Well the cheaper of the Nvidia cards is supposedly going to be $200 more than the HD5850. I'd only wait if you really need something more powerful(which means your monitors resolution is 2560x1600 basically)
I would wait because even though the Nvidia GPU's are supposed to be much more expensive, I think we might see a drop in ATI prices around the launch time, or shortly after. You may end up with a 5850 still, but if you aren't desperate to have it now it might save you money/get you a better card.
Think I "might" be able to wait a little while longer myself - though it is So tempting to bust some of that cash outa my bank account to splurge on the nearest 5870 now to upgrade my aging 8800GT!!!
Am struggling to save various games till I get one... real soon
I'd wait since we're already this close to the "release date"(I'll start to believe it when I start to see reviews) worst case scenario the price will be the same and you'll have more choices, and since the 5xxx have been out for so long wouldn't surprise me to see a price cut just to make Nvidia's life difficult.
I am thinking the biggest thing to drive down the current 58XX prices is the March(?) release of the 6 displayport Eyefinity models with 2GB RAM
I don't think the Eyefinity version or 2gb models will cause the regular 1gb versions to lower in price, most likely they will be released and end up getting a huge price premium so there wont be any reason to lower the regular versions.
Yes, but i like to do a lot of research before i do anything. I want to know exactly what i can expect from it, especially considering i will be OC'ing it.
does anyone know what the smallest in size (length) ati 5870 as i may be able to push and get one of those instead but i am pushed for space inside my case and also will 550w be enought for a 5870 ?