8800's are $500+ now.. what about in 6 months?

*I* can't justify dropping $500 or more for a *video card*.

I also plan to purchase a power gaming PC at year's end, or so, based
on how much time i'll have available when my now 1.5 month old son
turns 6 months and counting. But that's another story altogether! lol

So.. will these cards still be $500+ in 6 months?

And in 6 months, can we expect to see new revisions or even successors
to these cards?

What i'm trying to gather is - is it silly to spend $500 when in 6
months to a year the prices will drop and/or there will be something
"even better" ?

Just trying to get a feel for the video card market and what's
expected in the next year.

"Snugglemonster" wrote in message
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*I* can't justify dropping $500 or more for a *video card*.

I also plan to purchase a power gaming PC at year's end, or so, based
on how much time i'll have available when my now 1.5 month old son
turns 6 months and counting. But that's another story altogether! lol

So.. will these cards still be $500+ in 6 months?


No. Less.

And in 6 months, can we expect to see new revisions or even successors
to these cards?


Yes. Much faster, better, etc.

What i'm trying to gather is - is it silly to spend $500 when in 6
months to a year the prices will drop and/or there will be something
"even better" ?


It is... but that is the way things happen in the computer world. Always a
'faster gun'. Always a better deal. What's a person to do?

Just trying to get a feel for the video card market and what's
expected in the next year.


Buy the top of the line on Tuesday... a better one for cheaper is put on
Friday. That's not going to change. What's a person to do?

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*I* can't justify dropping $500 or more for a *video card*.
And in 6 months, can we expect to see new revisions or even successors
to these cards?

Well, let me share with you my experience. I put together a dream system
with a pretty unlimited budget (for me) about 18 months ago. Antec 180 case,
FX-57, Asus A8N-E, twin 74 Gig Raptors in RAID0, 250Gig SATA, 4 Gig OCZ RAM
and a eVGA 7800GTX OC 256Mb card. The card cost me $500 then. 6 months down
the road, the 7900 series was out, but my card was $75 less. Now they sell
on eBay and other places new now for less than $200 now. I could buy another
and run them in SLI and it would likely be comparable to the 8800 series
except for DX10 compliance. I play Quake4 at 1600x1200 with everything maxed
out without a hitch on just my original card. When I run into a new game I
use that seems actually slow, I'll probably do this.