Kepler Nvidia GeForce GTX 780

[kgk]

Why, everything seems to be indicating what is launching is not the high end kepler part so if max performance is what you are after the 7970 will probably still be the best option available until later in the year when high end kepler should be launching.

However depending on how the first launching keplers perform you may loose a little resale value but thats all subjective to the buying market at the moment since 7970 will most probably still offer the fastest avg performance and still be able to command a high price.

Hopefully we'll see a number of price shifts when Kepler debuts so buying 7970 at MSRP right now seems a waste for most people unless you're doing benching, bitcoin mining or prefer AMD's Eyefinity.

I mean for the average user/gamer (yes I realize this is XS), unless you're really hurting for a GPU upgrade, why not wait a month to see what pops up from NVidia before plopping down over $600. The price changes alone would probably be worth it. And by then you'll hopefully start seeing more non-reference 7970's if you're really a die hard AMD fan. For someone who runs 2560x1600, the 7970 gets a whopping 8.5 more average fps in Metro and 5.7 more average fps in BF3 at high resolution/detail level compared to a card that's well over a year old. I mean if 7970 and Kepler are supposed to be grouped together in "next gen", I see no incentive to jump in until we can see performance/price comparisons to Kepler. I'm not saying that as a "Zomgz AMD sux0rs, NVidia rulez", I'm saying it because with no competition yet in the "next gen", the 7970 can sit there and AMD can charge whatever they see fit.

I generally prefer to stick with the fastest single GPU card of a current "gen" once both companies have presented their product (barring any obscene pricing). Sometimes that's been ATI, sometimes that's been NVidia. Loyalty to a GPU manufacturer (or any consumer electronics company) is for rubes and shut-ins.