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March 2005 Video Card Price Guide - Page 7By SharkyExtreme.com Staff March 4, 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 still where the value-packed Radeon 9600SE holds court, but NVIDIA offers a compelling GeForce 6200 alternative, as well as having the dual power of the GeForce FX 5700LE AGP and GeForce PCX 5750 PCIe performance options. The mainstream sector is really a one-horse race, with the GeForce 6600GT PCI Express and AGP boards still available at a lower-than $200 price tag. If you're buying at this budget level, then the GeForce 6600GT should definitely be on your radar. The ATI Radeon X700 Pro 256MB PCI Express is another new mainstream option, but as this is still a PCIe-only part, it doesn't have the flexibility of the NVIDIA card. The high-end market is still the toughest to gauge, but we feel the GeForce 6800GT 256MB offers the best bang for our gaming buck. ATI is definitely close with their Radeon X800 XT 256MB, and with this month's price cuts, the GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB PCI Express boards have zipped back into contention.
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