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 8 and 9 Series lines receive a greater number of listings, especially as we move to the popular GeForce 8400/8600/8800 and GeForce 9400/9600/9800 levels. NVIDIA gets the same overall coverage as the ATI list, starting at the entry-level GeForce FX, moving to the GeForce 9600 series, and ending with the powerful GeForce GTX 260 896MB and GTX 280 1GB cards. But just like ATI, some older NVIDIA models are becoming increasingly hard to locate, and we continue to adjust our list accordingly.
There were also a few healthy price drops in the NVIDIA chart, and these included six that reached double digits. The GeForce GTX 280 1GB is being pushed hard by the new GeForce GTX 285 1GB and GTX 295 1792MB cards, and it fell by $55. The GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (-$43), GeForce 9800 GTX+ 1GB (-$26) and GeForce 7600 GS 512MB (-$24) cards also received heavy price cuts. Unfortunately, there were also three similar price increases, including a $34 spike to the GeForce GTX 260 896MB. The overall chart movement still shifted in the consumer's favor, with an aggregate drop of $131 for the month.