upgrading 8800gt???

I want to upgrade sooooo bad to the 200 nvidia series, but since I waited this long would you think I might as well wait a little longer untill the new series comes out soon? What are your thoughts?

i went from 8800GT to GTX260.... i'll keep the GTX260 for about a year after the new nvidia cards come out..because they should be more affordable thenrock_solid

[QUOTE="rock_solid"]i went from 8800GT to GTX260.... i'll keep the GTX260 for about a year after the new nvidia cards come out..because they should be more affordable thenHekynn

Is that a good idea? Seeing as we know almost nothing about Fermi other than the fact that Nvidia is struggling with it.

[QUOTE="Hekynn"][QUOTE="rock_solid"]i went from 8800GT to GTX260.... i'll keep the GTX260 for about a year after the new nvidia cards come out..because they should be more affordable thenjhcho2

Is that a good idea? Seeing as we know almost nothing about Fermi other than the fact that Nvidia is struggling with it.

Their not struggling with it, The GTX 470 is faster then a 5850, and its faster in tesselation usage then the 5870. Then the 480 is a true Direct x 11 card that can use its features without taking a nose dive in performance. I skipped the 200 series and just went with SLI, it was cheaper and gives the same performance as the 200's. And when I decide to upgrade to Dx 11, I will keep one of my 8800's for physx, and sell the other one.

I want to upgrade sooooo bad to the 200 nvidia series, but since I waited this long would you think I might as well wait a little longer untill the new series comes out soon? What are your thoughts?

desmith1231

If you only use your video card for gaming then dont discount ATI, they are offering great cards at the moment. Also in my opinion its pretty crazy to buy a NVIDIA card until we see what Fermi really can do via reliable benchmarks.

I don't think it's a good time to replace the 8800 GT just yet. Maybe when I start seeing DX11 cards that maintain a constant 60 FPS on any game currently released maxed-out, and all for US$250-300... As for ATI, I wasn't really fond of their drivers, but it seems that desktop parts that haven't been given the legacy driver treatment still work well. (Don't get me started on pre-DX10 notebook GPU drivers, though...)NamelessPlayer

I pretty much agree with what you are saying.

-Thanks for the advice!

If you only use your video card for gaming then dont discount ATI, they are offering great cards at the moment. Also in my opinion its pretty crazy to buy a NVIDIA card until we see what Fermi really can do via reliable benchmarks.

Daytona_178

If you only use your video card for gaming then dont discount ATI, they are offering great cards at the moment. Also in my opinion its pretty crazy to buy a NVIDIA card until we see what Fermi really can do via reliable benchmarks.

Daytona_178

this right here is all the advice i can give. so far weve seen very little and joke data regarding the fermi architectures real capabilities. tbh the way it looks now im calling the 470 a pointless buy for minor improvements over the already OP 5850 and the 480 an overpriced upgrade to a 5870. the 460 imho will be either below or above the 5830 but by how much im not at liberty to say.