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July 2007 Video Card Price Guide - Page 5By SharkyExtreme.com Staff July 31, 2007If 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 X1900/X1950 and GeForce 7900/7950-based cards, before finishing with the top-end Radeon HD 2900 XT 512MB and GeForce 8800 GTX/Ultra 768MB cards, some of which can have price tags of $500-$600 or more. The high-end section of the video card market is usually the most active of the bunch, where pricing shoot-outs are always taking place between ATI and NVIDIA video cards, and new hotrod cards are continually joining the party. This is only partially true in July, and due to the inability of the Radeon HD 2900 XT 512MB to put the pressure on the NVIDIA top-end, we're not seeing a lot of activity in the GeForce 880 GTS/GTX range. In fact, prices on Radeon HD 2900 XT 512MB cards are increasing, and even the lowest-cost models jumped by $15 this month. Enthusiast-level buyers received some good news with an $80 price cut to the powerful GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB, but that is pretty well it for significant price drops in the high-end graphics market.
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