“Apple Computer has lowered the cost of the ATI X1900XT graphics card that was introduced alongside the company’s Mac Pro line of desktop computers this month,” AppleInsider reports.
“The 512MB, 2 x dual-link DVI graphics card was introduced with a price tag of $350 (when purchased with a Mac Pro) but is now priced at $250, according to checks with the Apple online store,” AppleInsider reports. “The Apple online store is also offering the X1900XT as a standalone product for $399, which was similarly reduced from $499.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan” for the heads up.]
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Could this have anything to do with ATI and AMD?
Apple needs to buy Nvidia
Image the possibilities.
Steve: Hello Mikee, yes I called you MIKEE!, I know you don’t like it.
Micheal Dell: Please Steve, your killing me, send me those video cards.
Steve: Well Mikee, I said I was coming for you, it’s not my fault you couldn’t get the money to buy Nvidia before I did.
Micheal Dell: Please
Steve: Tough titty, and do me a favor and tell Billy in Redmond I won’t be supporting DirectX either. Bye.
This card should come standard with any Mac Pro purchase – just another example of Apple marketing taking advantage of customers because there is no real competition except for the dominance of the PC – even if it cannot match a Mac.
Pete, that’s BS. The MacPro is extremely competitively priced and has been proven in numerous articles to be CHEAPER THAN THE COMPETITION.
Audio professionals need CPU power not GPU power. If a graphics pro needs a better GPU, there are choices available. The rest of us shouldn’t have to pay for what we do not need or want.
So again, quit bitching and find something useful to do, MacDude.
Uh, Trevor, I think you missed his point.
Probably because there are now better ATI cards out there, so someone serious about getting the x1900 xt isn’t going to pay $350 for it.
volume of sales thats all nothing more
Great news… now any chance of us getting the X1950 XTX as an OEM option?
Pete Peterson ?
I hope you really are MacDude, because the P.P. I know, the redhead PP from NY, is far worse than any MacDude, anyday.
Especially when he doesn’t understand that paying for a high end graphics card the average user doesn’t need is bad, not Apple marketing. I need am x1900 for Unreal 2007, Motion, Lightwave, etc. Photoshop, Logic, Final Cut users really don’t need to spend the extra
moolah.
Pete’s a ‘mo.
this is very stupid and ignorant
Mac Mini’s 1.5 Intel Solo Cores are being discontinued at all the Fry’s stores and are 499 instead of 599, on clearance now. A decent update of those systems should be coming SOON!