when should i upgrade

[The Slayer_UK]

Ok im in a bit of a pickkle im going to build a sandybridge E just after xmas probly the 1st week of january to hopfully get better deals and i want a GTX 580 either

Asus GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II 1536MB

or this if i can strech my budget

EVGA GeForce GTX 580 3072MB

but do i get one when i get everything else (1st week of january) or do i wait untill the new ATI/AMD cards come out and see if the GTX580 drops in price but i currently have no other card i could play games on as my current card is a 8800GTS which will not play current games on decent settings and i want to keep with Nvidia

so my 1st question is which card would you go for out of the 2 i have said or would you recomend a diffrent 580? would the asus have enough vram i will be buying a new monitor 24" 1080p 120hrz 3d (may not play 3d games initialy and would not be a major thing i will be doing but would like to try it out at some point)

and when should i upgrade?

your help and advice would be much apperciated

thanks

 

[Nocky24]

I'd probably revise the situation when you actually want to build it and decide then.

Either way, I'd be very tempted to wait for the 79xx series (whenever that might be).

 

[Karateyid]

Alleged launches for 79xx series is 22nd of dec (limited numbers) with main launch 9th jan...

 

[The Slayer_UK]

Alleged launches for 79xx series is 22nd of dec (limited numbers) with main launch 9th jan...

so do you think the prices of the GTX580s will come down in price a bit or do you think they will stay the same?

 

[Cleeecooo]

so do you think the prices of the GTX580s will come down in price a bit or do you think they will stay the same?

depends completely on the pricing of the 79XX cards