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What's the most you've ever spent on video card(s)

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I used to buy the latest and greatest back when $300 was the limit.

Now, I wait for the prices to drop and stay about 6 months to a year behind the latest and greatest (have an X850XT now) and this saves me a ton of cash. I can't justify spending so much money on a part that deops in value faster than any other part in my system. I'm a gamer but I have lots of other expensive hobbies that require my money as well. 😛
 
Originally posted by: Smartazz
I bought a $370 7800GT back when it was the 2nd best card around. How much was your record. If you have SLI/Crossfire, both cards count.
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Uhhhh... I bought my 7800GT the first day it was released off Dell (BFG) and it was $314. You seriously got ripped with the $370 =P

Yea.. I loved my card when it was the 2nd best card out there... *sigh*
 
originally bought a geforce 4 ti 4600 when it had just came out. Was my first GFX card. Cost me around $350. My most recent card cost me $80, I'm getting cheap 🙁
 
ati xpert@play99 back in 1998. not sure how much it cost back then, but probably more than my next most expensive vid card, which was a $150 radeon 9000 pro
 
By the time I finished up with shipping and upgrade pricing, it was about $400 on a factory direct EVGA 7800 GS AGP (factory overclock), and if I had it to do over again, I wouldn't.

Bought it because it was the fastest card I could find which still had a native VGA connector (want to run it using shutterglasses, and I'm told the native connector is a requirement--adapter over DVI won't work).

The card probably has a lot of unleashed potential in my current system (@AGP 4x no less), and so I'm currently looking to bring the rest of the system up to speed too (Core 2 Duo upgrade, methinks).

But...like I said before--probably wouldn't do it again, given what I know now.


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I don't remember the cost of my previous cards, but I paid $100 for the X1600Pro that's currently in my system.
 
Most I paid was $225 for my 9700Pro, it was a Newegg Refurb. They were going for $280-300 new at the time. Friend of mine picked up two Newegg Refurb 9700Pros a week later for $190 each, made me mad.
 
~$330 ATI 9700 Pro IIRC

~$400 on my 6800 Ultra (gotta love Dell Coupons, got the card for the same price as a 6800 GT at the time) 😛
 
1. $449 on 7800GTX, terrible buy, terrible clocker.

2. Best deal but second place was two 7900GT's only $420 after rebates or $210 ea.

Alone and overclocked these cards can beat $400 7900GTX's two of them is 8x AF 60FPS in most games heaven.

7900GT's were best deal in many many years on video.

3. $375 for a 6800GT AGP

Before that I stayed ~$200



 
Paid $250 for X700 pro AGP 2 years ago.....
Paid $309 for 7800gs co Superclock about 6 months or so ago......

Won't spend any more until it's time for a complete overhaul of my system. Probably early next year.
 
Originally posted by: DLeRium
Originally posted by: Smartazz
I bought a $370 7800GT back when it was the 2nd best card around. How much was your record. If you have SLI/Crossfire, both cards count.
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Uhhhh... I bought my 7800GT the first day it was released off Dell (BFG) and it was $314. You seriously got ripped with the $370 =P

Yea.. I loved my card when it was the 2nd best card out there... *sigh*
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Oh yeah, I forgot that it was the CO version. That thing clocked to around 500MHZ, so it stood its ground against the 7800GTX. The regular 7800GT was $320 at the time.
 
About £650 on 2 7800gtx cards. This is about $1200 depending on the exchange rate.

Cards over here in the UK tend to be more expensive due to the 17.5% tax.
 
$499 on a Ati Radeon 9700Pro when it first came out.

Haven't done SLI/Crossfire probably never will.

I have no problem spending 500-600 dollars on a card aslong as it last.

9700pro lasted me like 3 years before upgrading well worth the money!
 
$280 on an XFX 6800nu two years ago. sheesh. Softmod, voltmod, NV5...it was a beast though, third fastest 6800nu on ORB for like 6 months.
 
Most I spent was $139 on my 6600gt AGP when they were still selling for around 189.99 or so. It was an upgrade from an FX5200...

My next build will be more of an all-out thing. I don't have a price ceiling per se, but I don't know if I'll ever buy any Video card technology that has been "just released". It seems like a huge waste of $$.
 
$200 for 6800nu unlocked
~$250 for the xfx 7800gt OC i'm running now.


250 is about my limit.. and this current 7800gt will have to last till the g80 GT refresh is around $250.
 
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