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 NVIDIA video card results looked a lot more positive than the ATI chart, at least on paper. The overall chart movement showed an aggregate drop of $79 for the NVIDIA camp, which is not far off from the $109 total decrease we posted in November. There were four double-digit price drops, but like the ATI listings, one change resulted in the majority of pricing activity. The old school GeForce 6800 GS 256MB fell by a whopping $120, while the next largest decrease was only a $30 drop to the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. The price increases were a bit more consistent, and included three hitting double digits, ranging from the GeForce 7900 GS 256MB (+$25) to the GeForce 7800 GS 256MB (+$51).
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