In the end, it seems Nvidia's Geforce 8800 GTX and GTS won't end up overly expensive in Europe. It looks like it will settle at a price of just less than 600 euros, including VAT. Many retailers already started accepting the pre-orders and we don't blame them as the card is in the channel and it should launch in some forty eight hours.

Germans and Austrians can pre-order these cards for even less money. We found Asus, Gigabyte and Sparkle cards listed for pre-orders.

An Asus EN8800GTS/HTDP, GeForce 8800 GTS, 640MB GDDR3, 2x DVI, TV-out, PCIe (90-C3CFQ0-NUAY00T) can be pre-ordered for €430+ but you are warned that you have to wait for the cards.

An Asus EN8800GTX/HTDP, GeForce 8800 GTX, 768MB GDDR3, 2x DVI, TV-out, PCIe (90-C3CFP0-PUAY00T) is listed for €560 - or more.

Gigabyte's GeForce 8800 GTS, 640MB GDDR3, 2x DVI, TV-out, PCIe (GV-NX88S640H-RH) starts at €570 or more while Gigabyte GeForce 8800 GTX, 768MB GDDR3, 2x DVI, TV-out, PCIe (GV-NX88X768H-RH) starts at €600.

Sparkle GeForce 8800 GTS, 640MB GDDR3, 2x DVI, TV-out, PCIe (SF-PX88GTS) starts at €489.00 and the last Sparkle GeForce 8800 GTX, 768MB GDDR3, 2x DVI, TV-out, PCIe (SF-PX88GTX) starts at €589.00

What are you waiting for? A single Nvidia G80, Geforce 8800 GTX card can beat a pair of ATI's fastest X1950 XTX cards :-D