I cant decide to go NVIDIA or ATI buying on jan 11th.

I am under the impression that ATI or nvidia isnt releasing their new cards in january I asked 1000 times on the forums I never got a striaght anwser and being that I really am not happy enough with my 8800GT I went ahead and decided I want to replace it now I am stuck because benchmarks say that ATI 4870 is better then GTX260 though others say GTX260 is better then 4870.

Heres the 2 cards I have my eye on

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102801

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130434

now which one should I get? I am going to play games at 1600x1200 resolution and I want some AA in there, I got crysis and no I dont want to upgrade for crysis though being that I can see that the 8800GT is showing its age I thought id upgrade for the sake of extra FPS. ALSO I am getting a quad core in feburary so my vid card will be a bottleneck.

Im not a tech guy but I dont think you could go wrong with either at this point they both have great cards to offer i think its juat a matter of how much money your willing to spend.

Im thinking about buying this PSU. Is it overkill? I am not really gunna dual up the cards so is there a cheaper solution? I dont really want a non name brand PSU though in some cases I am willing to compromise.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817379007

Im thinking about buying this PSU. Is it overkill? I am not really gunna dual up the cards so is there a cheaper solution? I dont really want a non name brand PSU though in some cases I am willing to compromise.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817379007

TrooperManaic

This.

I am under the impression that ATI or nvidia isnt releasing their new cards in january I asked 1000 times on the forums I never got a striaght anwser and being that I really am not happy enough with my 8800GT I went ahead and decided I want to replace it now I am stuck because benchmarks say that ATI 4870 is better then GTX260 though others say GTX260 is better then 4870.

Heres the 2 cards I have my eye on

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130372

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131120

now which one should I get? I am going to play games at 1600x1200 resolution and I want some AA in there, I got crysis and no I dont want to upgrade for crysis though being that I can see that the 8800GT is showing its age I thought id upgrade for the sake of extra FPS. ALSO I am getting a quad core in feburary so my vid card will be a bottleneck.

TrooperManaic

Get either one both are great. To tell you the truth I could go find benchmarks to support either card in favour but many benchmarks are done at difference resolutions have different computers different drivers old ones new ones beta ones, different games etc.

Personally I would go for the GTX260 because I saw some favourable benchmarks for those.

Hang on, whats wrong with the 8800GT, do you play at high resolutions or something?

Hang on, whats wrong with the 8800GT, do you play at high resolutions or something?

Your other option is to wait it out for XFX's ATI cards in Q1 2009. But that's only if you have the patience.Wesker776

700W is more than enough for a single card, but this one has a nice rebate: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002battledroid978

Unless you are planning to Crossfire your 4870 in the future, a 750w PSU is just way too much.

Save a few bucks and get this 650w:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&Tpk=corsair%20650w

Unless you are planning to Crossfire your 4870 in the future, a 750w PSU is just way too much.

Save a few bucks and get this 650w:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&Tpk=corsair%20650w

Go for the 4870! Its a beast! It can run every new games I have on the highest settings with amazing FPS and very smoothly. parshanb

I can do the some thing with my GTX260 lol.

I guess ill go with the CORSAIR its a good brand so I know it wont fail on me. I DID want something that I could manage my cables easier but you cant always get what you want. there is exacally 10 days until I buy the video card so if no information about the new ATI's some out or even a release date then im just gunna get the 4870. I know how these things happen people say that this card is comeing out then 5 months later it actually does I just dont have patience like that.TrooperManaic

You can get the HX-620W, it's modular.

Ill keep that in mind I was selling my 8800GT on craigslist for $50 so that can make up the diffrence right there all in the name of performance =p.