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February Video Card Price Guide - Page 5By SharkyExtreme.com Staff February 28, 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 price drops were certainly in attendance in February, and several high-end ATI and NVIDIA cards dropped by noticeable amounts. In terms of new high-end video cards, the only debut was for the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, which is not the same price-performance champ as its 512MB sibling. The dual-GPU Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB remains the top bet for ATI fans, while the GeForce 8800 GTS (65nm G92) 512MB offers the best value NVIDIA enthusiasts.
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