Wait 6 months?

[weyland yutani]

My xbox 360 is looking very tired these days and I'm thinking of buying my first proper gaming pc. I'm not very knowladgeable so have been reading these forums a lot this past week trying to get up to speed.

With around £200 to spend it seems a single GTX480 or HD6950 would be a good purchase, with the option to xfire/sli in the future too.

Despite itching to get a new machine, the games I really want to play won't be out for 6 months or so (F1 2011, BF3 etc). I'd really like to play these at full resoulution with high settings. Is it worth waiting a while and could I potentially get a GTX570 or HD6970 for less? Im no sure about flashing a 6950 to 70 because I have no experience of overclocking or making BIOS changes.

Thanks.

edit: noob error sorry. I thought I was in the GPU forum. Can a mod move it there?

 

[weyland yutani]

My current one is less but I do intend to buy a 1920*1080 monitor.

 

[weyland yutani]

The card would go with an entirely new build. The spec isn't finalised but more or less the following:

Windows 7
i5 sandybridge OC to 4.6Ghz
Asus P67 Mobo
Corsair A50 cpu cooler
Corsair 4GB RAM 16000Mhz
WD 1TB HDD
Corsair 650 or 750w PSU
HAF 912 case

Is a single GTX570 worth getting if prices come down over thge next few months?

Thanks.

 

[weyland yutani]

Thanks for your input, much appreciated.

Yeah I hear what you're saying mate and that's pretty much how it would go I think it's a fear I have of spending the £££ then worrying it will be obselete when I get up the next day lol Surely my spec wouldn't have any problems with BF3 or the like would it?

I have to say the idea of the 570 being cooler and less power hungry is appealing because I want to avoid watercooling or buying a massive PSU.

 

[weyland yutani]

I'm tempted to go with the 6950. Not wanting to upset nvidia users but is it true that Crossfire tends to be more stable than SLI?

Can anyone recommend a specific 6950 model? Thanks again.

 

[weyland yutani]

How much do graphics cards depreciate in their first year? Hmmm . . . think I'l hold out untill September and see what's on offer then.