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top spec cards always have high prices, I don't see what the shock is about :confused:

personally, I tend to aim for the £130-200 range cards
 
Plus release prices are always high to start, simply because some people will pay through the nose to get the latest tech. After a few months the prices will settle to a more reasonable level.
 
see i told u, u wink on a forum it will cause an armagedon! well i didnt say that but...ye il stop now.
 
I don't see £320 as a bad price - I paid £340 for my X800XT-PE, £360 for my 8800GTX and almost as much for my 9800XT.

The thing that's clouding the issue for me is do I buy two 5870's and xfire them like I did with my 4870's or do I wait for the 5870x2? I know the x2 will work out cheaper but can I wait a month? Plus, two cards look awesome when they are both put in my watercooling loop (again - two blocks to buy instead of one for the x2 - although the x2 block is usually a lot more expensive. Hmm, what to do, what to do).

Anyhow - nothing is getting ordered until the Corsair TX850 psu comes back in stock :-(
 
Anoraks and Fanboys please calm down (myslef included) - buy in January and save £££££'s - what's a few months wait for a big saving?.

(aside) Will 95% of you really see any benefit in gameplay over what you have now or do you want to show you're e-peens and play benchmarks? :)
 
gjc10212 said:
Anoraks and Fanboys please calm down (myslef included) - buy in January and save £££££'s - what's a few months wait for a big saving?.
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If that was aimed at me, I'm on a large display and require a performance card with good multimonitor support for my multiple displays. Oh and the fact I'm running on an X1900XT..
 
gjc10212 said:
Anoraks and Fanboys please calm down (myslef included) - buy in January and save £££££'s - what's a few months wait for a big saving?.

(aside) Will 95% of you really see any benefit in gameplay over what you have now or do you want to show you're e-peens and play benchmarks? :)
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Eh! someone of us(me) have held off buying a gaming rig for 2 MONTHS solely just to get a system with one of these in, to then find out you will be price out on both cards is how do i say it..............a LET DOWN:(
 
i was using an Nvidia 7900GT when the 4870/260 etc cards came out and i waited quite a while before purchasing. luckily for me it came with Sapphires new cooler on and @ £140 too.

if these new cards are expensive i'll just wait a few months longer. got xmas and birthday coming up so it might pay for me to wait
 
nutter said:
Eh! someone of us(me) have held off buying a gaming rig for 2 MONTHS solely just to get a system with one of these in, to then find out you will be price out on both cards is how do i say it..............a LET DOWN:(
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You mean you expected cheap prices from release???
Prices will always be high when new tech is released. It's the same all round.
 
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