I think i shud bump in here a lil' bit..
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The current prices of GPUs are as follows (Mumbai, as enquired by me)...
1.) Evga gtx280 (1gb DDR3 SSC=Super Super Clocked edition) ----> Rs. 22750/-
(already purchased by me for my core i7)
2.) nVIDIA 9800GTX+ (plus) 512MB ------------------------------> Rs. 11,500/-
3.) ATi 4850 (512MB) -------------------------------------------> Rs. 8500/-
4.) ATi 4850 (1 GB) ---------------------------------------------> Rs. 13,500/-
5.) ATi 4870 DDR5 (512MB) -------------------------------------> Rs. 17,500/-
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Hope tat will help u out..also, as per day b4 yesterday's TOI, the Govt is jus planning a platry reduction of 2-2.5% on ALL PC's, PC products, Lappys, LCDs...
SO, the fact of the matter is tat a 2-2.5% rebate will really NOT mean much to us considering tat we will be investing close to 20K on gpus..
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Also, the budget will be out next week (tuesday).. so lets see..but DNT keep any big hopes tat the core i7 will hv a reduction of 2-3K or the gpus will be lesser by 1-2K...lol..
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Also, the monitor suggested by desiibond is really good..
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Cheers n e-peace...