7900GTX for £117.49 !!!

[maroon1]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=364166


That pretty good deal

And from here you can get 7900GTX for $219 only
http://www.ascendtech.us/Itemdesc.asp?ic=VC512GF7900GTX&eq=&Tp=

In most of the other places, 7900GTX cost around $400

 

[ducis]

why are they so expensive?

 

[oscaryu1]

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=383&card2=475

 

[hermeslyre]

According to Toms hardware it's just alittle better than a 7950gt. $400 would be a complete rip-off.

 

[lovely?]

i didnt know this last gen's hardware was almost as good as the 8800, i thought it was such a large leap as to be completely incomparable

 

[taylormsj]

WOW if i had of known this i would have deffinatly got that instead of my 1950 pro

 

[Kornowski]

Yay! Sorta...

 

[Jet]

i didnt know this last gen's hardware was almost as good as the 8800, i thought it was such a large leap as to be completely incomparable

Well, as far as shader operations, the "theoretical" number is nearly 10 times faster. Of course, it can't ever be that according to how it works, but still.