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Not "all the way". 7000 is a newer card. However, a remake, and budget card,
but it's new. Don't confuse it with Radeon7500, which was some time ago.
You can -not- find these Ati cards new: Radeon, Radeon7500, 8500 and 9500.
Now many 8500Le are re-named, and sold again as 9100.
I've seen some 9700(pro), 9000(pro) and 9100's on sale at some shops,
altough with very high prices.. maybe introductory prices, that's why they
are still on sale. Noone buys them.
"LooseNut" <@keyboard.com> wrote in message
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> Im notsure where people always come up with this bull about cards
disapearing. If you check
> pricewatch.com you can buy ATI cards all the way back to the Radeon 7000
NEW RETAIL.
>
> These cards wont be hard to come by for many years to come. Use some
common sense, they WILL BE
> dropping in price during the whole time as well. People are saying the
same thing about the FX5900
> and 5900u. Im not sure where you are hearing it but it sounds like a ploy
to get people to buy these
> cards while prices and profit margins are still high.
>
> On Wed, 19 May 2004 23:27:58 +1000, "§" <§@§.§> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Darthy wrote:
> >> On Thu, 13 May 2004 23:50:51 +1000, "§" <§@§.§> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hey everyone. Very soon I plan on purchasing a 9800XT (that is as
> >>> soon as the X800 arrives here in Australia and the price drops). The
> >>> choices for now are from these manufacturers, all with same specs:
> >>> Abit, Asus, Elsa Falcox, Gigabyte, HIS, SmartVGA. Is there a
> >>> difference, performance / reliability wise between these cards.
> >>
> >> Don't expect the XT prices to drop much... they have stopped makling
> >> them and will quickly dissappear. Unless its under $300USD, its
> >> still not comparible to th6 $400 X800Pro
> >
> >I sure as hell hope they drop a bit because right now the place where I
will
> >get it from www.auspcmarket.com.au is selling 9800XT's from $AUD690+
> >($US480).
> >
>