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Is your recommendation of a 290/GTX970 over the GTX 980 based solely on performance per dollar or does the performance advantage of a 780/980 compared to a 770/970 drop off severely at 2560 x 1600. I only upgrade every 3 years or so.

It seems that a good number of you are less than enthusiastic about the anticipated performance of the GTX980 in comparison to the GTX780/780ti. But how significant of an improvement will it be for some one currently running an AMD 7870 (pre GHz edition). I'm still thinking I'm better off...

A week ago I was holding off for IB, then my i5 760 up and died, so I went with the 2500K. Come to think of it I believe I bought the i5 760 just a few months before SB was released. Timing has never been my strong point. I don't think that either choice, waiting for IB, or just picking up a SB...

Running single 7970 at 2560 x 1600 in Skyrim, ultra settings, and seeing 60 fps avg

Wouldn't a dual core i3 with hyper threading show the same number of threads as a quad core i5 (no hyperthreading). Wouldn't both show 4 threads? I'm not on a Win PC just now so I can't check.