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Article #286Re: Which card - Voodoo5 or Geforce2?
From: Chris Goff
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 00:00
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 00:00
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The voodoo 5 5500 over in the UK is �200 which is exactly $300 by using The curency calculator @ http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currency/currcalc.html Speak to ya soon Chris Unknown Shadow <UnknownShadow@REMOVE_hotmail.com_THIS> wrote in message news:8gud6m$5il$1@news.vancouver.zadall.com... > JvG wrote in message ... > >Not in Holland. ;) > > > >BTW, apparently the V5 5500 is going to cost 500 smackaroos here, ouch! > > Yeah, cheapest I have seen it advertised in Canada is $419. Add tax and you > can kiss $500 bucks goodbye. GF2's range from $475 to $550 plus tax!!! To > compare, my V3 cost me $269 the week it was released! This round of cards > are rediculous in price. Hopefully V5/GF/GF2 will start some price wars > soon. And I hope ATI gets something out the door soon as well. Not that I > care about buying it, but just to see more competition ;-) > > >V5 should definitely be a reasonably nice card. > > You need some sleep! You almost said something nice about 3dfx ;-) > > > >
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