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The GeForce4 architecture has been one of the most popular graphics chip designs in nVidia's history. Millions of GeForce4 Ti and MX cards have been sold over the past year, and for a good while there, they helped nVidia keep the graphics chip speed crown away from rival ATi. With nVidia's recently launched next-generation GeForceFX product getting ready to hit store-shelves any day now, we're seeing an amazing amount of GeForce4 cards still being announced. As nVidia turns the GeForceFX to their high-end product, the GeForce4 Ti will slip into the mid-range market, where there are actually larger amounts of money to be made in comparison to the high-end markets. After all this time, nVidia has no doubt had the time to optimize and figure out ways to produce the GeForce4 Ti chips cheaply and more efficiently. Since the GeForce4 Ti is no longer their high-end product, prices will drop on boards, and such, these boards will look more attractive to large scale OEM's and for those who need a powerful graphics a |