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Expensive Graphics Cards, for enthusiasts or snobs? - 16.8.05

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NvidiaAn interesting article over on PCWorld examines the rising cost of PC gaming, in terms of hardware costs. The article is titled "Would You Pay $600 for a Graphics Card?" and takes a look at the types of people who are willing to fork out such a ludicrous amount of cash for one peripheral of the PC, albeit a pretty important one.

The article is certainly contrary to AnadTech's recent outlook that graphics cards are going down in price.

And if you're lucky enough to own a dual-card ready SLI motherboard, you can spend a cool $1200 to load up with two of these bad boys.

My first two cars cost less than $1200, total. NVidia's move irritated some of my tech-savvy friends, a few of whom seem to think that access to the fastest gear on the planet is an inalienable geek right.

Building a high-performance PC can be outrageously expensive. But does it have to be?

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By Gary (Email: Gary at igniq dot com) 



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