High end video cards have gone up astronomically in price in the last few years. Last year the 7800GTX 512MB was released with a MSRP of $649 for a card. Even at that price, however, the card was hard to come by and selling for over $750 when it was available. This was due to the card being in higher demand than NVIDIA anticipated and the price gouging by the online e-tailers.

The average gamer, however, doesn’t want to spend $500 or more for a video card. The vast majority of video cards sold on the market today are in the under-$200 range. NVIDIA and ATI sell the high-end cards at a premium so they can afford to trickle down the technology to the performance mainstream and value markets. The performance also trickles down, so the high-end of last year is about where the performance mainstream of this year will be performance-wise.

EVGA is one of the top retail selling video card brands in the United States. EVGA manufactures and distributes video cards based upon NVIDIA chipsets exclusively. They are known for the best support in the industry with a Lifetime Warranty on their retail video cards, a Step-Up program that allows you to upgrade your video card without losing the money you spent on it within 90 days and Toll-Free Technical Support 24/7. Today I’m reviewing the EVGA e-GeForce 7600GS 256MB card.