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Soon nvidia will replace 8800gts 640 with new version, and add 8800gt.
I'm a bit confused about 8800gts 320. It will remain in prices?

EDIT: Crap, it will be removed. Choice now really depends on what display and resolution you will use. If around 1280, better if you speed up and get gts-320, if larger wait and get gt-512 to save money, or gts-640 for better perfomance...

Yeah, the 8800GT is going to be Nvidia's new baby in the $200-300 price range and will come in 256meg & 512meg flavors. The 8800 GTS 320meg is going bye bye and Nvidia is rehashing the 640meg model with some more streaming processors to set it apart from the 512meg 8800GT. So far it seems the 8800GT is going to be a single slot solution but there is some concern about heat issues, I expect many of the non-stock versions will sport cooling solutions that require two slots.

The good news is that ATI's upcoming RV670 cards based on the .55nm process (2950 Pro, XT, XTX, etc.) are rumored to be surprisingly fast and extremely competitive in terms of pricing. Nvidia may finally have some serious competition in the $200-300 range in late Fall/early Winter. Since the threat from ATI's original 2900 XT fell apart Nvidia's entire 8800 line has been annoyingly overpriced. Now that ATI seems to have its act together we should see some great deals this holiday season.