As much as we love testing and talking about the latest innovations in PC graphics, it"s only a fraction of the gamers market that can truly enjoy these high-end products as soon as they come out of the oven because of its high prices.
It"s not a surprise then that the bulk of Nvidia and ATI sales for videocard upgrades are in the segment between $100 and $200, this is also what we call the mainstream market. For this article we have narrowed down such segment to cards below the $150 mark, where the obvious contenders, Nvidia and ATI have laid down two products that go head to head: the long dominant GeForce 7600GS, and the recently launched Radeon X1650 Pro.