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With the 9 Series slowly coming out according to Wikipedia this will happen by the end of March, begining of April. My Birthday is also then to, i am planning to get the 8800GT but unsure weather to wait. If i waited i am only willing to wait 2 weeks after my birthday which would be half way throgh April, would this have any effect on the price of the 8800 GT or just a few pounds.

Thanks

[Gazmondo]

Buying an 8800GT now wouldn't be a mistake, but it would also be intriguing to see what effect the new 9 series cards have on price of current 8xxx cards, and whether they will live up to the performance demand.

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It would also be interesting to know weather thay support DX 10.1 and Shader Model 4.1 like the new ATI 38XX.

[Carbon]

Well, right now I'd look at a 9600GT instead, possibly a 3850 or 3870 because the prices on those have gone down. Extremely similar card, lot cheaper.

With that said, I doubt there's going to be a "killer buy" like there was with the 8800GT this generation. You're most likely going to see expensive high-end cards. If there's a good 8800GTS-like card in the 9 series coming out, you might wanna look into that because that was a pretty decent deal last gen. But I guess we have to wait for benchmarks to see.

I'd wait if your budget is a little flexible.

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No apparently its a strict £240, well for now anyway....