So Frustrated with 4890's Availability

Well hello again all,

I jsut recently ordered all my parts for my new pc build and unknown to me the video card that I selected (one of the new OC 4890's from MSI) wont be available untill the 24th of August, which is holding up my whole order. So I had them cancel the video card. Then today I read where the new DX11 cards may be out on Sep 10th.... So was this fate stepping in and saving me from spend $$$ on a card that in less than a month could drop alot in price??? Who knows... But that leaves me with a question for you all.

Currently I have a 8600 GPU that um well blows BUT I was considering waiting untill the new cards come out and the old ones drop in price since it may be a lil sooner than a month away. Or whoudl I just say to heck with it and order now. lol

For some reason this is the 3rd time I have ordered a 4890 to have issues with availability or after order I get a call saying sorry we are out of that certain model. How would you feel about this? Could it be that a 4890 is not ment to be for me and perhaps Nvidia is calling me. (too bad the green dont look good with my red/black theme rofl

Honestly, it depends on the games that you play. If you've been using an 8600 then the jump to a 4890 is very massive. Unless there is some game you're expecting to bring every top video card to its knees as of today, the price/performance of the 4890 is still a great deal.

Two other notes on the 5xxx series release:

- Don't expect massive price drops on the 4xxx series. Why? because they've already been dropping the prices for a while now in preparation for 5xxx. That, and the newly released 5xxx cards will be more expensive initially -- several months (as was the case with the 4xxx series)

- The new 5xxx GPU will debut Sept. 10th, doesn't mean that consumers will be able to ge their hands on the new cards that day. Maybe soon after but i doubt it'll be the day of, so its little longer to wait.

Haha thanks for the replies everyone. I thought it just to be kinda weird how when I try to buy the card I keep getting turned down for one reason or another lol.

Sigh my i7 build will just have to be graphics starved for the time being I guess lol. If it werent for the type of 8600 I have maybe it would be so bad but this thing has turbo caching or some junk like that (shared mem) lol.

As for games though.. I have been attempting to ply COD4 and gmaes like that. Wanted to ply farcry, crysis(but I knew better not too) , starcraft (when it comes available... and the list goes on and on.


Anywho, thx

Consider a GTX275 or 4890 from XFX or EVGA. You will then have the option to apply your purchase price to a new card within 90 days.

Does XFX allow for a trade up? Because that would be great since I just got a 4890 that should arrive on wednesday and I would rather do the 90 day step up type thing if I could than have to debate over returning it or not.

XFX does not have any kind of step up program like evga does. What they do have is their double lifetime warranty. Just an FYI

EVGA has a step up program, but nVidia may not have anything to step up to in 90 days

Get at least a 4850 now, and wait a few months before you're next upgrade. Really, nothing (except Dirt2) will be out with DX11 support, and NVIDIA will eventually have to jump on the DX11 bandwagon, which will drop prices of ATI DX11 cards.

I would wait just a little bit since dx11 cards are right around the corner. Oh ya did i mention rumors are saying the next gen cards are going to be twice as fast then current cards.

i doubt they will be twice as fast unless we are talking " Flagship" cards.....

4670's replacement could be the 4850/4870 ?

its more likely the new mid range would be jus die shrunk curent mid-high end cards

$100 bucks says nvidia pull another naming rehash with least 2 gt300 series

bad time to go out of wifi range

Ya thats what i meant. 9800x2=gtx280. Cant wait for next gen cards, sadly dont have money saved up. =/

Will have to wait till toms and whoever else does them gets their charts up to date(hahahah) or are you speaking solely on specs?