Price Guides, August 2005: Video Cards
by Anand Shimpi & Cara Hamm on August 14, 2005 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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This section is strictly for the non-3D-gamer. The cards are great for those who want crystal clear DVI graphics, fast scrolling while inside Acrobat Reader and some 2D. Choose the cheapest with the connectivity that you want and you won't be disappointed. Both ATI's HyperMemory and NVIDIA's TurboCache only come in PCIe; so, if you followed our budget system advice and bought a Sempron 754 system with a cheap nForce4 socket 754 motherboard, you're ready to go for around $50.NVIDIA is also releasing a new GeForce 6500 card that should fall in line somewhere between a GeForce 6600LE and a GeForce 6200 non-Turbocache, which should place it in the $80 to $100 range. With the current prices of X700 Pro cards, though, it has a tough row to hoe. Whether or not this card will show up in AGP format is yet undecided, but it would make the most sense in that market. For budget AGP users, ATI's Radeon 9550 for around $50 is a reasonable choice.
We hope that you've enjoyed this week's Price Guide. Stay tuned next week for more guides!
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patrick0 - Monday, August 15, 2005 - link
Maybe you want to check out:www.alternate.de
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They do send internationally (prices in Euro)
at80eighty - Thursday, August 18, 2005 - link
thanks mate!Hacp - Sunday, August 14, 2005 - link
AGP 6800GTs have always been around the 280 range....neogodless - Sunday, August 14, 2005 - link
What do you mean by "always"? I bought mine about a year ago, and the cheapest I could find for a Dual DVI 256MB AGP 6800GT was around $375.DrZoidberg - Sunday, August 14, 2005 - link
With the recent 6800GT AGP price drops cause of 7800GT coming out x800xl is no longer $100 or significantly cheaper than 6800GT. Theres still alot of x800xl at $270 on that pricewatch.ASUS GeForce 6800GT 128MB - $269
Albatron GeForce 6800GT 256MB - @269
kristof007 - Sunday, August 14, 2005 - link
So where does my Gainword nVidia 5700 FX land?? Yea I need to update. I wish I had the money. I use it for Doom 3 and GTA San Andreas these days and it works. Not INSANE graphics but nice.RMSistight - Sunday, August 14, 2005 - link
I'm waiting until the end of the year for the 6 series cards to be way cheap. After all, the 6 series card and the ATI X800 series are the last of the powerful AGPs.coomar - Sunday, August 14, 2005 - link
with expected price drops on cards soon, seems weird to do a price guidebupkus - Sunday, August 14, 2005 - link
It's funny, but when shopping for a new video card a couple weeks ago so many people swore the 6600GT pwned the X800. I'm convinced now my choice for the X800 was the better of the two.KristopherKubicki - Sunday, August 14, 2005 - link
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