Price Guides August 2003: CPUs, Motherboards, Memory and Video Cards
by Kristopher Kubicki on August 26, 2003 12:56 AM EST- Posted in
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Everyone seems to be jumping on the ATI bandwagon. The Radeon line basically doubled over the last couple months, but their aggressive and dominating market position assures that prices wont be taking a dive anytime soon. The Radeon 9800 256MB line started to show itself a few weeks ago as well, but realistically we don’t expect this card to start flying off the shelves at $400.
However, even though the 256MB Radeon 9800 Pro is hard to find, ATI still has exceptional offerings. The Sapphire 9500 Pro and the Sapphire 9700 Pro still offer excellent performance for under $200 and under $300, respectively. If finding 9500 Pro cards prove difficult, you might consider the Radeon 9600 Pro which offers slightly less performance at a slightly lower cost than the 9500 Pro.
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Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
Monarch all prices at $30. I don't think it's a bug, since it affects no other merchant. If you follow the link the real price is revealed at the true rate (which isn't $30, trust me).I say it is no coincidence, and would rather see true pricing from honest merchants.
Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
Many of the prices from Monarch Computers Systems have the price listed as $30 which is wrong. This includes several Intel and AMD processors. Maybe a bug?KristopherKubicki - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
Hi #4, thanks for the input. I will add a bunch more NVIDIA cards today.Kristopher
Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
Hey in the nVidia based video card pricelist you forgot to mention the eVGA 5900 card its alot cheaper than the Albatron's 5900! The Albatron is 343$ at GameVE, but the eVGA 5900 its 249$!!KristopherKubicki - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
I am going to delist Compubuzz.comAnonymous User - Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - link
How do you select vendors "with generally positive feedback from a decent number of consumers"? It seems that compubuzz.com has a lot of unfavorable feedback at resellerratings.com, yet they managed to grab half of the AMD CPU listings in this guide...Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - link
Is there a good way to find low profile memory?