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December 2005 Video Card Price Guide - Page 5By SharkyExtreme.com Staff December 16, 2005If the entry-level and mainstream video cards cover us to the $200 price mark, then the high-end market takes us home. Here there is really no price limit, and as long as it's a desktop 3D gaming card, then we'll do our best to fit it in. This segment really starts off with the Radeon X800 and GeForce 6800 cards, before finishing with the top-end Radeon X1800 256MB and GeForce 7800 GT and GTX 256MB cards, some of which can push $600. The high-end section of the video card market is more of a "wild west" type of environment, where the pricing shoot-outs are always taking place between ATI and NVIDIA video cards. There was definitely some activity again this month, and several ATI and NVIDIA cards posted some very impressive price drops. The full entry of the ATI X1800 line has really transformed the high-end market, with both X800/X850 cards from ATI and GeForce 7800 GT and GTX boards from NVIDIA, showing wild price movement. The Radeon X1800 and GeForce 7800 GTX continue to battle it out for the overall performance crown, but for our money, the GeForce 7800 GT is the best overall high-end value.
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