Hi blake paterson; Re the purported pricing of DDR from the DELL pricing for 32MB and 64MB cards...
There are numerous problems with this analysis. You are comparing the prices of two distinct cards, one with 32MB of SDRAM, and the other with 64MB of DDR. Neither of the cards has their brand identified, so we have no way of knowing what extra features are included with the DDR card. But amazingly, that's not your only error.
You say that $240 is the (retail) price for 32MB of DDR. In your equations, this is the single known value. From that, you derive the price of DDR, which is the single unknown value. But the two cards differ in that one is an SDRAM card, and the other is a DDR card. So there are (at least) two unknowns here, the price of SDRAM and the price of DDR. (In addition, there is the unknown price of the other differences between the cards.)
Simply put, your analysis is simplistic.
Here's the link to Dell's video card selection. Unlike your unprofessional link (I am rumored to be a paid basher, after all (G)), my link works, and in addition, includes a description of the various choices:
3D Prophet DDR-DVI GeForce 32MB
AGP Video Card (white box)
This card accelerates the complex
animations in 3D games. $268.95
gigabuys.us.dell.com
There is no 64MB GeForce card offered on that link, God only knows what Dell will ship you if you select the 64MB DDR card.
But there is a more obvious thing to note here. You are claiming that: "That's $240 extra for 32Mb of DDR or $960 for 128Mb." The above link gives an example of a complete 32MB DDR card on the Dell site for only $268.95. I suppose that the the entire rest of the card is going to sell for only $268.95 - $240.00 = $28.95?
There really was no reason for me to post this analysis, as the numbers I'm replying to were so weak, but hey, it's Memorial Day.
-- Carl
P.S. If you want to become a serious poster on SI, always test the links in your posts after you submit them, and immediately correct as needed. I do. |
