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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bob661 - Sunday, August 14, 2005 - link
What's this mean?
JarredWalton - Sunday, August 14, 2005 - link
See change in subject. (nt) means "no text" if you didn't know. Basically, Kris is wanting to know if you assume the prices will change, or if there's more to it than that.FWIW, most of the articles posted on AT are written in advance and posted a couple days later. The purpose of the RTPE is to give the the prices available now, not at the time of writing. As a few others have pointed out, there have been some changes in price over the past couple week that make a few recommendations really nice. X800XT AGP for example is cheaper than X800XL - almost at X800 prices ($220 right now).
bob661 - Monday, August 15, 2005 - link
Wow! That would be an excellent buy for an AGP user.