Importing Radeon 4870 to Australia.

[inigel]

I hate being in the technological arsehole of the world.

I am looking at buying the ATI Radeon 4870 for my 2008 Mac Pro. Apple Australia sell the card for AU$699 (I am eligible for the education discount, so AU$629.)

I have seen the price of said card from Apple in the US, is AU$435.

My question is, does anybody know of a store that will ship the "official" Apple card to Australia and save me about AU$200?

I am trying to avoid eBay as it is hard to differentiate between "official" cards and flashed cards.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[grue]

How soon do you need it? If you don't mind waiting a month, I'm happy to bring one back with me when I go over later this month for work.

 

[yomibro]

The official card has the mini-displayport and one standard DVI, all the ones on eBay that I have seen are dual DVI so they are flashed PC versions.

 

[inigel]

How soon do you need it? If you don't mind waiting a month, I'm happy to bring one back with me when I go over later this month for work.

That would be awesome. Unfortunately, my 8800GT just crapped itself about an hour ago while I was playing Fallout 3. Not a happy chap!

Luckily it is covered under the AppleCare, but now I see this as an opportunity to upgrade.

 

[OZMP]

let me know how you go

 

[inigel]

I'm heading to the Chatswood store on Tuesday or Wednesday. Hope it goes smoothly. They'll replace the 8800GT because that was he BTO card, but I might just go all out and just pay the $699 for the ATI card while I'm there.

 

[grue]

That would be awesome. Unfortunately, my 8800GT just crapped itself about an hour ago while I was playing Fallout 3. Not a happy chap!

Luckily it is covered under the AppleCare, but now I see this as an opportunity to upgrade.

well if you decide to wait, just let me know and we can work things out. I usually end up bringing back a suitcase full of crap so a video card isn't going to be too much of a burden