I forgot how much i spent years ago on 2 of these bad boys and i got them early to boot and Tigerdirect got in big trouble for selling them to me lol. So i think $1000 for what it can do sucks but there are some of us that will pay. My thread back when i bought the 7800 GTX 512s
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=977404
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=977404