upgrade from 8800GTX to 5850 now?

[Doanh]

Hi all,

need some opinions.
Should I upgrade to the 5850 now or wait on Nvidia's offerings?
Talking of which when will Nividia offerings be out?

Hoping for a sub £200 graphics upgrade.

Thanks.

[shaithis]

Would be a nice upgrade and nthe 5850s are around £200 (although you will probalby have to pre-order)

[Doanh]

heard somewhere they would be available Monday?
Can't seem to google any decent info on the release of Nvidia's 300 release, anyone got details?

Been awhile since I last bought hardware and the 8800 just doesn't have the muscle for Fallout 3 at 1900x1200(native of monitor).

5850 is coming across as very very tempting right now.

[shaithis]

No ETA on the new nvidia parts that I am aware of, I expect them to be a while yet....

If your happy paying £200 for thr 5850, then go for it. The other option of course, is leave it a week and see whats available second-hand.....I am sure a lot of Hexites will be getting 5800 parts and passing on their GTX200 and HD4800 parts in the classifieds.