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Originally posted by: dejacky
$600? What the hell is going on with the video card industry? Buying a video card is more expensive than a console system????
Originally posted by: Error Macro
I remember I got the Voodoo 2 about two days after it had been released. I kept calling Comp USA to find on in stock. Had to drive 80 miles just to get one. Whatever, that's not the point... The point is, that at the time, it was the best video card you could buy. Extremely powerful. And "only" cost $300. Those were the days.
After that, I got a Voodoo 3 3000 to replace my aging Voodoo 2. I think I got it in the year 2000 for a birthday present. It was around $150 at the time. I bought a GeForce 2 Pro a little while after the GeForce 3 was out, around the middle of 2001, and it cost $170. In December of 2002, right when the ATI Radeon 9500 Pro came out, I picked up one of those for $200, which is still in my rig today. My next upgrade will be an A64 with nForce 4 SLI motherboard, and a GeForce 6800 GT or Ultra. So I'm looking at spending quite a bit more than every other upgrade I've ever made in the graphics department. I think video card prices are getting out of hand these days.
NeoGeo was $650 with the games costing ~$200 each.Originally posted by: Rollo
Originally posted by: Error Macro
I remember I got the Voodoo 2 about two days after it had been released. I kept calling Comp USA to find on in stock. Had to drive 80 miles just to get one. Whatever, that's not the point... The point is, that at the time, it was the best video card you could buy. Extremely powerful. And "only" cost $300. Those were the days.
After that, I got a Voodoo 3 3000 to replace my aging Voodoo 2. I think I got it in the year 2000 for a birthday present. It was around $150 at the time. I bought a GeForce 2 Pro a little while after the GeForce 3 was out, around the middle of 2001, and it cost $170. In December of 2002, right when the ATI Radeon 9500 Pro came out, I picked up one of those for $200, which is still in my rig today. My next upgrade will be an A64 with nForce 4 SLI motherboard, and a GeForce 6800 GT or Ultra. So I'm looking at spending quite a bit more than every other upgrade I've ever made in the graphics department. I think video card prices are getting out of hand these days.
That is the point. I think the Voodoo 1 was $300 at launch, and I doubt whatever console was around then was more than that. Good video cards have always been as much as a console or more.
Originally posted by: Error Macro
I remember I got the Voodoo 2 about two days after it had been released. I kept calling Comp USA to find on in stock. Had to drive 80 miles just to get one. Whatever, that's not the point... The point is, that at the time, it was the best video card you could buy. Extremely powerful. And "only" cost $300. Those were the days.
After that, I got a Voodoo 3 3000 to replace my aging Voodoo 2. I think I got it in the year 2000 for a birthday present. It was around $150 at the time. I bought a GeForce 2 Pro a little while after the GeForce 3 was out, around the middle of 2001, and it cost $170. In December of 2002, right when the ATI Radeon 9500 Pro came out, I picked up one of those for $200, which is still in my rig today. My next upgrade will be an A64 with nForce 4 SLI motherboard, and a GeForce 6800 GT or Ultra. So I'm looking at spending quite a bit more than every other upgrade I've ever made in the graphics department. I think video card prices are getting out of hand these days.