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November 2005 Video Card Price GuideBy SharkyExtreme.com Staff November 4, 2005Welcome 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 or PriceGrabber, but instead looks to present a monthly 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, and unless expressly stated either way, are assumed to be AGP models. The ATI market starts with the Radeon 9X00-based video cards, ranging from the entry-level Radeon 9000 to the mainstream Radeon X700 Pro, and extending all the way to the top-of-the-line Radeon X850 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 X850-based cards featured in the list are the models that are readily available online, and we continue to drop last-generation cards that are extremely difficult to find. Overall, it's been a pretty good month for ATI fans, both in terms of new card announcements and significant price drops. The Radeon X1800 line gives the enthusiast buyer something to look for on the ATI side of things, and with an aggregate chart drop of over $200, there are also enough price cuts to satisfy. In terms of individual decreases, the ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB PCIe fell by $41, the ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon X800 XL 256MB PCIe dropped back $38, while both the ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum 256MB PCIe and ATI Radeon X1800 XL 256MB PCIe both dropped by $36. There were only a few price increases to report, with these hitting last-generation models like the Radeon X800 Pro, X600 Pro and 9800SE. * Please note that the Radeon X1800 XL 256MB PCI Express listing is for pre-order only.
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