fj>Check out the price tag on this chip...Can this price be right? If it's a dual-GPU, expect a price tag in the neighborhood of $1,000 ...
That's not the chip, it's likely launch-date retail MSRP for the whole video card.
Typical early-adopter tax.
Street might be $895. Six months later, it'll be down to $650; $425 after a year, then $250 beyond 18 months.
Depends on what pricepoint ATI (sorry, "AMD") brings out as competition in their 28nm 'Hawaii' line.
Feel for those in the UK -- shops tend to keep the number nearly the same, but replace the currency specifier with GBP.
£900 +VAT ~ $1800 *each*
Target is wild-eyed 'special snowflake' youths wasting mommy & daddy's money to crossfire or SLI a few together to the point where they wind up with the equivalent of a good preowned automobile connected to their monitors.
Like the article said, par for the course.
GLTA,
R.