When/what to buy?

[h41cyon]

I'm in the market for a video card that I plan on selling in a few months. The goal is to loose as little money as possible through this transaction.

I would like to try and find something in the 75-200 dollar range, (i know its a large range, but again, I'm not going for all out performance, just something that'll retain it's value for 3 months.

Should I buy something now? With the G84/G86 and R600 coming out in March, how do you think that'll effect the prices on the other video cards?

 

[MrSuge]

microcenter has the 7900gs @ 159.99
you can pick up or get it delievered
it also has a $20 rebate making the final price $139.99 + tax/shipping

 

[h41cyon]

I was looking at getting a 7900gs, but with the 8600 coming out next month for almost same price. Don't you think that the price of the 7900gs will just plunge due to the fact that the 8600 will be so much faster?

 

[Russell]

There is nothing that will retain even close to its value over the new few months. The nVidia 8600 series will soon be released with a rumoured pricepoint of $179 for the 8600 Ultra (and that's only the ultra). If this is indeed true, why would anybody want to buy anything but those?

I say keep whatever you have now and sit on it until then.

 

[Stupac]

Any sell your card on ebay about 1-2 weeks before they are released.

 

[Phoenix426]

If you can swing $300/$350, get an 8800GTS 320mb or 640mb card. Since they are 8800 series, they won't go down in value that much and wil probably re-sell $250-$300 pretty easy.
I was thinking of doing something like this too.
Either way, buying a 7900 or 8800, you're looking at a $50+ loss on the re-sale end.