I've been holding off on getting a new vid card cause I know the new ones are coming out and seeing as how their gonna be relatively better i'm either gonna be getting the new ones if they are cheap enough for me to buy seeing as how my personal budget is roughly $200-$210. I've been keeping my eye on this xfx 8800gt 512mb for $179.99 canadian. Now i'm hoping that the price drops even more once the new cards come out but just now I saw from tigerdirect the same card only its a zalman cooling edition for $169.99. No free game but I can live without it and this one comes with a cooler which appears to be better then the normal one allowing for more comfortable overclocking for even better performance.
XFX GeForce 8800 GT Video Card - Zalman Edition, 512MB DDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV PVT88PYSF4 in Canada at TigerDirect.ca
Now my question if I were to get a card now(i'm itching to get one seeing as how i've been using my integrated 6100 for a month+) I would prob def go for the zalman cooling xfx 8800gt. Should I wait to see if the price drops even more in a week or two when the new cards come out?Also, realistically speaking what are some of your guesses on affordable prices more specifically do you think their will be a card around $200 that will perform better then the 8800gt?
*and on a final rant WHY CANT THE NEW CARDS COME OUT SOONER!!*