August Video Card Price Guide - Page 5

High-End Video Cards

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 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. We definitely got the price drops part of that statement, including a couple of triple-digit cuts. Unfortunately, only a single high-end card joined the chart in August, but even so, the dual-GPU Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB powerhouse is certainly a welcome addition. At its new price, the GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB is looking good, while the GeForce GTX 280 1GB remains the fastest single-GPU card money can buy. But at the end of the day, the Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB is still the performance leader, albeit at $560.

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Page 1 August Video Card Price Guide Page 2 NVIDIA-Based Video Card Prices Page 3 Entry-Level Video Cards Sorted by Price Page 4 Mainstream Video Cards Sorted by Price Page 5 High-End Video Cards Sorted by Price Page 6 ATI and NVIDIA Video Cards Sorted by Price Change Page 7 ATI and NVIDIA Video Cards Sorted by Price

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