Buy 7970 now or wait for next gen?

[reehay]

my ol' AMD 6950 is starting to produce artifacts.. its playable but getting annoying in some games. So I'm about to buy a 7970 (ghz edition), but should I wait to invest that 425$ into a next gen card? Anyone know when theyre due to hit shelves?

Also, if i were to just get the 7970.. anyone have a manufactorer preference? i was leaning to Gigabyte.

thanks

 

[DjDafiDak]

get a 7970 ghz edition, its probably gonna be at least 3 more months till they hit the shelves.

and yea sure gigabyte is good

 

[venur]

if your willing a next gen GPU why not going for a gtx 780 if you can,t wait for the next AMD gen ?