ATI X800 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800
The Radeon X800 and the GeForce 6800 Ultra were launched last week but getting your hands on one of these cards prove to be difficult. Most shipments from manufacturers are expected to arrive sometime this week or the next while the Premium Edition versions of both cards won't be available until next month.

Image: ATI x800 and the GeForce 6800

Many gamers who are eagerly anticipating many of the games currently on display at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles will likely wait for the faster edition of these video cards--due out later this year--that will offer more RAM, faster core and memory speeds, and will also introduce new features such as PCI-Express support.

The new hig-end cards from NVIDIA and ATI are priced in the $499.00 range or you can wrangle up some even costlier cards if you look for some extreme solutions by vendors such as Gainward.

The mid-range cards are currently on sale for $399.00 while the mainstream budget cards that are the bread and butter for the video card industry are yet to be seen.

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