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Price Guides September 2003 IDF Edition
The fact that some NVIDIA hardware is down 20% from last week is also foreboding. For example, MSI GeForceFX 5900?s were priced $50 more last week, around $400. Our engine currently lists the card around $350. eVGA?s GeForceFX 5900; $250. Valve?s Half Life 2 is making NVIDIA cards look bad. Although Aquamark and HL2 are not the final word on how the GeForceFX line will perform in DX9 territory, they do represent an enormous error on NVIDIA?s behalf.
Even though ATI fans enjoy the good news (for now), is this really better for the consumer? If ATI can write its own check in the video market, pricing will eventually fall victim to markets of scale. If 9600/9800 Pro cards have no direct competitor, there is no justification to lower prices.
While we are on the topic of competitors, who is XGI? A somewhat unexpected announcement in May declared the merger of SiS?s Xabre division and Trident?s design team. Thus, XGI was born. This week, XGI held their first press conference to announce the release of half a dozen video cards including a dual core 16-pipeline behemoth. Although the specs are impressive, so were the specs of the Trident XP4 of last year (which was an unfortunate flop). As far as we can tell, XGI seems fairly confident they will produce some exciting results. Time will tell as the AnandTech team will surely get up close and personal at Computex next week!
Well, there is more than one reason to celebrate if you are an ATI fan. 9600 Pro and 9800 Pro cards are both hitting new low price points ($152 and $300 respectively). Obvious news from Half Life 2 creator Valve shot demand for the whole Radeon line overnight. On the whole, we have seen prices drop from last week, but do not expect it to last. As we mentioned on the previous page, it probably isn?t good for the consumer in the long run that we are back to 1 dominate player in the video card world.
Even though NewEgg?s deal seems almost too good to be true, don?t count out our usual weekly pick, the Sapphire 9600 Pro. We really like the 9500 Pro cards, but unfortunately supplies are really dried up. The occasional brick and mortar store might still have a 9500 Pro here and there, but it?s finally time to let the poor card go. Radeon 9500 Pro you will be missed!
Other ATI related news; the 9800SE and 9800XT lines are starting to hit store shelves at certain vendors. Unfortunately, a lot of information is still under NDA, but you can assure yourselves we will have more to come!
The fact that some NVIDIA hardware is down 20% from last week is also foreboding. For example, MSI GeForceFX 5900?s were priced $50 more last week, around $400. Our engine currently lists the card around $350. eVGA?s GeForceFX 5900; $250. Valve?s Half Life 2 is making NVIDIA cards look bad. Although Aquamark and HL2 are not the final word on how the GeForceFX line will perform in DX9 territory, they do represent an enormous error on NVIDIA?s behalf.
Even though ATI fans enjoy the good news (for now), is this really better for the consumer? If ATI can write its own check in the video market, pricing will eventually fall victim to markets of scale. If 9600/9800 Pro cards have no direct competitor, there is no justification to lower prices.
While we are on the topic of competitors, who is XGI? A somewhat unexpected announcement in May declared the merger of SiS?s Xabre division and Trident?s design team. Thus, XGI was born. This week, XGI held their first press conference to announce the release of half a dozen video cards including a dual core 16-pipeline behemoth. Although the specs are impressive, so were the specs of the Trident XP4 of last year (which was an unfortunate flop). As far as we can tell, XGI seems fairly confident they will produce some exciting results. Time will tell as the AnandTech team will surely get up close and personal at Computex next week!
Well, there is more than one reason to celebrate if you are an ATI fan. 9600 Pro and 9800 Pro cards are both hitting new low price points ($152 and $300 respectively). Obvious news from Half Life 2 creator Valve shot demand for the whole Radeon line overnight. On the whole, we have seen prices drop from last week, but do not expect it to last. As we mentioned on the previous page, it probably isn?t good for the consumer in the long run that we are back to 1 dominate player in the video card world.
Even though NewEgg?s deal seems almost too good to be true, don?t count out our usual weekly pick, the Sapphire 9600 Pro. We really like the 9500 Pro cards, but unfortunately supplies are really dried up. The occasional brick and mortar store might still have a 9500 Pro here and there, but it?s finally time to let the poor card go. Radeon 9500 Pro you will be missed!
Other ATI related news; the 9800SE and 9800XT lines are starting to hit store shelves at certain vendors. Unfortunately, a lot of information is still under NDA, but you can assure yourselves we will have more to come!
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