Video Card upgrade in late October/November -- best deal?

[WhipperSnapper]

I've started to contemplate upgrades that I want to make for the November release of Unreal Tournament 3. My current video card is a Connect3D x800 GTO that I purchased for $137 shipped back in November of 2005 (unlocked to 16 pipes and overclocked to x800xt speeds).

Consequently, I'm probably going to need a new video card if I want to play Unreal Tournament 3 at a decent FPS at 1024 x 768. From what I can tell, it looks like the current best values are:

ATI x1950 Pro (around $145 shipped)

ATI x1950 XT (around $175 shipped)

nVidia 8800 GTS (around $275 shipped)

Would it make more sense to get one of the few x1950 XT's that I've been able to find before the disappear, or should I wait and hope for a 8800 GTS price drop?

 

[SickBeast]

There probably won't be a price drop, but there might be new cards from Nvidia in November (8900 series) for the same price as the current 8800s.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

I'm going to wait until the G92 release to consider buying a video card. Like you, I was strongly considering an X1950XT. In the end I decided the performance gain wouldn't be quite worth it - I only upgrade when my games are really running slow on the lowest settings I can bear (15 FPS in Battlefield 2 at medium/low settings on my old 2100+ XP and 9600).

 

[tuteja1986]

Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper
I've started to contemplate upgrades that I want to make for the November release of Unreal Tournament 3. My current video card is a Connect3D x800 GTO that I purchased for $137 shipped back in November of 2005 (unlocked to 16 pipes and overclocked to x800xt speeds).

Consequently, I'm probably going to need a new video card if I want to play Unreal Tournament 3 at a decent FPS at 1024 x 768. From what I can tell, it looks like the current best values are:

ATI x1950 Pro (around $145 shipped)

ATI x1950 XT (around $175 shipped)

nVidia 8800 GTS (around $275 shipped)

Would it make more sense to get one of the few x1950 XT's that I've been able to find before the disappear, or should I wait and hope for a 8800 GTS price drop?

Well according to mark reign he said people could play UT2007 in high 1920x1200 or 1600x1200 with a x1900 or 7900. Epic games are very scalable. They make sure it runs on lowest end machine.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

True, Epic's generally pretty good about that. I just wonder how UT3 would run on an x800xt.

 

[BernardP]

According to rumors and info seen on Fudzilla.com and TheInquirer.net some time ago (yes, yes, I know...):

By the time October/November is here, there will probably be a new NVidia upper-midrange card (think 8800GS or 8900GS) that will slot in the gaping hole above the 8600GTS and below the 8800GTS 320. Also, we can expect a respin of the 8600 series on 65mm process with higher clocks.