Is now a bad time to upgrade?

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Ermandfa

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I have been reading around the internet the last couple weeks and everyone is saying that a new generation of AMD videocards on 20nm are going to be released in October making the 7xx series obsolete. I have also read that because of the ps4, graphics cards will start being made with a minimum 5gb of VRAM to keep up with the ps4's 8gb of gddr5.

So I am wondering if I should go ahead and dump 1000 dollars into a new build now, or should I wait until the ps4 is released and the new Hawaii AMD cards are released?
 
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coozie7
Even with the release of the 9xxx cards it's take a couple of months for prices and supply to realign, so don't expect any sudden price drops shortly after their release, we're only now seeing significant discounting on the Nvidia 6xx series for example and AMD seem to be discounting the 7xxx series already, possibly to clear space for the 9xxx cards later.
And remember this young Jedi: There will ALWAYS be something better/faster/cheaper tomorrow.
Go for the upgrade.
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Here is what i was thinking of upgrading to.

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1AdSD
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1AdSD/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1AdSD/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.79 @ DirectCanada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Canada Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($55.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($0.00)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($409.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 750W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($0.00)
Total: $875.75
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-05 09:16 EDT-0400)

I'm coming from a pretty old setup btw. Currently I have a E8400 Wolfdale 3.0 ghz cpu and a 9800gtx+
 
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Even with the release of the 9xxx cards it's take a couple of months for prices and supply to realign, so don't expect any sudden price drops shortly after their release, we're only now seeing significant discounting on the Nvidia 6xx series for example and AMD seem to be discounting the 7xxx series already, possibly to clear space for the 9xxx cards later.
And remember this young Jedi: There will ALWAYS be something better/faster/cheaper tomorrow.
Go for the upgrade.
 
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