I GOT 500 bucks to spend on a video card

[Darkstar757]

What should I buy and should I wait?


Cheers,
Darkstar

 

[ryanv12]

A G70. Later this month.

Well, do you have an AGP or PCI-Express motherboard?

 

[Darkstar757]

I have a will have a pci-express mobo

so i should wait for the G70


ewww do you have any reviews on it?

 

[cirrhosis]

It's expected to be out in the 4th week of June. Good luck finding one in retail. Sites like Pricewatch.com are your friend.

 

[Cheesetogo]

It has not been officially released yet, so there are no reviews. Nvidia lauches it on the 21st (gamespot)

 

[ryanv12]

No reviews yet, but it's still going to be the fastest GPU you can buy for $500 at this point in time. It looks like ATI's new cards are going to lag behind the G70.

So yeah, since you have PCI-express, G70 it is. I think it's worth this short wait if you're looking to get top of the line.

 

[MDE]

Or save some cash and get a 6800GT or X800XL.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

apparantly G70's will be available in quantity on the release day. a forum i read that is tied to the site www.overclockers.co.uk has info on it. the guy who runs/ owns/ works for? overclockers "Gibbo" has said that they'll have plenty instock from vendors such as XFX, BFG and Leadtek

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: MDE
Or save some cash and get a 6800GT or X800XL.

:thumbsup:

 

[dfloyd]

Definatly at least wait and compare G70s cost and performance. It may not be worth picking up but with your price range I am pretty sure it will probably be the best you can have for a while. And if you pick it up when it first comes out it will definatly be the most future proof card you could purchase at that moment.

 

[RussianSensation]

wait until G70 is released...and go from there.

 

[Corporate Thug]

another wait for next gen vote

 

[imported_Kensai]

G70 or R520, whichever happens to be better when they're actually in our hands.