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January 2008 Video Card Price Guide - Page 5By SharkyExtreme.com Staff January 31, 2008If 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/1GB, Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB, and GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB and GTX/Ultra 768MB cards, some of which can have price tags of $400-$600 or more. The high-end video card chart 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. The pricing activity was certainly there, and the majority of the larger price drops hit this video card range. In terms of card introductions, the big news was the dual-GPU Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB, which challenges the very top of the performance spectrum. This is definitely the top bet for ATI fans, while the GeForce 8800 GTS (65nm G92) 512MB is an especially popular model for NVIDIA enthusiasts.
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