$280 is round the middle of $500. It is mid ranged.HA! That doesn't make it midranged because video card prices aren't evenly distributed. You have a few $500+ cards and then a whole bunch which are well below $300. No 8800-series card is mid-ranged. Those are all high-end cards with respect to what's available for sale let alone what the installed base of PC's actually has. Nvidia's midrange series 8 cards are the 8600GT and 8600GTS models with the 8400 and 8500 at the bottom and the 8800 series at the top.