November Video Card Price Guide - Page 3

Entry-Level Video Cards

We designate the entry-level graphics market as any video card that has a street price of under $100. These cards are targeted at value-system buyers, and we usually don't find the high-performance hardware at this price range. Of course, that doesn't mean that gaming performance or features have to suffer, and only having a C-Note in your pocket is no reason to start looking in the bargain bins or scouring Ebay for refurbs.

The sheer number of entry-level video cards continues to grow, but only a single model dropped below the $100 mark this month. The Radeon HD 3870 512MB shed another $8 and finally qualified for entry-level status, two old standbys returned to the fold, and three new models - the GeForce 8500 GT 1GB, GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB and Radeon HD 4650 1GB cards - found their way into the chart. To call this a logjam of sub-$100 goodness would be a major understatement, and while the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB, Radeon HD 3870 512MB, Radeon HD 4650 512MB, and GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB/768MB are all nice values, the ATI Radeon HD 4670 512MB is in a price-performance class by itself.

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Page 1 November 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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