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Introduction

Two more weeks have passed since our last CPU and video card price guide. In an attempt to help you, the consumer, find the best prices in hardware we have compiled our February 2002 2nd edition CPU and video card price guide.

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

The second February issue of our CPU and video card price guide does not reveal any drastic price changes. Prices did fluctuate a bit this week, resulting in lower prices again.



AMD CPUs

Weekly AMD CPU Prices
CPU
Price
Change
Vendor
Shipping
CNet Pricing
Notes
Athlon XP 2000+ (1.67GHz)
$269

$15

Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Athlon XP 1900+ (1.6GHz)
$190

   $6

Pcboost.com
See Site
OEM
Athlon XP 1800+ (1.53GHz)
$153

   $1

Accubyte
$10.75
OEM
Athlon XP 1700+ (1.47GHz)
$114

  $4

Pcboost.com
$10.75
OEM
Athlon XP 1600+ (1.40GHz)
$116

  $3

Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Athlon XP 1500+ (1.33GHz)
$107
  $2 Googlegear.com
See Site
OEM
Athlon MP 1900+ (1.60GHz)*
$277

$7

Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Athlon MP 1800+ (1.53GHz)*
$223

$1

Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Athlon MP 1600+ (1.40GHz)*
$177

  $2

Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Athlon MP 1500+ (1.33GHz)*
$163

 

Googlegear.com
See Site
OEM
Athlon MP 1.2GHz*
$158

  $3

Edge Micro
$10.55
OEM
Athlon-C 1.4GHz 266FSB
$104
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Athlon-C 1.33GHz 266FSB
$100
   $4
Computer Brain
$10.75
OEM
Athlon-C 1.2GHz 266FSB
$92
  $1
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Athlon 1.4GHz 200FSB
$103
$12
Edge Micro
$10.55
OEM
Athlon 1.3GHz 200FSB
$91
  $3
Edge Micro
$10.55
OEM
Athlon 1.2GHz 200FSB
$95
  $2
Computer Brain
$10.95
OEM
Athlon T-Bird 900MHz Slot-A
$59
  $5 Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Athlon T-Bird 850MHz Slot-A
$54
  $3 Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Duron 1.3GHz
$90
 
Googlegear.com
$10.75
OEM
Duron 1.2GHz
$74
   $4
Accubyte
$10.75
OEM
Duron 1.1GHz
$63
  $2
Edge Micro
$10.75
OEM
Duron 1.0GHz
$53
 
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Duron 950MHz
$41
  $2
Googlegear.com
$6.95
OEM
Duron 900MHz
$40
  $2 Googlegear.com
$6.95
OEM

Compared to our last edition of price guide, AMD prices did not fluctuate very much this week. All but 4 of the AMD processors tracked on our price guide experienced price drops this week, however the price decreases ranged from $1 to $15. As usual, the highest price drop occurred in AMD's fastest processor: the Athlon XP 2000+. Although the chip price only fell $15 this week, when combined with the last price decrease of $35 the processor has fallen enough in price to gain a recommended buy status. The Duron 1.2GHz also fell enough this week to gain our low-end AMD pick this issue.

Added to our AMD table this week was the Duron 1.3GHz, debuting at a price of $90.

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Intel CPUs

Weekly Intel CPU Prices
CPU
Price
Change
Vendor
Shipping
CNet Pricing
Notes
Pentium 4 2.2GHz (Socket 478)
$579
$10 Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 2.0GHz (Socket 478)
$357
$11
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 1.9GHz (Socket 478)
$227
  $8
Pcboost.com
$10.75
OEM
Pentium 4 1.8GHz (Socket 478)
$182
  $8
AC Micro
$10.50
OEM
Pentium 4 1.7GHz (Socket 478)
$169
  $5
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 1.6GHz (Socket 478)
$132
  $5
Pcboost.com
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 1.5GHz (Socket 478)
$131
$18
Pcboost.com
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 2.0GHz (Socket 423)
$392
  $5
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 1.9GHz (Socket 423)
$236
  $2 Computer Brain
$10.75
OEM
Pentium 4 1.8GHz (Socket 423)
$201
 
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 1.7GHz (Socket 423)
$174
$10
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 1.6GHz (Socket 423)
$138
$12
Googlegear.com
$6.95
OEM
Pentium 4 1.5GHz (Socket 423)
$134
$10
Edge Micro
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 1.4GHz (Socket 423)
$129
$10
Accubyte
$10.95
 
OEM
Pentium III 1.2GHz
$181
  $4
Computer Brain
$10.95
OEM
Pentium III 1.13 GHz
$158
  $4
Googlegear.com
$6.95
OEM
Pentium III 1.0 GHz
$123
  $1
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium III 933 MHz
$117
  $6
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium III 866 MHz FCPGA
$104
   $5
Edge Micro
$10.95
OEM
Pentium III 866 MHz SECC2
$104
   $4
Accubyte
$11.00
OEM
Pentium III 850 MHz FC-PGA
$118
   $5
Compubuzz
$6.95
OEM
Pentium III 850 MHz SECC2
$149
 
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium III 800B MHz FC-PGA
$104
   $1
Edge Micro
$10.95
OEM
Pentium III 800B MHz SECC2
$99
   $4
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium III 800E MHz SECC2
$194
 
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Celeron 1.2GHz
$85
$13
Krex
$10.95
OEM
Celeron 1.1GHz
$77
  $3
Edge Micro
$6.95
OEM
Celeron 1.0GHz
$69
   $2
Krex
$10.95
OEM

Pentium 4 prices drop again this week, with each speed chip dropping on average $10 this week. Last issue we saw massive price cuts in the midrange Pentium 4 and high end Pentium III chips, but this week the price cuts were not as drastic. Prices fell anywhere from $1 to $18 throughout the Intel line.

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AMD's Athlon XP 2000+ vs. Intel's 0.13-micron Northwood



Video Cards

Weekly Video Card Prices
Video Card
Price
Change
Vendor
Shipping
CNet Pricing
Notes
ATI A-I-W Radeon 8500
$311
  ENPC
$12.95
 
ATI Radeon 8500
$187
  $1 Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
ATI Radeon 7500
$89
  $1
Jazz Technology
$10.95
OEM
ATI Radeon 7200
$56
CnetPC
$10.90
OEM
ATI Radeon VE
$58
 
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 500
$289
ENPC
$11.95
NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200
$143
AVLogic
$9.95
OEM
NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti 200
$102
  $2
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM

Again, not much going on in the video card market this week. Prices remain essentially identical as they were last issue.

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NVIDIA GeForce4 - NV17 and NV25 Come to Life

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