Black Friday Question

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Sorry, impossible question from a fickle consumer, but:

There's a post in [H]ot Deals about Radeons (including the 4870 and 4870 X2) on sale at Best Buy for something like 25% off. I've been throwing together and finalizing a list of parts for a tentative system, but as I didn't need it built right now, I was going to wait till Black Friday to capitalize on all the discounts and hopefully save a bundle.

My question, for the experienced Black Friday components buyers: Do you think this is a good enough deal to justify biting now? I know it's asking someone to predict the future, but does post-Thanksgiving usually see 25% drops in price? Coupled with the possible MSRP cuts the cards might see anyway over the two months?

Any insight would be appreciated.

Also, I would've replied in the thread on [H]ot Deals, but I don't meet the post count requirement yet. Sorry!
 
I'd go for the 4870x2 (lowest price by about $100), but I've seen deals on the 4870 and 4850 that were nearly the same.
 
it may or may not be that price then. i'm int eh same boat, not enough funds till then :(
 
OK, I've decided to bite on the deal. Now I'm agonizing over the card to choose.

I'm going to be gaming at 1600x1200 or 1680x1050 (native on my 22" monitor.) For the foreseeable future, I won't be getting a bigger monitor. Just bought this one.

So between an HD4850, HD4870 and HD4870X2, which one should I go with? All are kind of within my budget, but I would obviously like to save as much as possible. At that resolution, am I going to see orders of magnitude of improvement with a 4870 over a 4850, or a 4870 X2?

Thanks in advance!
 
Personally, I'd go 4870 even at that resolution just to have a bit more power. I don't see the X2 being worth it though unless you want to run the maximum amount of AA and AF along with maximum details.
 
personally, i'd save some money over the 4870x2 and go with the single core 4870, but i'd get one with 1GB of VRAM to handle the higher resolution better, even if it means spending more elsewhere than Best Buy
 
Ended up not biting. Best Buy threw in tax and shipping that totaled $22. I can't get in-store pickup anywhere nearby, they're all out of stock. So I figure I'll wait two months and take my chances. As it stands, Newegg has an MIR (I know, I know), free shipping, and no tax which add up to a price equal to Best Buy's.
 
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