Are there any indications that prices for older cards WILL drop a little?

I have been monitoring a few resellers for months and those 5900's and 5950
don't drop a cent.
They are still very expensive where I live... 375 euro (approx. 460 US$) is
considered a 'normal' price for a 5950 ultra.

And where are the 5900 normals? Nowadays I can only find 5900XT's.

I wanna play doom3 so I guess a 5900xt (= 5900 light) won't give me enough
satisfaction :-)

Anyone know a Dutch reseller with something between 'low-budget' and 'for
the extreme rich' ?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts..
revom

Waiting for the prices to drop more here in the UK too... 5950 Ultra would
be nice, but its still too expensive for me.

"revom" wrote in message
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I have been monitoring a few resellers for months and those 5900's and 5950
don't drop a cent.
They are still very expensive where I live... 375 euro (approx. 460 US$)
is
considered a 'normal' price for a 5950 ultra.

And where are the 5900 normals? Nowadays I can only find 5900XT's.

I wanna play doom3 so I guess a 5900xt (= 5900 light) won't give me enough
satisfaction :-)

Anyone know a Dutch reseller with something between 'low-budget' and 'for
the extreme rich' ?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts..
revom

"Quietman" quietman1968 at hotmail dot com wrote in message
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Waiting for the prices to drop more here in the UK too... 5950 Ultra would
be nice, but its still too expensive for me.

The prices won't drop through the floor because where would that leave all
the new cards if everyone rushed to buy the much cheaper but still powerful
cards?

They'd be outbidding themselves.

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"Quietman" quietman1968 at hotmail dot com wrote in message
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Waiting for the prices to drop more here in the UK too... 5950 Ultra
would
be nice, but its still too expensive for me.

The prices won't drop through the floor because where would that leave all
the new cards if everyone rushed to buy the much cheaper but still
powerful
cards?

They'd be outbidding themselves.

I doubt that one, I spoke to my local dealer, and he had one 5950 and he
cannot sell it even to the dogs, nobody wants them since for a tiny bit more
one can choose a x800pro or 6800GT. I expect the 59x0's to leave the market
vey soon.

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"Quietman" quietman1968 at hotmail dot com wrote in message
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Waiting for the prices to drop more here in the UK too... 5950 Ultra
would
be nice, but its still too expensive for me.

The prices won't drop through the floor because where would that leave
all
the new cards if everyone rushed to buy the much cheaper but still
powerful
cards?

They'd be outbidding themselves.

I doubt that one, I spoke to my local dealer, and he had one 5950 and he
cannot sell it even to the dogs, nobody wants them since for a tiny bit
more
one can choose a x800pro or 6800GT. I expect the 59x0's to leave the
market
vey soon.



Maybe that's good.
Right now there are so many choices. If you also count the upcoming 6600,
you have so many series:
5200, 5500, 5700, 5900, 5950 , 6600, 6800, also still the mx4000, several of
them with multiple extension like LE, XT, GT, Ultra.
No wonder everyone is asking questions in this group like 'what's best',
'what do I need', ... hell, I want to go back in time so that I would just
have to choose between light, normal or pro and that was it.

Regards,
revom

"revom" said:

I wanna play doom3 so I guess a 5900xt (= 5900 light) won't give me
enough satisfaction :-)

There is virtually no performance difference between a 5900 & XT.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...3-tests_5.html

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Mac Cool

Wow, I didn't expect that. Also a good comparison, at least all major cards
are displayed.
Thanks for the pointer
revom

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"revom" said:

I wanna play doom3 so I guess a 5900xt (= 5900 light) won't give me
enough satisfaction :-)

There is virtually no performance difference between a 5900 & XT.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...3-tests_5.html

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Mac Cool