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According to information from an anonymous source within the graphics card manufacturers, NVIDIA is planning to further reduce the price of its flagship GeForce GTX 280 in the near future. Currently, the new product can be purchased for $700-800, despite the recommended price of $650 (for the US market). Rumor has it that the price will be reduced to a more competitive level of $500 (12,000-13,000 rubles). However, a larger price cut is unlikely, as unconfirmed information suggests that each GT200 unit costs NVIDIA more than $100 to produce, which is very expensive. The company's partners are unlikely to be pleased with such significant price reductions. It is also unknown whether the changes will affect the more affordable GeForce GTX 260 model.

The GT200 graphics chip is causing NVIDIA a headache – who knew that cards based on ATI RV770 would be so good? According to information from TG Daily, the Californians are gathering their strength. As early as the end of this year or the beginning of next year, a flagship core with support for DirectX 10.1, GDDR5 memory, and performance 1.5-2 times higher than GT200 may appear on the market. That will be something. Notebooks will receive DirectX 10.1-compatible solutions in the spring of 2009. Currently, NVIDIA has a very complex and expensive microarchitecture that is unable to compete with ATI Radeon HD 4800. It can be assumed that the Californians' response should be overwhelming.