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Upgrading for BF3, should I wait?

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Hi guys. So I came across this the other day: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102951&Tpk=hd 6950

Basically can't really get a better deal for a sub-300$ card (that I know of). The thing includes the 6970 bios switch (is this on all the 6950's?) and a copy of deus-ex.

So my question is, do you think there will be any significant drop in price of the 6900 series ATI cards or GTX 570 before the end of October? I know the 7000 series ATI cards aren't supposed to come out until Q1 2012, and I will need to upgrade my 4870 for quality BF3 play. So I figure if I'm not going to see any significant price drops in the next couple months this deal is something I might as well jump on now.
 
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" do you think there will be any significant drop in price of the 6900 series ATI cards or GTX 570 before the end of October?"

Yes there will be ,I would wait.
 
kuyaglen said:
BF3 is months away...get a card then.
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I'd agree with this - i'm currently running a GTX280 - it plays BC2 and BlackOps well @ 1920X1200

I do my upgrades in stages due to budget, Just got my i5 system setup, 16GB ram, next on the black is a 27" LCD for ~300 and then finally right before BF3 hits, I'll be looking at spending about 300 on a graphics card.

Would love to stay with nVidia but if ATI has their 7000 series rocking by that time I'll go with them, if not I'll probably wind up with a 570GTX

Unless you are super worried about the supply of 6000 series cards now (bit coin miners taking them up left and right) I'd just sit and wait for 2 months. Prices can only fall and you will have more information as release nears.
 
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