Quote Originally Posted by Ace123 View Post
For non oem, 8000 series is skipped over for the 9000 series.
So if that D970 spec is true, then I'm guessing my best bet would probably to just get a black friday deal on either a 7870 or 7970 then? I don't see any reason to shell out a ton of money for a card that will offer a marginal upgrade.

I miss the days of the super price war... I got what was basically a semi high end card at the time for only $150 shipped at launch, and you could get a gtx 9800+ for nearly $100 soon after that. These days it seems it'll cost you $300 for a decent upgrade. You know that according to anantech's gpu comparison, a 4870 can keep up with a 7770? Rediculous that we have had such pathetic improvement in the midrange