These arguments are pointless. If you are willing to spend the money right now, fine. Enjoy it while others wait.
If you are willing wait, good for you too! You will save some bucks while getting the most out of your current video card.
But yeah, in general, the video card prices have gone up considerably. My first 3d card was Voodoo2 that I bought for $200 just to play FFVII on PC. However, the consumers AMD/nVidia target are the gamers who places premium in the visuals. Game developers meanwhile want to standout amongst all other developers by providing exceptionally good looking games. Put those together and you have super short cycles (8800 series being an exception this past year) and video card = the part of PC to depreciate the quickest/become obsolete.
If you are willing wait, good for you too! You will save some bucks while getting the most out of your current video card.
But yeah, in general, the video card prices have gone up considerably. My first 3d card was Voodoo2 that I bought for $200 just to play FFVII on PC. However, the consumers AMD/nVidia target are the gamers who places premium in the visuals. Game developers meanwhile want to standout amongst all other developers by providing exceptionally good looking games. Put those together and you have super short cycles (8800 series being an exception this past year) and video card = the part of PC to depreciate the quickest/become obsolete.