Time to Upgrade My Rig, Suggestions?

[zarx]

smbu2000 said:

zarx said:

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With the rumours of the GTX670 being close to the performance of the 580 (probably higher in games but lacking in compute like the 680) and use a lot less power and also be cheaper ($399 has been hovering arround for the 670 http://videocardz.com/32476/geforce-gtx-660-ti-and-gtx-670-specification-leaked) it should push prices down further. It will likely be a better buy than a 580, I mean a quick check on newegg shows that 580s still go for $400+ so 670 could be a much better buy. 

Worth waiting for a couple weeks or so anyway

In his case it's probably worth waiting to see how they stack up against the gtx 580, performance and price wise. The gtx 580 is a solid choice though as it was the performance king last gen. and it still holds up pretty well against the 680. As long as you can get it for a good price.

As for me, I think I just got a really great deal on my cards. (Taking into account the weak US$) I paid about $370 for each card(tax included). These cards just debuted in January for about $620 each. They aren't vanilla 580 cards; they have a custom designed pcb, nice custom cooling solution, as well as a pretty nice factory OC. For vanilla cards I might have held out, but these are nice. I'm also selling my old cards which takes care of the cost of one 580, so not bad. 

I've seen that the standard price of the 680 in the US is $499 (not including tax) which is nice, but the prices in Japan for it that I've seen range in the $700-$800 area (tax included). I'm guessing that the 670 would take up the old gtx 580 pricepoint(~$600) as the 680 has taken up a higher pricepoint. 

yea that is a good price for 580s you got, still out of my price range tho lol