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Introduction

Two more weeks have passed since our last CPU and video card price guide and 2002 is now in full effect. In an attempt to help you, the consumer, find the best prices in hardware we have compiled our February 2002 1st 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.

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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

With 2002 in full swing, we find lower prices as the end of the holiday season officially ends. Although this edition of the price guide finds us with no new products, we do find lower prices in almost all areas.



AMD CPUs

Weekly AMD CPU Prices
CPU
Price
Change
Vendor
Shipping
CNet Pricing
Notes
Athlon XP 2000+ (1.67GHz)
$284

$35

Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Athlon XP 1900+ (1.6GHz)
$196

$11

Pcboost.com
See Site
OEM
Athlon XP 1800+ (1.53GHz)
$154

$10

Accubyte
$10.75
OEM
Athlon XP 1700+ (1.47GHz)
$118

  $1

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

  $3

Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Athlon XP 1500+ (1.33GHz)
$105
  $4 Googlegear.com
See Site
OEM
Athlon MP 1900+ (1.60GHz)*
$284

$53

Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Athlon MP 1800+ (1.53GHz)*
$224

$45

Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Athlon MP 1600+ (1.40GHz)*
$179

  $3

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

 

Googlegear.com
See Site
OEM
Athlon MP 1.2GHz*
$161

  $6

Edge Micro
$10.95
OEM
Athlon-C 1.4GHz 266FSB
$104
  $3 Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Athlon-C 1.33GHz 266FSB
$96
 
Pcboost.com
$10.95
OEM
Athlon-C 1.2GHz 266FSB
$93
  $2
Pcboost.com
$10.95
OEM
Athlon 1.4GHz 200FSB
$115
$16
Krex Direct
$10.55
OEM
Athlon 1.3GHz 200FSB
$91
  $3
Krex Direct
$10.55
OEM
Athlon 1.2GHz 200FSB
$97
  $1
Pcboost.com
$10.95
OEM
Athlon T-Bird 900MHz Slot-A
$64
  $4 Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Athlon T-Bird 850MHz Slot-A
$57
  $7 Accubyte
$11.95
OEM
Duron 1.2GHz
$70
$6
Googlegear.com
$10.75
OEM
Duron 1.1GHz
$65
  $6
Googlegear.com
$10.75
OEM
Duron 1.0GHz
$53
 
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Duron 950MHz
$43
  $2
Googlegear.com
$10.95
OEM
Duron 900MHz
$42
  $2 Googlegear.com
$10.95
OEM

Prices in AMD's upper-end processors fell quite drastically this week, with the Athlon XP 2000+ dropping $35 and the Athlon MP 1900+ falling $53. You may recall from our last price guide that AMD CPU prices went up quite a bit. It appears that this week AMD is bringing the prices back down to more reasonable amounts. Lower end processors also benefited from lower prices this week, although not on the same level.

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Intel CPUs

Weekly Intel CPU Prices
CPU
Price
Change
Vendor
Shipping
CNet Pricing
Notes
Pentium 4 2.2GHz (Socket 478)
$589
  $9 Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 2.0GHz (Socket 478)
$368
$11
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 1.9GHz (Socket 478)
$235
$35
Googlegear.com
$10.75
OEM
Pentium 4 1.8GHz (Socket 478)
$190
$28
Atacom, Inc.
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 1.7GHz (Socket 478)
$174
$19
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 1.6GHz (Socket 478)
$137
$27
Atacom, Inc.
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 1.5GHz (Socket 478)
$149
  $8
EconoPC
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 2.0GHz (Socket 423)
$397
$27
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 1.9GHz (Socket 423)
$238
  $2 Krex Direct
$10.75
OEM
Pentium 4 1.8GHz (Socket 423)
$201
$4
AcMicro
$10.80
OEM
Pentium 4 1.7GHz (Socket 423)
$184
$13
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 1.6GHz (Socket 423)
$150
$18
Jazz Technology
$6.95
OEM
Pentium 4 1.5GHz (Socket 423)
$144
  $6
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium 4 1.4GHz (Socket 423)
$139
$5
Accubyte
$10.95
 
OEM
Pentium III 1.2GHz
$185
$63
Googlegear.com
$10.95
OEM
Pentium III 1.13 GHz
$162
$4
Jazz Technology
$8.95
OEM
Pentium III 1.0 GHz
$124
$15
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium III 933 MHz
$123
$11
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
Pentium III 866 MHz
$109
   $6
Spartan Tech.
$11.00
 
Pentium III 850 MHz
$123
   $1
Spartan Tech.
$11.00
OEM
Pentium III 800B MHz
$103
   $1
AcMicro
$10.95
OEM
Celeron 1.2GHz
$98
 
Accubyte
$10.95
 
Celeron 1.1GHz
$74
   $9
Edge Micro
$6.95
OEM
Celeron 1.0GHz
$71
   $2
Googlegear.com
$10.95
OEM

Pentium 4 prices continue to drop this week in an attempt to make the processors more competitive. Note that every single Intel CPU experienced a price drop this week, with the change in chip price ranging from $1 (Pentium III 850 MHz) to $63 (Pentium III 1.2GHz).

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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
$188
  $1 Accubyte
$10.95
OEM
ATI Radeon 7500
$90
$15
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
$10 ENPC
$11.95
NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200
$143
  $8
AVLogic
$9.95
OEM
NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti 200
$104
  $5
Accubyte
$10.95
OEM

Video card prices did not change that much this week. The $10 increase in the GeForce3 Ti 500 card prices is a bit interesting, suggesting that there is perhaps truth to the rumor that NVIDIA will slowly be phasing out this card.

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Digital Visual Interface (DVI) Explained & Improving GeForce2/3 Image Quality

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