Why is this £700 squids?

[littlepuppy]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-018-AT&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=

 

[Freddie1980]

Because it's a specialist video card designed for CAD and DCC design. Specialist products have fewer buyers and a smaller market then more mainstream consumer video cards and as such will always demand a premium price to help recover R&D and manufacturing costs.

 

[Mr Paul]

But its the same as a HD2900, just with a different BIOS.

 

[neo-omega]

You could ask why THIS is £2,000

 

[Mr Paul]

Dunno, but I'd say it's also R600 based, so HD2900XT