For the price of a top video card you could instead buy....

[Diplo]

A Playstation 2
An X-Box
A GameCube
A DVD Re-Writer
A 2.5Ghz CPU

Food for thought

(All prices based on current UK retail prices)

 

[Natoma]

All 7 Stargate SG1 Season DVD Box Sets.

US prices of course.

 

[L233]

2-3 months worth of cigarettes...

 

[jvd]

a funn night in a strip club

 

[RussSchultz]

Enough grain to feed 100 Afghans for a week and a half.

 

[Crusher]

Almost a year's supply of Diet Coke.

Almost five shares of Google (GOOG).

25 Voodoo3 3500's

 

[Heathen]

About thirty minutes with a top lawyer in the city or about 3/4 an hour with a management consultant.

A halfway decent subwoofer.

1/15th of a fitted kitchen

 

[Deepak]

A good bike in India.

 

[sytaylor]

A suit

A reasonable TV

A week in spain (would probably have to be all inclusive tho)

Lots of carrots!

 

[nutball]

Lots of carrots!

MMmmmmm.... caarrroootttss... mmmmmmmm...

 

[Katsura]

To provide clean water to a family in poor countries for up to 2 years! Or help to conserve endangered wild life.

 

[Leto]

A nice used snowboarding set.

An used Datsun '83 bound to be serviced in 12 months.

4680 imported nectarins.

One way ticket to Bahrain.

1-2 year subscription to a fitness club.

An ounce of gold.

5 bottles of 21 year old Glenfiddich whisky.

 

[Guden Oden]

...A top-end video card of the other brand!

 

[StefanS]

...A top-end video card of the other brand!

There's another brand besides ...

 

[John Reynolds]

A bed 'n breakfast get-away with your wife (or significant other).

 

[Reverend]

A really nice toy for my 5-year-old son.

Not that I've bought any video card for as long as I remember 8)

 

[hey69]

A good bike in India. ?

i bet you can buy a good bike everywhere for 500$


you can buy a complete lowbudget PC!

 

[Mendel]

Re: For the price of a top video card you could instead buy.

A Playstation 2
An X-Box
A GameCube
A DVD Re-Writer
A 2.5Ghz CPU

Well, except for the DVD re writer, which I have absolutely no need for... I already had those (well... faster processor obviously) so the video card was next...

I could have fixed my car though but it's engine wouldn't really start during winter even if I fixed the clutch so...

Anyways... I could have also bought ~5 of the cheapest second hand cars for the price of the card... only insurance costs would then kill me.

 

[Mariner]

A bed 'n breakfast get-away with your wife (or significant other).

A dirty weekend with your floozy.

 

[pascal]

Basic food for an small poor brazilian family for almost 2 years

Products: meat, milk, beans, rice, flower, tomato, bread, coffe, banana, sugar, soya oil, butter

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