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September Video Card Price Guide - Page 6

By SharkyExtreme.com Staff September 27, 2006

ATI and NVIDIA Video Cards: Price Changes

The following chart takes all of the tracked ATI and NVIDIA cards, and incorporates it into one monster price list, that is then sorted by the monthly price change. This gives us a slightly different view than in previous ATI and NVIDIA lists, as it identifies the month's biggest movers and shakers, and can really help identify the areas to take advantage of. When used with the other price charts, this list can add another dimension to the monthly video card prices, but keep in mind that the largest cuts may not translate into the best overall deal.

The overall price change list confirms our findings in the individual charts and commentary, and we again see a few of the highlighted cards featured prominently in the "movers and shakers" area. In terms of the largest individual price cuts, we give the slight edge to ATI, as the largest drops came from that area, but the two companies evenly split with five of the top ten price decreases each. The higher-end cards again accounted for the majority of the larger price cuts, but there were also a few mainstream and entry-level boards, like the Sapphire X800 GTO2 256MB and Gigabyte DUAL GeForce 6600, present in the top 10. September has certainly not been as exciting as August, but with so many new video cards being dumped into the market, October will likely be more active.


ATI and NVIDIA Video Cards Sorted by Price Change

Video Card
Price
Change
Vendor
Radeon X850 Pro 256MB (AGP)
$142
-$84
NewEgg
Radeon X1950 XTX 512MB (PCIe)
$419
-$72
Monarch
ASUS GeForce 7900 GT TOP 256MB
$312
-$36
NewEgg
Sapphire X800 GTO2 256MB (PCIe)
$126
-$26
NewEgg
Radeon X1900 GT 256MB (PCIe)
$205
-$24
Monarch
ASUS GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB
$472
-$23
NewEgg
Gigabyte DUAL GeForce 6600 (PCIe)
$80
-$19
FuturePowerPC
Gigabyte GeForce 7900 GT 256MB
$279
-$18
ZipZoomFly
GeForce 7600 GT 256MB (PCIe)
$150
-$15
NewEgg
Radeon X1900 Crossfire 512MB (PCIe)
$380
-$13
eWiz
GeForce 6200 256MB (AGP)
$44
-$12
Monarch
GeForce 7800 GS 256MB (AGP)
$266
-$10
NewEgg
ASUS GeForce 7950 GX2 1GB
$577
-$10
NewEgg
Radeon 9250 256MB OEM
$45
-$8
NewEgg
GeForce 6600 256MB (PCIe)
$58
-$7
NewEgg
GeForce 7600 GS 256MB (PCIe)
$107
-$7
NewEgg
AiW Radeon X800 XL 256MB (PCIe)
$130
-$7
FuturePowerPC
Radeon X1900 XTX 512MB (PCIe)
$360
-$7
ZipZoomFly
Radeon 9600XT 256MB OEM
$70
-$6
NewEgg
Radeon X1300 256MB (AGP)
$89
-$6
NewEgg
Radeon X1300 512MB (PCIe)
$96
-$6
NewEgg
Biostar GeForce 7600 GT 256MB (PCIe)
$165
-$5
NewEgg
GeForce 6600 256MB (AGP)
$82
-$4
NewEgg
Radeon X550 256MB OEM (PCIe)
$56
-$2
NewEgg
Radeon X1300 256MB (PCIe)
$70
-$2
NewEgg
Radeon X1300 Pro 256MB (PCIe)
$77
-$2
Monarch
Radeon X800 GTO 256MB (PCIe)
$93
-$2
NewEgg
Radeon X1600 Pro 256MB (PCIe) OEM
$94
-$2
SuperGoodDeal
GeForce 6200 TC 64MB (PCIe)
$37
-$1
NewEgg
GeForce 7300 GS 128MB (PCIe)
$66
-$1
ZipZoomFly
Radeon X800 GTO 256MB (AGP)
$131
-$1
NewEgg
GeForce 6600GT 128MB (AGP)
$135
-$1
ZipZoomFly
Radeon X800 XL 256MB (PCIe)
$167
-$1
SuperGoodDeal
Radeon 9200SE 128MB OEM
$35
$0
Spartan Tech
GeForce FX 5200 128MB
$36
$0
NewEgg
Radeon 9600SE 128MB OEM
$46
$0
Spartan Tech
Radeon X300 SE 128MB OEM (PCIe)
$50
$0
Monarch
GeForce FX 5700LE 128MB
$52
$0
Mwave
Radeon 9600 256MB OEM
$62
$0
NewEgg
Radeon 9600XT 128MB OEM
$70
$0
Spartan Tech
GeForce 7300 GS 256MB (PCIe)
$72
$0
Tiger Direct
All-in-Wonder 2006 Edition (PCIe)
$125
$0
ZipZoomFly
Radeon X1600 XT 256MB (PCIe) OEM
$125
$0
Xtreme Gear
Radeon X800 Pro 256MB (PCIe)
$142
$0
Spartan Tech
Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB (PCIe)
$180
$0
ZipZoomFly
Radeon X800 XT 256MB OEM
$234
$0
Spartan Tech
PNY GeForce 7900 GT 256MB
$275
$0
Monarch
GeForce 7800 GT 256MB
$286
$0
NewEgg
ASUS GeForce 7900 GT 256MB
$290
$0
ZipZoomFly
Radeon X1900 XT 512MB (PCIe)
$330
$0
ZipZoomFly
Radeon X1800 XT 512MB CrossFire
$336
$0
Mwave
Gigabyte GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB
$457
$0
Mwave
MSI GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB
$460
$0
ZipZoomFly
GeForce FX 5500 256MB
$55
$1
NewEgg
GeForce FX 5200 256MB
$56
$1
NewEgg
GeForce 6600 128MB (PCIe)
$65
$1
NewEgg
Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB OEM
$96
$1
Spartan Tech
GeForce 6600GT 128MB (PCIe)
$106
$1
NewEgg
All-in-Wonder 2006 Edition (AGP)
$116
$1
NewEgg
GeForce 6200 128MB (AGP)
$42
$2
NewEgg
Radeon X700 Pro 512MB (PCIe) OEM
$98
$2
Computer Geeks
ASUS GeForce 7600 GS 256MB (PCIe)
$132
$2
NewEgg
Radeon X850 XT 256MB (PCIe)
$126
$4
NewEgg
GeForce 6600GT 256MB (PCIe)
$126
$5
NewEgg
GeForce 6800XT 256MB (PCIe)
$132
$5
Mwave
Radeon X1600 Pro 256MB (AGP) OEM
$120
$6
NewEgg
Radeon X850 XT Plat 256MB (PCIe)
$180
$6
NewEgg
Radeon X550 128MB OEM (PCIe)
$46
$9
Monarch
AiW Radeon X800 XT 256MB AGP)
$173
$12
Monarch
Radeon X1800 XT 512MB (PCIe)
$346
$15
NewEgg
Radeon X700 256MB (AGP) OEM
$116
$16
NewEgg
Radeon 9800SE 128MB OEM
$77
$18
Spartan Tech
AiW Radeon X1800 XL 256MB (PCIe)
$343
$18
Tiger Direct
GeForce 6800 GS 256MB (PCIe)
$192
$20
Tiger Direct
ASUS GeForce 7600 GT Silent 256MB (PCIe)
$234
$23
Monarch
Gigabyte GeForce 7950 GX2 1GB
$587
$30
Mwave
AiW Radeon X1900 256MB (PCIe)
$249
$39
Monarch
GeForce 7300 GT 256MB (PCIe)
$71
n/a
NewEgg
Radeon X700 256MB (PCIe) OEM
$86
n/a
NewEgg
GeForce 7600 GS 256MB (AGP)
$131
n/a
NewEgg
Radeon X1650 Pro 256MB (PCIe)
$136
n/a
NewEgg
GeForce 6800 GS 256MB (AGP)
$176
n/a
NewEgg
GeForce 7900 GS 256MB
$199
n/a
ZipZoomFly
PNY GeForce 7900 GS 256MB
$199
n/a
FuturePowerPC
Radeon X1900 XT 256MB (PCIe)
$256
n/a
NewEgg
GeForce 7900 GT 256MB
$266
n/a
NewEgg
GeForce 7950 GT 512MB
$291
n/a
Monarch
PNY GeForce 7950 GT 512MB
$296
n/a
NewEgg
Leadtek GeForce 7800 GT 256MB
$306
n/a
ZipZoomFly
Albatron GeForce 7950 GT 512MB
$306
n/a
NewEgg
GeForce 7950 GX2 1GB
$507
n/a
Mwave
Albatron GeForce 7950 GX2 1GB
$516
n/a
Mwave

Page 1 September Video Card Price Guide
Page 2 NVIDIA-Based Video Card Prices
Page 3 Entry-Level Video Cards Sorted by Price
Page 4 Mainstream Video Cards Sorted by Price
Page 5 High-End Video Cards Sorted by Price
  • Page 6 ATI and NVIDIA Video Cards Sorted by Price Change
    Page 7 ATI and NVIDIA Video Cards Sorted by Price

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