What I have a hard time figuring out is why video
card companies love to charge around $5,000 for
the latest and greatest thing? From the earliest
24bit cards for Mac and PC right to the present day
where they can make the same AGP or PCI hardware
for both, the prices have stayed about the same.

If it says workstation, CAD, professional 3D etc,
the price is through the roof. Some of the chips
available on "consumer level" video cards are
the exact same ones as on the cards with the four
figure prices. Some "low end" nVidia chips are
simply the high end chips with some features
disabled. Move a few "zero ohm" resistors (soldered
jumpers) and you have a chip that'll run Lightwave,
3D Studio and Maya nearly as good as the $5,000
card.

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