Timeline for Graphics Cards?

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Burke888

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Does anyone know when the next wave of graphics cards are likely to hit the market? I'm a newcomer to PC gaming, and wanted to know if I should wait off on upgrading my 8800GTX or go ahead and make the dive right now.

I realize that no one knows the date when the next wave of cards will be released, but I was wondering if we might see them before Christmas? Or will it be into next year before we see the new cards?

Appreciate the information!
-Burke
 
I don't think we will be seeing a new generation anytime soon (after all, the GTX 2xx and 48xx series aren't that old), but I believe the GTX 2xx series will be getting a refresh soon (Q1 09 perhaps?)
 
The rest of 2008 will just be the different itirations of the GTX2 and 48 series'. Q1 2009 might see what you consider then next wave of potentially DX11 feature-set cards
 
I'm guesstimating we'll see DX11 cards by summer or late spring of '09. Don't think ATI is planning to release any more 4k-series of cards except the 4850X2. It wouldn't surprise me if Nvidia releases about 10 different versions of the GTX200-series before then, e.g GTX250GT, GTX260 Core 168, GTX270, GTX270+ etc :p
 
new generations average about 18 months or so

so that makes it 2010

Until then, you will see refresh/updates of current cards
 
DX11 will come out some time in 2009. While the GTX200 series are much more advanced and faster than the 9800 series, there are not truly a new generation of cards - the feature set remains virtually unchanged from the 9800 and even 8800 series. Same with the 4800 series from ATI - compared to the 3800 series the cards have the same features etc,, just more horsepower.

The last "new generation" of cards came with the launch of the original G80 / Geforce 8800 series two years ago. They were the first DX10 cards.
 
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