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frankhuzzah
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So I'm looking to upgrade my my ailing x1800 GTO so I can really take advantage of some of the newer games (most notably Bioshock and The Witcher) but also to prepare for new games this year (Fallout 3 
). I was planning on getting an 8800 GT, but, as everyone knows, stupidly high prices on cards that aren't even in stock have made it pretty difficult to buy one. Then I was just going to pay the premium for a EVGA card and utilize their step up program to get something out of the 9x00 series. Now I've got the opportunity to get an EVGA G92 8800GTS for a little over $300 which includes Crysis. This solution seems to make the most sense to me. I do want to game at 1600x1200 so I think the extra for the GTS will be worth it.
From all I've read, it seems like the 9x00 series is only going to be an incremental upgrade, so is there any reason to wait? Along the same lines is DirectX 10.1, everything I've read indicates it is small upgrade and not worth basing a decision over. So I'm just kind of stuck. I haven't even seen if there is going to be a replacement card to the 8800GTS.
Basically, is there any reason to believe that there is going to be a new card at the $250-300 range that will noticeably outperform the 8800GTS?
). I was planning on getting an 8800 GT, but, as everyone knows, stupidly high prices on cards that aren't even in stock have made it pretty difficult to buy one. Then I was just going to pay the premium for a EVGA card and utilize their step up program to get something out of the 9x00 series. Now I've got the opportunity to get an EVGA G92 8800GTS for a little over $300 which includes Crysis. This solution seems to make the most sense to me. I do want to game at 1600x1200 so I think the extra for the GTS will be worth it.From all I've read, it seems like the 9x00 series is only going to be an incremental upgrade, so is there any reason to wait? Along the same lines is DirectX 10.1, everything I've read indicates it is small upgrade and not worth basing a decision over. So I'm just kind of stuck. I haven't even seen if there is going to be a replacement card to the 8800GTS.
Basically, is there any reason to believe that there is going to be a new card at the $250-300 range that will noticeably outperform the 8800GTS?