Building a new system soon

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Torn

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So I'll be building a new gaming system soon and am not planning on going DX10 (or Vista right away) and can absolutely not afford a high end 8800 series card. For the money, what card would you say is the best? I wont be building until about October, so I doubt the new nVidias will be out by then, ATI I haven't been keeping up with lately. Any recommendations with justification appreciated.
 
a new 8800GTS 320 can be had for $260 after rebates. are you positive you cannot afford that? i believe the consensus is to go last gen if you cannot afford an 8800.
 
I might be able to squeese that out. I just feel like I'm missing out with a 320MB I guess. It is a different speed of RAM though, is it not? So an 8800 with 320MB will still destroy say...a 7950 with 512MB?
 
320MB will be fine

If you can't afford that, get a x1950 then until you can get more money for the next gen
 
if you wait it out for rebates or look hard enough you can get a great deal on ebay. for example someone was selling a brand new asus 8800 gts320 and since the model number was something lik en8800gts it didn't show up in most searches and it got it for 210$.

good luck

tom
 
As I said, this wont be until October, so I'm hoping for a price drop by then...or at least a good sale.
 
if you're waiting until october, by then there will be a lot of rumor buzz around nvidia's G92, so i would wait until that is released. whatever it is, it will be at least a better value than any of the 8800s out right now, if not actually superior in performance. i on the other hand, am going to be buying within the next few weeks, so i'm torn, if you will, as to what to do.
 
dont buy just because you cannot wait! If you order soon because you really want to get the system you will be mad that you didnt wait the extra couple of weeks to get the better deal!
I speak from experience.:(
 
^^^
I know what you mean, but thats the thing with computer.
If you want to wait for the next gen then you will be waiting forever, and if you buy then it will be outdated the next day.

Lovely hobby though.
 
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