ATI FireGL With 1GB RAM

ATI has released the new V7300 Series of their popular FireGL workstation graphics cards.  Two variations are available - expensive and really dang expensive.  The “expensive” model (V7300) sports 512MB of memory and lists for $1,599 USD, while it’s bigger brother (V7350), with a mind-numbing 1GB of memory, comes with an equally numbing list price of $1,999 USD.  Obviously these cards were never destined for gamers, and with their intended market being high-end workstations, the price can be a tad extravagant.  To the best of my knowledge, there isn’t even a game available that could take advantage of such an enormous frame buffer.  Most games are lucky to even scratch the surface of the 512MB cards that are available.

Now, for all you guys out there, this is a prime opportunity.  The prices on these video cards make even the NVIDIA 7900GTX and ATI Radeon X1900 XTX cards look affordable.  So run out and pick up your favorite gaming video card, and when your significant other asks how much it cost, you can honestly say that it was an absolute bargain by comparison to what you could have bought.  It’s all about perspective.

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