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August Video Card Price Guide - Page 2By SharkyExtreme.com Staff August 30, 2004The NVIDIA-based video card market is a bit more splintered than the ATI one, and we still have the GeForce FX and GeForce4 cards available at street level, and really competing at the entry-level and mainstream sectors. Naturally, the GeForce FX line receives a greater number of listings, and especially as we move to the very popular GeForce FX 5700/5900/5950 Ultra and GeForce 6800 levels. NVIDIA gets the same overall coverage as the ATI list, starting at the GeForce4 MX440-8X and ending with the GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB cards. But just like ATI, there are some NVIDIA cards that are becoming increasingly hard to locate, and we've adjusted our list accordingly. The NVIDIA chart follows the ATI lead, and while the overall price levels are not dropping as consistently, there are some serious price cuts to report. The GeForce FX 5950 Ultra boards are dropping fast, and with the Gigabyte and Gainward models receiving cuts of $41 and $33 respectively, these are coming down to a more realistic price point. The GeForce 6800-based cards also dropped slightly this month, but when we move higher on the chart, any price fluctuations are due to supply-and-demand. It may have been that last month's vendor of choice was sold out and we moved to the next in line, or stocks are higher and prices have dropped as a result. Either way, it's been a pretty good month for NVIDIA prices, and there are some definite deals at the high mid-range. * Please note that the GeForce 6800-based video cards are still in extremely short supply, with some models on back-order, or even on pre-order and waiting for the individual vendor release.
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