So I've been wathcing these for the past few weeks since the release of the 7900GT , and I'm gettings sorely disgusted with the market right now. Here are a couple links from NewEgg to show what I mean (which also reflects the results that I've seen from all retailers).
Price list for 7900GT
Price List for 7800GTX
Benchmarks have show that the 7900GT is a slightly better performing card, so it pisses me off to no end that the 7800GTX is a much higher priced card.
Yes, you can argue that the 90nm reduces nVidia's cost, which intern gets passed to retailers & consumers, but from an end point, there's not reason that I am forced to pay more for a lesser performing card.
Of course, in case you can't tell, the point of this rant is that I already have a BFG 7800GTXOC, so going with an SLI'ed rig with two of those is my best upgrade path for graphics.
Price list for 7900GT
Price List for 7800GTX
Benchmarks have show that the 7900GT is a slightly better performing card, so it pisses me off to no end that the 7800GTX is a much higher priced card.
Yes, you can argue that the 90nm reduces nVidia's cost, which intern gets passed to retailers & consumers, but from an end point, there's not reason that I am forced to pay more for a lesser performing card.
Of course, in case you can't tell, the point of this rant is that I already have a BFG 7800GTXOC, so going with an SLI'ed rig with two of those is my best upgrade path for graphics.