Whats next?

[jonneymendoza]

Hi. im planning on upgrading my WHOLE rig around jan/feb with a i7, 3gb tri channel and all the other bells and whisles that makes a pc but i have one question.

whats happening in the gpu world? is their going to be a new gpu card such has 360,380 nvidia's?

5870 ATI cards coming out soon? or refreshes of the current crop coming out between now and 1st QTR of 2009?

Shall i just get a 4850 and then save my pennies and expect the next gen of gpu cards to hit a year from now?

 

[GonzoP]

Terrific questions that most can only guess at.If anything is certain its that the current260/280 and 4870 4870x2 cards will be quite a bit cheaper when your Jan Feb time window opens. If you can wait you'll likely save yourself a hundred bucks or so depending which card you select

 

[lowteckh]

google rv870.

 

[ImperfectLink]

I think the next major AMD/Ati release is scheduled to come with DX11.

 

[toddw]

LOL, I was just thinking of starting the same thread. Looking for 280 SLI on one card with 25% less power draw than a single card.
Or, of course, 100% greater performance at 200% more juice sucking. Whichever.