A few years ago, I happily bought the GeForce 6800 for about $550CDN. It was brand spanking new, and the reviews promised framerates leaps and bounds beyond its predecessor. I wasn’t dissapointed.
But upon my return from a Christmas getaway at my parent’s home, I find a half-frozen computer with a defective video card. It is dead. After a good many years of service, it has died.
So I’m picking up a GeForce 7900 GS from a local guy (yay Craigslist) for $100. The performance promises to exceed those of both my 6800 and the alternative 8600, but for a fraction of the price of the latter. Funny how that works. People price the 7900 as being worth less than the 8600 purely on the basis of the series number… when in fact the former outperforms the latter, and features DX10 support just like its newer rival.