GTX 570 safe purchase or should I wait?

[cmldexter]

Hello everyone, I currently own a nice setup that currently has a GTX 260 core 216, it runs most games fine except for now that I have BF3 and I have to lower detail in order to get the game to run smoothly. I finally came with the opportunity to buy a new graphics card. I have a 470$ budget. I was currently looking a the GTX 570 or even throw in a few more bucks and get a GTX 580. The thing is that I am a bit scared about buying this graphics card because i read online that they are going to release the GTX 6XX very soon.

Should I buy or should I wait?

 

[amuffin]

Wait.

 

[cmldexter]

Do you know anything about prices what is actually going to come out next month?

 

[Warmacblu]

I'm not a big fan of waiting and with that budget I would pick up a GTX 570 and a SSD.

 

[cmldexter]

because people keep saying GTX 680, but that is probably going to be way out of my budget and I actually wanted to buy an SSD too with those 470 bucks what do you recommend? I calculated right now on amazon an intel ssd 80gb 320 series and the gtx 570 and it came up as 485 bucks, so I really dont know what to do.

 

[cmldexter]

im just saying, that if they are going to come out with just a "Flagship" card, as AMD and nVidia usually do, it will be like 6 more months until they release a High-End Mid grade GPU

 

[Warmacblu]

If you are really this torn about it then wait another month or so till nVIDIA releases their GPU. If it's out of your budget then purchase a GTX 570 + SSD or a GTX 580 without a SSD.

I was just stating what I would do and others are going to say what they would do, but ultimately it's up to you. A GTX 570 is a great card and will be potent for a few more years. Add another one in a year or so and your golden.

 

[cmldexter]

any other suggestions

 

[michaeld_83]

I am in exactly the same situation. I have a GTX 260 but want a new PC so it is a 570 or wait. Even if we wait until they come out would it then not be prudent again to wait until the best version of the 670 has been discovered/released?

 

[cmldexter]

i think we should wait at least until the end of February to wait until the new architecture comes out.

 

[Warmacblu]

If you do wait and purchase, early adoptions can have it's pitfalls. When new cards are released, I like to wait at least a few months for some nice third party selections to hit the shelves.