What graphics card are you gonna buy?

What graphics card are you using/going to be using?

im waiting for nvidia gt 300

Deciding atm, 5850 is the golden middle, two of them even better

I'm sticking with my current systems.... GTX260 single and SLI. I haven't seen anything to bring it to it's knees for one. Secondly, the 5850 is does give major upgrades to some of my games but what I look at is minimum FPS which is where your games are going to suffer. Nothing great here. And as much as I'd like to get a 5850 or............ 5870, I can't see paying $380 for a card at all. Perhaps I've been spoiled by the low priced performers, which I doubt we'll see any time again soon, but if you're running "yesterdays" higher end stuff upgrading this time next year MIGHT be an option.
I'm also in no hurry to upgrade to Windows7 or DX11. Not needed and not fully taken advantage of yet. And let's face it, how many of the handful of DX11 games that will "soon" be released are any of us going to play because we don't like them ?
And how's about this. It'll be here before we know it. Vista's just getting interesting anf we have Windows7, now we're being enticed by Windows8....DX12

Windows 8:

"AN EMPLOYEE has accidentally leaked details of Microsoft’s next operating system via his Linkedin profile.
Robert Morgan, a senior member of the Microsoft Research team for the last seven years, posted the details on his profile at Linkedin, a popular social networking site for business professionals.
He describes himself as: “Working in high security department for research and development involving strategic planning for medium and long-term projects. Research & Development projects including 128bit architecture compatibility with the Windows 8 kernel and Windows 9 project plan.”
If correct the new operating system will be a major jump for Microsoft, which is producing a 32bit version of Windows 7 as well as a 64bit one. The jump to 128bit suggests Microsoft is banking on machines using much faster processors and a buoyant hardware refresh cycle.
Steve Ballmer has confirmed that the company is working on a client operating system to follow Windows 7 but details were not released. The earliest expected date would be 2012 he said.
Also revealing is the planning of Windows 9, something no-one at Microsoft has confirmed before."

the most of them waiting for nvidia release...interesting

i'm just going to buy another 4870 1GB for crossfire which should be plenty

I'll buy an ATI card like a Radeon 4670 for my brothers computer so we can play coop because it's cheap and it'll get the job done. But when I want top notch quality I'll choose Nvidia over ATI anyday. So yeah, I think I'll wait and see what Nvidia has. Maybe they'll come out with an amazing DX11 card that will dominate the market... or not.

It's gonna be really hard not to buy a 5850 or a 5870 during the holiday season I think for me, even though I just got my 4890 three weeks ago. Who knows, if NVidia finally releases it's new lineup and they are truly competitive I may end up with one of their cards!

I hope everyone here claiming they dont need more dont change their minds later on, or saying that 380$ is too much, cause things like that come back to bite ya on the rear, as new cards are always being released, and so too new games.
Current games, if modded, will bring down alot of the cards mentioned here, but, if youre not into modding, it wont matter I guess, but it is a nice option.
Alot of people have already bought their 5xxx series cards, with more to come, since theres really nothing else new out now, and once the 57xx cards come, therell even be more choices made.

Therell be 3 very soon, and yes, there is BF also, so....and as for old games? You can use higher settings.
I hear that crap all the time "theres no games out yet", but if the G300 came out tommorrow, would it matter then? Answer that first, then we'll talk

So, the G300 is going to sell for 400$? Thats good news

just to ask you something will you buy gt 300 for 400$?

I'm very pleased that the 58xxs are doing well sales wise and performance wise for AMD/ATI. I have two 4870 cards that do very well for me. The partictular situation determines if two 4870s or a 4870x2 provide more performance. From what I have seen in the reviews one 5870 and a 4870x2 are very close in benchmarks. So, as I say for the moment I'm good to go.

You never answered my question: If the G300 came out tomorrow, would having DX11 games matter then?
I'll answer your question. IF the G300 uses its new arch in spectacular ways both gpgpu and gfx, and IF the G300 actually can make its huge make up work and scale accordingly, then heck yes.
I have my doubts tho, as its using alot of those arch improvements for gpgpu usage, which doesnt transfer over to regular gfx at all in most cases from what Ive seen so far, and thats just the way it is.
So, buying a G300 to me at this point, looks to be a waste of silicon in part, as alot of its functionality, even tho it may be really great at gpgpu usage, I currently have no use for.
Also, its going to be huge, and I have even greater doubts about a 400$ price, and would be quite surprised if this were the price of this card from the get go, regardless of performance, and even moreso, if its a really 5xxx series killer.
Understand John_, I have no qualms buying whats the better scenario here, as long as the G300 really surprises, I'll be recommending it, and for gpgpu usage, for sure, without a doubt

mw 2 is made on the same engine like mw1 so system requirements will be pretty similar, so gtx 260 will be more than enough...

hmmm... I thought my scrawny GTS250 was Awesome...

You, my friend, are a graphics whore.

I just got the 5850 for my new rig....so not like I have a choice to wait for an upgrade.

No, because double the power of GTX 295 is about 110% of hd 5870!

I said close to double 5870...so about 60% faster than a gtx295.


AMD's new card is WEAK! 20-30% faster than a gtx 285... FAIL

I say double the 285 and a bit more and your close to Nvidia's next top single GPU....thats my guess.

20% tops, if everything works out alright, if not, the same, or edges it out.
I think the G300 has all the potential to beat the 5870, but having potential, and making it all come to pass are 2 differing things.