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November Video Card Price GuideBy SharkyExtreme.com Staff November 3, 2004Welcome to the Sharky Extreme Video Card Price Guide, which follows our current CPU and Memory guides by presenting a snap-shot of the overall market. This follows the same basic pattern as our CPU price guide, starting off with individual lists for both NVIDIA and ATI, then separating them into the various entry-level, mainstream and high-end market segments, and finishing up with a sorted price list combining all the cards. The video card price lists are not meant to duplicate the vendor selection of an online price engine like PriceWatch, but instead looks to present a view of the overall video card marketplace. The video cards and manufacturers in the price lists are selected due to video chip and brand popularity, market visibility, and overall positioning. In some cases, we only show the OEM price for less popular models, while including multiple retail cards at the hotter ends of the market. * Please note that unless otherwise stated (using an OEM designation) the listed video cards are full retail boxed editions. The ATI market starts with the Radeon 9X00-based video cards, ranging from the entry-level Radeon 9000 to the powerful Radeon 9800XT, and extending all the way to the top-of-the-line Radeon x800 XT Platinum. The following list is sorted by product line to give a full view of the various ATI-based options, and exactly which models include special All-in-Wonder editions and larger memory capacities. The Radeon 9X00 and X300 to X800-based cards featured in the list are the ones that are readily available online, and we continue to drop last-generation cards that are extremely difficult to find. November looks like a great month for ATI buyers, especially those looking at the ultra high-end. Many of the Radeon X800 XT 256MB cards continue to drop, and a few have fallen below the $500 level. Other areas of noticeable price activity include the Radeon X800 XT 256MB and Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB range, while in a bit of a surprise, the Radeon 9800XT 256MB price cuts have really slowed down, and there was virtually no movement in October. The ATI PCI Express video cards continue to see healthy price cuts, with the ATI X300 LE 128MB, X600 Pro 128MB, and X600 XT 128MB all staying on a downward trend. There were very few price increases on the ATI side, with most hitting older models such as the X600 XT 128MB, Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB, and Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB.
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