Question on Radeon 7500

[sMashPiranha]

Hi, one of the computer stuff shops that I frequent has recently started selling an ATI Radeon 7500 for quite cheap compared to what you'd usually pay over here.
It's listed on his site as: ATI Radeon 7500 RV2S-TV, 64MB DDR VGA, TV Out.
and then he has: ATI VIDEO RADEON 7500 64MB DDR AGP *DUAL DISPLAY*
The first card is roughly half the price of the second one, it also works out to about 1/3 the price of a Radeon 8500.
Does anyone know anything about the first card and why it would be so much cheaper than the second?
Also would a 7500 be a worthy upgrade from my GTS?
cheers

 

[damocles]

I assume you are talking about Alex at Dragonpc?

All Ati cards are overpriced in NZ, the cheaper price is probably about right for a card that is comparable to a Geforce Pro.

Ati only lists one 7500- so I am a bit confused also

send him an email

 

[sMashPiranha]

Yeah, Dragonpc, thats where I bought my new system.
Its sad about the price of ATI stuff over here, i mean nearly $1000 NZ for an 8500!? Thats about $400 US, its insane.
The only difference I could see from the site is TV-out vs. Dual display. Wonder what that RV2S bit means?

 

[damocles]

If you bring one in from AUspc.com.au you can probably get a Radeon 8500 for ~$700 (800 if u get stung for gst)

 

[sMashPiranha]

Thanks for that man, I'll look into it.

btw, that auspc.com.au didn't work, but I found auspcmarket.com.au, same thing?