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General Stuff => Hardware News & Views => Topic started by: tig|Bosco on June 23, 2005, 01:33:42 PM

Title: Crap time to buy a video card
Post by: tig|Bosco on June 23, 2005, 01:33:42 PM
Some new (http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/200506221/index.html) gear from NVidia is about to hit the shelves.  Expect cards that currently cost $250+ to drop in price by 25-33% by autumn.
Title: Crap time to buy a video card
Post by: [TiG]jalls on June 23, 2005, 01:56:55 PM
Gonna wait for ATI's 24 pipeline cards I think.
Title: Crap time to buy a video card
Post by: [TiG]Lucutus on June 23, 2005, 02:28:25 PM
Have an Asus x800 on order.  

It's always a crap time to buy a gfx card.  There's rarely a win with PC hardware.
Title: Crap time to buy a video card
Post by: [TiG]valen on June 23, 2005, 03:17:35 PM
Quote from: [TiG]Lucutus
Have an Asus x800 on order.  

It's always a crap time to buy a gfx card.  There's rarely a win with PC hardware.


Totally agree Luc.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/valen_ni/nopony.jpg)
Title: Crap time to buy a video card
Post by: tig|Bosco on June 23, 2005, 03:57:37 PM
There's never a golden time to buy as gfx cards will always depreciate very quickly, but buying right before a huge price drop is surely a worse time than most.

Don't worry Luc your x800 will still put ours to shame for months yet  :D
Title: Crap time to buy a video card
Post by: [TiG]Devil_Monkey on June 23, 2005, 04:50:16 PM
Yeah, of all the cards to buy, X800 looks a pretty good value buy atm.
The new 9800 of this generation possibly.
Price is one thing, staying powre is another.
And ATi has been doing well in that department.
Title: Crap time to buy a video card
Post by: =Warmonger= on June 24, 2005, 02:14:57 PM
i got my ASUS RX850 XT yesterday, ummmmm, sweetness
Title: It has begun :)
Post by: tig|Bosco on July 08, 2005, 02:01:47 PM
JES (http://www.jes.de/) now have PNY branded 256mb 6800GT AGP cards available for ?239, down from the 330-360 euro mark a week or two ago. Expect other NVidia brands to follow suit on pricing soon, and ATI brands to respond shortly after.

It'd nearly make a person want to pick NVidia over ATI... Nearly  :wink: