| Ruler said: I remember the days when you could get a GTX 280 for 330€ in less than a year after its release, the most powerful single GPU graphicscard for its time. |
The GeForce GTX 285 was faster. Used less power.
The Radeon 4890 was faster.
Many cases where the Radeon 4870 and Geforce 275 beat out the Geforce GTX 280.
But don't take my word for it (Anandtech is one of the most reliable sources for tech information on the internet): http://www.anandtech.com/show/2745/16
As for pricing. You aren't wrong, pricing has gotten out of control in recent years... I remember picking up the venerable Radeon 6950 (Or three) and unlocking them into full-blown Radeon 6970's. For just a few hundred Australian smacko's.
Today I would be looking at almost $800 for the equivalent tiered GPU.
CPU's aren't any better either. I got my 3930K for about $400-$500 AUD.
It's replacement is $900- $950 AUD... Which my 3930K outperforms whilst overclocked.
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