The NVIDIA-based video card market is a bit more splintered than the ATI one, and we still have the older GeForce cards available at street level, and competing at the entry-level and mainstream sectors. Naturally, the GeForce 7 and 8 Series lines receive a greater number of listings, especially as we move to the popular GeForce 7300/7600/7950 and GeForce 8400/8600/8800 levels. NVIDIA gets the same overall coverage as the ATI list, starting at the entry-level GeForce FX, moving to the GeForce 8600 series, and ending with the powerful GeForce 8800 GTS/GTX/Ultra cards. But just like ATI, there are some NVIDIA cards that are becoming increasingly hard to locate, and we continue to adjust our list accordingly.
The prices on NVIDIA-based video cards may not have been dropping off the table, but it still represented an improvement compared to the ATI chart. There were four price drops that reached double digits, such as the GeForce 7900 GS 256MB (-$21), GeForce 6600GT 128MB (-$16) and GeForce 8500 GT 512MB (-$15) cards. There were two price increases that hit similar levels, but the overall trends were still in the consumer's favor, to the tune of an aggregate $29 decrease. This is a huge letdown compared to last month's results, where we posted a $256 chart drop in July.
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