Video card advice

[TemjinGold]

Step-up is a program exclusive to EVGA where you can pay the difference to swap for a better card within 90 days. We have not had much innovation in the past couple of years but we're expecting a massive bump coming in a couple of months. That won't be in time for Xmas but if your husband felt one card wasn't enough, he could pay the difference in a couple of months and get the new thing.

At 1080p, 2 cards seems like a big waste. I would get a nice single card solution and then if that isn't enough for him, let him Step-Up when they release the new stuff early next year.

 

[bryanW1995]

Yes, that is excellent advice. To expand on that, I'd say that you should wait at least until black friday, and possibly even up until dec 10-15 if you go with EVGA b/c it's entirely possible that we'll see Nvidia's next gen in late februrary-early march timeframe. Step up can be a bit of a hassle, but he already has an evga motherboard so he definitely knows what it is.

If your husband is like most of us, I would recommend taht you grab a gtx 570 and when you give it to him mention something like "I bought in on Dec 13 b/c I wanted to be able to take advantage of the step-up program in case gtx 670 comes out before march 13". He will be so surprised/shocked/awed that you should get several months' worth of honey-do's with nary a frown!