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January Video Card Price Guide - Page 7By SharkyExtreme.com Staff January 5, 2005
The following chart takes all of the tracked ATI and NVIDIA cards, and incorporates it into one monster chart, that is then sorted by retail price. It's a very extensive list, which gives you all the pertinent price data, and all in one place. This is also a great way to view the data, and determine exactly where the cards stack up to each other, along with rating your budget against the gamut of available options. Video card price sorting was done previously in the high-end/mainstream/entry-level price lists, but we couldn't resist posting the entire video card selection, from top to bottom. The overall price chart gives another view of the video card market, and while we don't see anything new in terms of pricing or value, it does make the individual "value points" much more obvious. The entry-level market is still the domain of the value-oriented Radeon 9600SE, while NVIDIA provides a bit more punch with the GeForce FX 5700LE AGP and GeForce PCX 5750 PCIe models. The Radeon 9200-based X300 SE/LE simply cannot match NVIDIA in the PCI Express arena, especially in terms of gaming power. The mainstream sector is really a tale of two platforms, with the GeForce FX 5900XT best suited for AGP buyers, while the GeForce 6600 and 6600 GT cards are the top buy for PCI Express systems. Unfortunately, even with additional price cuts this month, the GeForce 6600 GT AGP models continue to be priced are priced above the $200 mark. The high-end market is again the most volatile, and we reported a number of significant price cuts to many ATI and NVIDIA-based cards. In this area, the GeForce 6800GT 256MB continues to offer the best overall price-performance ratio, but the Radeon X800 XT 256MB is making up ground fast and offers a nice ATI alternative.
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