Who's waiting for the GT300?

[Carfax]

Anyone here going to wait for the GT300, or are you going to buy the HD 5870 instead? Or maybe even both like I plan on doing, if the HD 5870 is reasonably priced?

I'm sure the GT300 is going to be faster than the HD 5870, but by how much, is anyone's guess.. I just hope it comes out before Christmas.

With the release of the HD 4800 series, I found a new respect for ATI that I never had before, which made me buy one of their cards for the first time ever! (I still have my HD 4870 1GB). They are a worthy competitor to Nvidia, and I hope it stays that way..

But I've always had a strong preference for Nvidia, and I doubt I'll ever change as long as Nvidia keeps making big, fast, single core chips..

Heck, I'm still seeing general performance increases on my GTX 285 from driver updates, almost 1.5 years after the release of the GT200 series

Try the 191xx drivers, they rock

[rjkoneill]

i think i will see how it pans out

should get to play with a 5870 tomorrow

but i think i am going to get my monies worth out of my 4890s before i upgrade

im hoping for the 8800GTX MKII

[bigKr33]

I'm waiting for now, but if I don't hear any info in the next month or so I may change my mind.

[Asylum1]

Its best to wait it out for a while and see how they perform before you jump into buying 1.

[Redsand426]

I'll wait for the benchmarks and pricing before I decide between gt300 and hd5800

[bigKr33]

Yeah I know, but at that level of performance its not gonna be a rediculious difference in frames. I plan on getting the successor of the gtx295 if I go the nvidia route. Its been so long since my last build that the last rig I had was 939 based, 7800gtx FTW! I haven't pc gamed since mid 06, oh wait let me reframe that... crysis demo

[Mr. K6]

I already sold my GTX295 and am getting a 5870. I don't see the GT300 being much faster (if at all), and it will probably use more power. If I'm wrong, I can still sell the 5870 and pick up the GT300 at little loss .

[Nintendork]

Waiting for HD5670 (if it consume less than my HD4770). Nvidia had it hard this time.

[Wiggy McShades]

I'm loving my gtx260's so ill be waiting for what ever the highest end gt300 is and then get a second when ever there is a price cut.

[Romir]

I sold my 285 OCX's and picked up two 8800 GTX's for $150 so I think I can hold out for a bit.

[elpibe10]

Buying both for my 2 gaming rigs

[Chumbucket843]

I already sold my GTX295 and am getting a 5870. I don't see the GT300 being much faster (if at all), and it will probably use more power. If I'm wrong, I can still sell the 5870 and pick up the GT300 at little loss .

nvidia cards are more efficient.

I'm loving my gtx260's so ill be waiting for what ever the highest end gt300 is and then get a second when ever there is a price cut.

i will probably get a gtx 360 too.

[Jowy Atreides]

I want both for the sake of it.

Maybe set up the weaker one in a pcsx2/dolphin emulator station under my tv with a 360 wireless pc dogle for me and my bro to play some modern warfare 2 on.

I love pc gaming <3

[labs23]

I can wait for GT300 til Q1 2010, more choices for a DX11 card would be better.

[ottoyu34]

I would love to see how the performance of each , then I will do a final verdict.

as I always aim for money well spent, rather than wasted.

[apt403]

My allegience pretty much goes to whoever offers the best performance for the price, but part of that performance has to do with folding, so unless F@H or ATI gets on a client that offers some kind of decent PPD for the amount of potential ATI cards have, my dollar goes to Nvidia.

And I like the color green more than red...

[Computurd]

I am waiting for larabee...

[cegras]

nvidia cards are more efficient.


i will probably get a gtx 360 too.

No they aren't. What did you base your efficiency conclusions on? FPS per mm^2 or FPS per power? Because on both metrics, they lose if you normalize by price.

[grishenko45]

I've just got a GTX285 and I'm messing around trying to find a max stable OC! I'm defo gonna hold out for at least another year! I've just built a new rig 1 month ago - I knew there was gonna be the GT300's and 58xx series but I wasn't bothered as I wanted a GTX285! It's still gonna be good to see the benchmark results!!! Can't wait!

[RPGWiZaRD]

No options for "none"? I'm gonna wait for the refresh of either of those series, I can't afford and neither do I have a need for upgrading when every new series arrive. I prefer getting the 2nd wave of the new gen series most of the time, as price/performance and overclocking etc is usually a bit better. Paid only 170 EUR for a lightly used GTX 260 in april and it serves me more than well at the low res I'm gaming at. ^^

Will GT300 even arrive this year is the question though, I think maybe a few cards will at pimped up prices but stock picks up in January. If you're really in a need of a new card I don't see why you should skip HD 58xx series though because the price/performance/power consumption ratio is amazingly good for today's cards. These will be wonderful cards no doubt. Especially the HD 5850 looks to have some really nice performance/price ratio if $199 is what it's targeted at as it beats GTX 285 easily and 285 costs like 329 - $359.

If I'd be forced to have a guess I'd say GT300 won't offer that much of a significant peformance advantage over 58xx series for it to be worth the huge extra cost because HD 58xx looks to be that successful. We'd need another 79xx series -> 8xxx series boost from nvidia for it to really be worth it IMO.

[Tat3]

I'm waiting for it, but going to wait for reviews and perhaps second gen cards before upgrading. It all depends how well my 2*GTX285's can run upcoming games.

[moiraesfate]

Everything depends on price, and how well it runs.

[TMWH]

yeah, price and how it runs vs the 5870x2

[zalbard]

Haha, check poll results, more ATI users on Nvidia forums it seems.

[perkam]

Haha, check poll results, more ATI users on Nvidia forums it seems.

Not quite.

A lot GT 200 owners who want a quick upgrade will be going GTX 2xx -> HD 5xxx -> GT300

Most people who buy new hardware every 6 months or so.

Perkam