$499 For GT200
If AMD/ATI’s upcoming RV770 will end up costing as much as or a bit more than the current HD 3870, then the mid-high graphic card sector will continue to remain under AMD/ATI’s rule. However, since prices for the R700 series haven’t been disclosed as of yet, we can only hope that AMD/ATI will come up with decent prices, at least for the single GPU models. NVIDIA, on the other hand, is quick enough to announce prices for their GT200 cards, so we can start saving money for them as we speak.
No confirmation for now, but it seems that the GT200 card will end up selling for $499 and it will be the perfect replacement for the current Geforce 9800GTX. I don’t really know why NVIDIA even released the 9800GTX model. Probably they just wanted to give us a sneak peek at what GT200 would be capable of. As for the official name of the GT200-powered cards, the truth is nobody knows for sure how NVIDIA is planning to “baptize” the new wave. It could be named Geforce 9900GTX or GT for the sake of continuity, but nobody can confirm anything about the final names.
According to Fudzilla, NVIDIA was kind enough to announce that they are willing to show the GT200 cards to journalists in the last week of May and it’s highly likely to see the launch in June, with simultaneous retail availability. If the GT200 ends up faster than the GX2, then, again, I don’t see the point of rolling out a couple of overpriced cards and then, after 3 months, launching the real next-gen thing.
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