graphic card prices

hi all,
im building a half good gaming pc at the moment and was wondering how much is too much for a graphics card, im bidding on ebay at the moment for a 256mb nvidia card (pci express 16x) for like $18 or something i was bidding on a 512mb card but like allways i got out bid is $80 AUS too much for a 512mb card??

thats a little vague if your in the market for a gpu.
you said nvidia, but is that your only choice or are you looking at others too?

as for pricing, you just need to look at a few online retailers to get a fair idea of what price range you want to be looking at - while ebay offers some great deals here and there, the fishing and time involved take far longer than just getting a retail one.

google tells me 80AUD is about 45 GBP, and thats not much for a GPU im afraid.

Well, first of all you're not telling us what model cards you're talking about. There is a HUGE differential amongst various models of video cards from both Nvidia and ATI.

Your question is too generic for any valid answer.

I'm looking at around $195 for a new Radeon HD5750 at last quote if that helps to give you any ideas as to cost.

When I hear gaming and 256mb that doesn't compute to me. I would say 1GB or at least 512mb.

Here is a list I put together in May/June 2010 from approximate fastest to slowest with US dollars for the cards anywhere near what I would put in. The prices will likely have dropped slightly since then and there may be some newer entries near/at the top.

Notes: some cards overclock better than others and when overclocked can move up an entry or two compared to the non-overclocked competitor. Other issues to consider are whether the games you want to play need DirectX 11. The 48xx's run DirectX10 only.

GTX 480 Fermi $450
HD5970 Hemlock $630
GTX 295 $300
HD4870X2 $400
HD5870 $420
HD4850X2 $200
HD5850 $300
GTX 285 $375
9800GX2 $235
GTX 275 $135
GTX 280 $150
HD4890 $150
HD5770$130
GTX 260-216 $100
HD4870 1 GB $110
GTX 260 $100
HD4870 512MB $75
HD5750 $100
GTX 250
HD3870X2 $95
HD5670 $90
9800GTX+ $78
HD4850 $60
8800Ultra
9800GTX/GTS250
8800GTX
8800GTS 512MB (G92R)
HD4770
9800GT 512MB
8800GT
HD3870 512MB
9600GT
HD2900XT 1GB
HD2900Pro 1GB
HD2900XT 512MB
HD2900Pro 512MB
8800GTS 640MB
HD3850 512MB
8800GT 256MB
8800GTS 320MB
7950GX2
8800GS/9600GSO
HD 4670
HD 3850 256MB
HD2900GT
X1950XTX
X1900XTX
X1950XT
X1900XT 512MB
7900GTX
X1900XT 256MB
7900GTO
7800GTX 512MB
7950GT
X1950Pro 512MB
X1950Pro 256MB
7900GT 512MB
8600GTS 320MB
X1800XT 512MB
7900GT 256MB
8600GTS 256MB
X1800XT 256MB
X1900GT
X1950GT 8600GT
X1900GT Rev2
7800GTX 256MB
7900GS
7800GT
X1800XL
7800GS
X1800GTO
HD2600XT
X1650XT
7600GT
HD2600Pro
X850XT/XTPE
X800XT/XTPE
6800Ultra/EE
6800GT
6800GS
X800XL
X850Pro
X800pro
X800GTO/GTO2
8500GT 512 MB
8500GT 256MB
X1650Pro
X1600XT 7600GS
HD2400XT
X800
6800
X800GT
7300GT
X1300XT
X1600Pro
8400GS
6800XT/LE
6600GT
HD2400Pro
X700Pro
9800XT
5950Ultra
9800Pro
5900Ultra
9700Pro
5800Ultra
9800
9800SE 256bit
S3 Chrome S27
X700
9700
5900
5800
X1300Pro
6600
5900XT
X600XT
TI4800
TI4600
9600XT
TI4800SE
X1550
X1300
5700Ultra
9500GT 512
9500Pro
9800SE 128bit
X600
9600Pro
TI4400
9500
6600LE
X1300SE
5700
7300GS
9600
7100GS
6200
TI4200
X550
5600
5600XT
9550
9600SE
7300LE
5500
X1050
X300
7300SE
9550SE
9200Pro
9000Pro
Matrox Parhelia
8500Pro
GeForce3 TI500
8500
8500LE
5200Ultra
9200
9250
GeForce4 MX460
5200
9000
9200SE
GeForce3
GeForce3 TI200
GeForce4 MX 440
7500
GeForce2 Ultra
GeForce2 GTS
GeForce4 MX 420
Radeon(ie Radeon 7200)
GeForce 256 DDR
Voodoo5 5500
GeForce2 MX 400
GeForce 256
Savage 2000
GeForce2 MX
Radeon VE(ie Radeon 7000)
Voodoo4 4500
Matrox G400
TNT2
Rage128 Pro
Voodoo3
TNT
Rage128
Savage 4
Matrox G200
Riva128
Intel i740
Rage3D Pro
Voodoo Banshee
Voodoo2
Riva
Rage3D
VooDoo1

AU$195, that's US$173. Unless your prices are significantly higher there that seems too much for a 5750, maybe a 5770 but not a 5750.

On eBay, type in HD5750 and search. Sort by price + shipping lowest first. Then select "completed listings" and see what the going price is. Here in the USA 5750s are going US$90-105



Ian or Clifford, when I added that list above it was a beautiful 4 column table and even showed that way in the window but was a long list when it actually posted. What did I do wrong?

I'm by no means a hardware expert, but one thing that I've found out about shopping on eBay is this. Place your desired item on your "watch list". Only during the final minute of bidding, make your bid. By bidding early, the price is forced upward.

And it's been known that some sellers has someone else submit a high bid, just to jack the price up. You can easily pay more on eBay than from a retailer such as Newegg. While I don't know if Newegg ships to the country you live in, perhaps there are similar suppliers there. Most modern countries have computer part suppliers, you may need to do some searching.

As far as the size goes, I have a 256MB video card installed, and wished it were at least a 512MB one. And I'm not even a gamer, but I do watch a lot of video clips on You Tube, as well as news clips.

I just think that you'll be more satisfied purchasing from a retailer than from a eBay seller. You'll get more video card for the money, and have piece of mind that you're not being screwed.

Cat

Yeah we do seem to pay more here. Excpet for HDD, they seem to be competitive.
Amazing how low the Voodoo Banshee rates now, I can remember when they were new and the thing to get.



I also used to be very pro ebay but gone off it lately, hate the hoops you have to jump through to get ebay or paypal to fix any issues.
I'm more for comfort and convienence of walking into a known store and getting what I want without the hassle, for sure though it will potentially cost more then a good ebay purchase.

I have used Bay Genie Sniping Software with great success on eBay. Track record is I win about 85% of my bids at very reasonable prices.

I'll have to give that a shot the next time that I purchase on eBay. Thanks.

Cat