s939)
  2GB RAM
  960GB (3 x 320 SATA HD)
  ATI x800xl (only ave 70fps on CS:Source @ 1920 x 1200)
  Sound Blaster X-FI Platinum
  Antec Power Supply TP3-550 TruePower Trio 550W
  
  Westinghouse 24" monitor - L2410nm
  -------------------------------------------
  Interestingly I have a very similar build. What kind of performance increase could I expect going from an ATI X800XL (AIW...but weren't they all?) with an X2-3800?
  
  Build:
  Asus A8N-E
  AMD X2-3800 (939)
  2 GB Ram
  1.4 Tb DASDI (1x500, 2x250, 2x200)
  ATI AIW X800XL (256 Mb)
  Sound Blaster Live!
  Antec Power Supply TP3-550 TruePower Trio 550W
  Corsaid TX650W Power Supply
  HP p1230 CRT monitor
  
  Just wondering if it's really worth the purchase.
  
  Thanks!
  Tano
- Haz
- is it 30 dollars more worth it to get that then?
  For the extra $22 (not counting tax), I think it's worth it for the better cooler.
  
  alright, seems like its a good card... i'll buy it i guess... I need a cheap card for my old PC probably should upgrade
  
  SONATA II
  MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
  AMD X2 3800 (s939)
  2GB RAM
  960GB (3 x 320 SATA HD)
  ATI x800xl (only ave 70fps on CS:Source @ 1920 x 1200)
  Sound Blaster X-FI Platinum
  Antec Power Supply TP3-550 TruePower Trio 550W
  
  Westinghouse 24" monitor - L2410nm
  You'll be CPU limited on that computer and you'll never see the full performance of the 8800gt.
  Either way it'll be an upgrade
  I think it's a worthwhile upgrade even from an X2 3800.
  
  Though it may not be entirely accurate, try running the "Game-O-Meter" here to see if how much of a gain you can expect.
  
  do you guys think we can PM this with NCIX? they have this free ground shipping for all orders...... and they have the same MIR although the base price is more expensive than CC.
  Why not? They're usually pretty good with PMs.