Vid Card Prices

[Trinitrotoluene]

how in the hell is a 7900gtx still selling for 450+ dollars and a x1900gt over 300 dollars. WTF has happened to this industry. The 7900gtx has been out forever now. I remember buying a ATI 9800 pro a few months after its release for $199 when it was the best card on the market. GOD DAMMIT!!!! You wonder why everyone complains that games run like shit. We need more GPU makers than just ATI and NVIDIA

 

[MrGlobe]

I agree, its the same thing as with the console gaming market. WTF i dont think there should ever be a console to break the $300 mark, but hell, heres the $400 xbox and the $72 billion ps3.

Globe

 

[solobaricsrock]

while I do agree with the theorum TNT, getting upset wont have an effect unless its EVERYONE voicing the same vote. Im cool, and you should be too. Kick back and drink a cold one.....

 

[munkle]

You fail to relize that you can get the previous generation dirt cheap now and they will certainly run games very well.

 

[Cereal Killer]

just ordered a Sapphire 256mb X1800XT for $202

 

[defaultluser]

I remember buying a ATI 9800 pro a few months after its release for $199 when it was the best card on the market.

You kids and your poor memory. The 9800 Pro retailed for $399 on release, and it only dropped to $200 a year later. The price drop was in response to Nvidia releasing the 5900 and 5700 Ultra series at aggressive prices once people discovered the poor performance of the FX cards.

Also, most of the $200 cards were refurbished, most of the retail cards were still around $220-240.

http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=130&Itemid=2

It was also never "the best card on the market" - that title went to the horribly overpriced 9800 XT. Originally priced at $499, this card didn't see the inside of $300 until well into the age of Nvidia's 6800 series and ATI's x800 series.

http://www.beyond3d.com/reviews/ati/9800xt_r360/

You want price drops? How about the 7800 GTX? Over the course of a year and two months, the price has dropped from $599 to $240 <now called the 7900 GT> (less if you can live with refurbished). There will be an even bigger price drop once Nvidia releases their next generation in the next few months.