Getting GPU, stepping up in February Might as well buy a EVGA 8800GTS?

So I'm buying a new rig right now, and I'll be definitely stepping up to the (potential) 9800 come February.

So the 9800 will be pretty much guaranteed to be more expensive than the 8800GTS 512 MB is right now, right? So I might as well get a EVGA G92 8800GTS despite the (initial) marginal benchmark improvements over the 8800GT and the +70 USD sales price, AND I get a free Crysis game out of it because doesn't really matter how much money my 8800GTS is going to cost, (approx. 360 bucks from Newegg) because in the end, I'm still going to pay the same amount of money when I step up, right?

I'm sorry if this could be spamming, but I'm giving myself a reality check if this is the correct/smart/not stupid thing to do right at this moment. Like, I just want someone else to go through the logic that I'm using so I don't buy the card and realize it afterwards that I forgot some really simple contradiction or issue that I somehow overlooked?

Get a GT since it IS cheaper and performs concordantly, and Step-Up when:

1: prices drop for the GTS
2: 9800's come out and you really want one of those instead

Just my 2c

That is excellent reasoning, as far as it goes. The gamble is that Nvidia will have a better card out by February, and that it will not be so much more expensive that you can't afford it. As for myself, I'd get the new 8800 GTS 512 right now anyway if I was shopping for a card. From the early reviews that I've read, it seems to run quieter, cooler, and give slightly better performance than the 8800 GT 512. Further, since it runs cooler, it can be overclocked easier if you want to do that.