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Buy GeForce 8800GT today for 130 quid
MAYBE THE times when a product in the UK was £100 more expensive than in US are coming to an end.When it came out, the 8800GTX cost 350 quid in Blighty ($700) and $500 (£250) in the USA.
After ATI started selling its Radeon 2900XT for the same MSRP (Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price) in EUroland as in the US, it was a matter of time before Nvidia followed suit.
Now the GeForce 8800GT 512MB, costs £114.05 at Club3D without VAT ($233). Since that price in theUSA is $249, it seems that prices are slowly calming down.
At the end of the day, this is a good move for consumers in Blighty, which has had to suffer long enough.
If you live in one of the main Euro countries, you might want to check Geizhals.at, surely the best price engine in Europe. These guys are showing Sparkle and Zotac boards at 242 EURO (Sparkle), or 269 EURO (Zotac). µ
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Geizhals.at - Sparkle's 8800GT
Geizhals.at - Zotac 8800GT board
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Well, the UK ripoff price differential is enough to make it worthwhile getting large items imported. Example: a laptop battery that was £98 (exc. postage) in the UK, got it for about ~£60 (inc.!) from the US, of which ~£15 was international shipping. It's crazy. But I see no point in funding the rip off merchants.

Graphics cards of this sort of price will come into the "larger purchases" category where the shipping cost is overcome.
Using currency converter $260 = £125. That is a big difference from the £175 quoted in UK shops. £50 difference.
why my comments NEVER reach the page ?
I see the usual price inflation has started. I'd be surprised if you can get a 8800gt in the UK for the US equivalent. Remember we have to put up with Rip-Off Britain.
$260 at Newegg, £176 at OcUK, there's nothing different here, nothing at all.
The price of the 8800 GTX in North America was very close to $700, and was selling for much more than that for a long time. The GTX STILL costs $499 or more on Newegg.com. That's after the massive price drop when the Ultra was released.

Might as well just pull this article.
The article's name is to buy it TODAY, well, you cant. At least on KIKA you can't. try pressing the BUY button.

Besides, 8800GT isn't even on the CLUB3D inventory.
The price of the GTX when it came out in the USA was not $500, it was in fact $649! So if it was $700 in the UK its not a big deal. On the other hand, we in india had to pay around $900 so quit whining
Maybe they lowered the price, just because nVidia is getting ready to launch their GeForce 9 series, and that's why they are lowering the prices slowly for the launch next month.