Help on buying a new graphics card

[L1ght]

Hi, my graphics card just died on me and I need some help buying a new one. I game a bit and watch a lot of blu rays and use a dell 2407WFP 1920x1200. My current rig is:

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) -
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB GDDR5
Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600LLK)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply
LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache
Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1366)

I've got around £150-£200 to spend, and need to order asap as my rig has been dead for about a week now. Any advice would be really appreciated. Cheers!

 

[cmndr_andi]

If you need it immediately, this is the card to get imho. Alternatively the XFX version is £10 more.

 

[easyrider]

Juts wait a few more days for the new cards and see hwat happens with pricing.

 

[L1ght]

Would next week be better to order then? Thanks for the quick responses guys.

 

[cmndr_andi]

If you can wait - I would as you will most likely save money (new cards come out on the 15th).

Also, if you did order right now then most likely you would still only get your card on Tuesday, and if you waited for the launch on the 15th your card will most likely be with you on Thursday. This means you will be without a graphics card for only two more additional days and you have a good chance at saving some money and a small possibility of a better card coming into your price range.

 

[L1ght]

Sweet I'll play the waiting game then, thanks for the advice. I'd probably want to go with the new gen of graphics cards anyway if I'm buying a new card.

 

[vorticalspace]

Would next week be better to order then? Thanks for the quick responses guys.

Hi
Where are you based.
I am sure some kind forum soul in your area would loan you a card.

we've all generally got a few golden oldies gathering dust

If I were buying now, would def wait until 15th

 

[L1ght]

haha I'm in Cambridge, but its ok I'm living off my brothers computer when hes not around for the moment, its going to be hard but I can wait. I just hate seeing my rig on the floor dead everyday....sucks!

 

[powelly]

go for the 5870 at the price bang for buck is awsome