You though the 8800 was expensive?

[Escaep]

Most of you have probably read this, but those that havent:

World's Most Expensive Graphics Card
This honor goes to nVidia. The graphics card manufacturer today announced a graphics card that is priced at a whopping US$18,000. No kidding, it's not a typo, it a 5-figure sum. If you have that kinda money to fork out for a graphics card, you must be the numero uno geek.

Designed for professional use, this graphics card is capable of achieving up to 64x full scene anti-aliasing (FSAA) deliver a performance of up to 148 megapixels on 16 synchronized digital-output channels and eight HD SDI channels. A lower-end model will also be available for $17,500 available September, 2006.

 

[Stigmata]

Wow, a model with fewer features for a whopping 3% price drop! I'm sold

That card sounds ****ing ace though.

 

[Qonfused]

First time I've ever thought: "Videocard, or a brand new car?"

 

[giant384]

professional video cards will always be more expensive then gaming cards.

 

[Asus]

No link? Here is one.

They've been selling expensive Quadros for a long time now. Usually very similar to their Retail versions but with optimized OpenGL drivers for a big difference in Workstation apps. Far from what I would call gamer cards.

 

[Naudian]

It's hardly worth that much right?
I would think that they only price it so high because it's a 'professional' card for big companies to use...

 

[xcellerate]

the "BIG" one is $24,500 or 2,954,000 yen.

128-bit color precision (IEEE fp32 bit per component)
3D volumetric texture support
Fully programmable GPU (OpenGL2.0/DirectX 9.0c class)
Analog displays up to 2048x1536 @ 85 Hz
Dual-link DVI-I outputs - drive digital displays at resolutions up to 3840 x 2400 @ 24Hz
Native support for Sony 4K SXRD™ large venue projector


edit: gay...HL2 doesn't do the yen symbol.