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Article #304Re: Which card - Voodoo5 or Geforce2?
From: JvG
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 00:00
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In article <8gud6m$5il$1@news.vancouver.zadall.com>, "Unknown Shadow" <UnknownShadow@REMOVE_hotmail.com_THIS> wrote: >>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 ;-) Yeah, but this is ridiculous. $500 here for a V5 5500, I could get a GF2 GTS for a lot cheaper. Ugh. Oh well, I'm not buying either anyway. :) >>V5 should definitely be a reasonably nice card. > >You need some sleep! You almost said something nice about 3dfx ;-) I did? Damn. ;)
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