buy now or wait - 9600gt or radeon 5670

[agawtrip]

buy now or wait this holiday season

i'm currently using integrated graphics nvidia 7050.

im planning to play this holiday season but
i dont know when will the radeon 5670 will come out
my budget is only $80-$90
im not sure if im gonna keep the money till january or february if i wait for 5670.

[stopthekilling77]

In my experience its better to do one of two things:
1. Wait until you've saved enough for a really decent card (9800GT or better)
2. Just buy what you can afford now and don't look back

Either way you'll end up with a much better graphics solution than what you have currently!

[skier]

if your budget is $90 i'd go for a 9800 GT personally, great performance for the price(when i saw the current price of the 9800GT i went )

it all depends if you want to future-proof it, but since you're on integrated graphics, i assume that is not your top priority

[pwcmed]

I agree with stop go with the 9800 GT if you want it now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductL ... rder=PRICE

[agawtrip]

9800gt ended only about the same performance with the 9600gt. only 3-6 frames faster. 9600GT is of course cheaper the cheaper one

http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/15559/6

look closely

[skier]

9800gt ended only about the same performance with the 9600gt. only 3-6 frames faster. 9600GT is of course cheaper the cheaper one
http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/15559/6
look closely

im gonna tell you right now the 9600GT does not come close to the performance of the 9800GT, it prolly doesnt come close to the 9600 GSO either for that matter because it has roughly half the stream processor count of the 9800 GT and 32 less than the GSO

112 SPs vs 64 SPs its a pretty obvious difference across the board, regardless of what that 1yr+ old review states

[agawtrip]

happy new year everyone

thanks for the replies
i decided to wait for the 5670 or 5650
i think passive cooling is very possible on both cards especially to the 5650.

[skier]

if you don't mind the waiting, i can back that decision without a doubt, ATI really has something with the 5xxx cards, my next card is gonna be a 5750