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February Video Card Price Guide - Page 5

By SharkyExtreme.com Staff March 2, 2009

High-End Video Cards

If the entry-level and mainstream video cards cover us to the $200 price mark, then the high-end graphics card market takes us home. There is really no price limit here, and as long as it's a desktop 3D gaming card, then we'll do our best to fit it in. This segment starts off with the high-end of the Radeon HD 4800 series, including the ATI Radeon HD 4850, 4870 and 4870 X2 models, along with the GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB and the latest GeForce GTX 260/260-216 896MB and GeForce GTX 280 1GB cards from NVIDIA.

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 cutting was definitely there, but no new high-end video cards were released in February. The recently introduced GeForce GTX 285 and 295 cards continue to put pressure on high-end AMD Radeon HD 4000 series pricing. The GeForce GTX 285 and GeForce GTX 295 are now the top performers in the single and dual-GPU markets, but the Radeon HD 4870 1GB and Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB cards may be slightly better values.


High-End Video Cards Sorted by Price

Video Card
Price
Change
Vendor
GeForce GTX 260 896MB
$200
-$42
NewEgg
GeForce GTX 260-216 896MB
$230
-$30
NewEgg
Radeon HD 4870 1GB
$242
$17
Tiger Direct
GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB
$257
$0
NewEgg
Radeon HD 4850 X2 1GB
$260
-$12
NewEgg
Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB
$310
$11
NewEgg
GeForce GTX 280 1GB
$315
$0
NewEgg
Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB
$316
$64
The Nerds.net
GeForce GTX 285 1GB
$350
$18
NewEgg
Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
$425
-$25
NewEgg
GeForce GTX 295 1792MB
$512
$4
NewEgg

Page 1 February 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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