Some low-end products can sell for years and years. nVidia's GeForce FX 5200 is a good example of this. It has been launched in 2003 and has been sold in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Even after a while the GeForce FX 5500 popped up (which is practically a FX 5200; slow too ) and has been sold in 2005 as well.

Because these cards are cheap to produce and passive cooled they have found their place in many desktop and/or office systems. They are not meant for modern 3D-games but can play 3D-games from several years ago and display 2D office-work. > Read more