If 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/X850 and GeForce 7600/7900-based cards, before finishing with the top-end Radeon X1900/X1950 XTX 512MB and GeForce GTX 512MB and GeForce 7950 GX2 1GB cards, some of which can have price tags of $500 or more.
The high-end section of the video card market is usually more of a "wild west" type of environment, where the pricing shoot-outs are always taking place between ATI and NVIDIA video cards, and new hotrod cards are continually joining the party. This month we welcome the ATI Radeon X1950 XTX 512MB card to our charts, although it may be some time before these are widely available. There was also a wide range of price drops this month, especially as we move to the more expensive, enthusiast-level products like the Radeon X1900 and GeForce 7900 GTX cards. The GeForce 7800 GTX boards have really started to drop in price, and have started to move more in line with the GeForce 7900 GT.
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