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Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: December 2001 1st Edition
by Anand Lal Shimpi on December 18, 2001 4:35 AM EST- Posted in
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Introduction
It's back! After a summer vacation and countless requests, the AnandTech Weekly Price Guides are back in full effect. The Guide has received a few changes but its goal remains: to give you the best deals on the hardware you want to buy. As usual the Guide is broken into two parts: CPU & Video Cards and Memory & Motherboards. This week we have our second Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide since the return.
We select vendors to appear in our Price Guides based on two requirements: solid consumer feedback and having the lowest possible pricing. You'll notice that these vendors aren't paying us to be listed here; we do not accept requests to be listed here. We have tried to eliminate vendors with low feedback rating, but we do encourage you to do your own research before purchasing from any of these vendors.
With the new and improved Price Guides we have not only increased our standards when evaluating online vendors, but we have also partnered up with our friends at CNet to offer yet another service to you all. Using CNet's Shopper.com search engine we can provide you with an additional pool of vendors to search from that are checked up on by CNet. You can wade through those results by clicking on the CNet Pricing link in the second to last column on the right.
If there are any problems with the guide or a vendor's pricing changes dramatically then be sure to email the author listed at the top of the page and we'll take appropriate action. Remember that although some vendors may be cheaper, we only list those with generally positive feedback from a decent number of consumers. As usual, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions feel free to email us or post in the AnandTech Forums.
Also be sure to check out AnandTech's Hot Deals Forum for even more great CPU, video card and other technology buys.
Disclaimer
AnandTech does not endorse any vendor listed in the following price guide. AnandTech does not sell positions on the Price Guide. AnandTech nor any of the vendors listed in this guide guarantee the prices presented in the following pages.
This Week
In order to adjust to a few poor sources of pricing information we've adjusted some of our methods in price gathering so this week's prices may seem a little higher than the last CPU guide. In the future, if you have any reports of incorrect prices please feel free to email us with the name of the vendor and the product/price that appears incorrectly on their website. This will help us produce a more useful guide in the future.
Not much is happening on the CPU front as the year is about to close out. The markets are awaiting the official release of the AMD Athlon XP 2000+ and the first 0.13-micron Northwood based Pentium 4 CPUs from Intel. Both of those will most likely fall into the after Christmas shopping lists for many.
AMD CPUs
Weekly
AMD CPU Prices
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CPU
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Price
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Vendor
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Athlon XP 1900+ (1.6GHz) |
$259
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$15 |
Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Athlon XP 1800+ (1.53GHz) |
$209
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$23 |
EconoPC |
$10.75
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OEM
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Athlon XP 1700+ (1.47GHz) |
$148
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$11 |
Pcboost.com |
$10.75
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OEM
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Athlon XP 1600+ (1.40GHz) |
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$14 |
Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Athlon XP 1500+ (1.33GHz) |
$114
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Pcboost.com |
$10.75
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OEM
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Athlon MP 1800+ (1.53GHz)* |
$268
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$9 |
Newegg.com |
$10.95
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OEM
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Athlon MP 1600+ (1.40GHz)* |
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$14 |
Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Athlon MP 1500+ (1.33GHz)* |
$179
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$20 |
EconoPC |
See Site
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OEM
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Athlon MP 1.2GHz* |
$164
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$11 |
Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Athlon MP 1.0GHz* |
$159
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$11
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EconoPC |
$10.75
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OEM
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Athlon-C 1.4GHz |
$109
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Athlon-C 1.33GHz |
$96
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$4
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Pcboost.com |
$10.95
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OEM
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Athlon-C 1.2GHz |
$96
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$10
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Newegg.com |
$10.95
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OEM
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Athlon-C 1.13GHz |
$91
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$14
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Spartan Tech. |
$10.75
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OEM
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Athlon 1.4GHz |
$145
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$13
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EconoPC |
$10.55
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OEM
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Athlon 1.3GHz |
$95
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$1
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Access Micro |
$11.95
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OEM
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Athlon 1.2GHz |
$94
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Athlon 1.1GHz |
$82
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Krex Direct |
$10.74
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OEM
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Athlon 1.0GHz |
$71
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$1
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cnetpc.com |
$10.95
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OEM
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Athlon 950MHz |
$60
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$5
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Compubuzz |
$6.75
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OEM
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Athlon 900MHz |
$58
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$5
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Athlon T-Bird 900MHz Slot-A |
$68
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Athlon T-Bird 850MHz Slot-A |
$64
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Axion Technology |
$11.95
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OEM
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Athlon T-Bird 800MHz Slot-A |
$56
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$2 | Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Duron 1.2GHz |
$88
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$4
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Googlegear.com |
$10.75
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OEM
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Duron 1.1GHz |
$79
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$4
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EconoPC |
$10.75
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OEM
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Duron 1.0GHz |
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$5
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Duron 950MHz |
$49
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$3
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Newegg.com |
$10.95
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OEM
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Duron 900MHz |
$40
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Newegg.com |
$10.95
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OEM
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The release of the AMD Athlon XP 1900+ hasn't changed the sweet spot in terms of Athlon XP processors; the XP 1600+ still offers the most bang for the buck as it has a good deal of overclocking potential and can be had for a relatively cheap price.
With the release of faster Duron processors you can now purchase a Duron 1GHz CPU for under $70. Who would've expected that we'd eventually be able to buy "low-cost" 1GHz CPUs for $64.
Recent Related Reviews
Intel CPUs
Weekly
Intel CPU Prices
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CPU
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Price
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Change
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Vendor
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CNet
Pricing
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Notes
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Pentium 4 2.0GHz (Socket 478) |
$454
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Pentium 4 1.9GHz (Socket 478) |
$272
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Googlegear.com |
$10.75
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OEM
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Pentium 4 1.8GHz (Socket 478) |
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Pentium 4 1.7GHz (Socket 478) |
$219
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EconoPC |
$10.75
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OEM
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Pentium 4 1.6GHz (Socket 478) |
$175
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Compubuzz |
$6.95
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OEM
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Pentium 4 1.5GHz (Socket 478) |
$169
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Newegg.com |
$10.95
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OEM
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Pentium 4 2.0GHz (Socket 423) |
$439
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Pentium 4 1.9GHz (Socket 423) |
$272
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Googlegear.com |
$10.75
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OEM
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Pentium 4 1.8GHz (Socket 423) |
$215
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Pcboost.com |
$10.80
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OEM
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Pentium 4 1.7GHz (Socket 423) |
$199
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Pentium 4 1.6GHz (Socket 423) |
$168
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Newegg.com |
$6.95
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OEM
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Pentium 4 1.5GHz (Socket 423) |
$159
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EconoPC |
$10.75
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OEM
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Pentium 4 1.4GHz (Socket 423) |
$142
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Pentium III 1.2GHz |
$269
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EconoPC |
$10.75
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OEM
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Pentium III 1.13 GHz |
$166
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Krex Direct |
$8.95
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OEM
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Pentium III 1.0 GHz |
$147
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Pentium III 933 MHz |
$123
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Newegg.com |
$10.95
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OEM
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Pentium III 866 MHz |
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Googlegear.com |
$10.95
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Pentium III 850 MHz |
$129
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EconoPC |
$10.75
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OEM
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Pentium III 800B MHz |
$107
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Pentium III 750 MHz |
105
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Computer Brain |
$10.24
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OEM
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Pentium III 733 MHz |
$89
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Celeron 1.2GHz |
$106
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Googlegear.com |
$10.24
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Celeron 1.1GHz |
$80
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Newegg.com |
$6.95
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OEM
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Celeron 1.0GHz |
$72
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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Celeron 950MHz |
$59
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Compubuzz |
$6.95
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OEM
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Celeron 900MHz |
$45
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Newegg.com |
$6.95
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OEM
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The Pentium 4 scene is fairly stagnant as Intel has yet to release the upcoming 2GHz and 2.2GHz 0.13-micron Pentium 4s. We'd suggest holding off on any Pentium 4 purchases until after those CPUs are released.
Recent Related Reviews
Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz: The clock strikes two
Intel Pentium III 1.2GHz 0.13-micron Tualatin: The Celeron of the Future
Video Cards
Weekly
Video Card Prices
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Card
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Price
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Change
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Vendor
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Shipping
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CNet
Pricing
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Notes
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ATI Radeon 8500 |
$199
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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ATI Radeon 7500 |
$108
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Newegg.com |
$7.95
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OEM
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ATI Radeon 7200 |
$65
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Jazz Technology |
$10
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OEM
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ATI Radeon VE |
$62
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 500 |
$292
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Newegg.com |
$7.95
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NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200 |
$159
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Atacom, Inc. |
$9
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OEM
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NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti 200 |
$104
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Accubyte |
$10.95
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OEM
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The GeForce3 Ti 500 continues to fall in price although the ATI Radeon 8500 stays steady at an attractive $199 price point. We haven't seen any major driver updates from ATI since their last release during Comdex but we'd expect one heading into Q1 2002.
With Spring just around the corner, you may be better off waiting another couple of months before making a video card purchase if you really can wait.
Recent Related Reviews
ATI's Radeon 8500 - New drivers expose potential
ATI's Radeon 8500: She's got potential