9800gt, is it worth upgrading?

[soysuperbien]

Hi,

I currently have a intel e8400 and 4gbram on a gigabyte GA-EP43-S3L. my current gpu is a 9800gt 512mb, i was thinging of upgrading to a gtx260, i have seen an ASUS 216 core version for £120 on ebuyer. do you think its worth upgrading now or hanging on for a dx11 card or saving more and getting a better 200seires card?

Thanks

[Badbonji]

Depends if you plan on playing DX11 games. Surely they will support DX10 and probably 9 as well though. The DX11 cards will probably come in at a higher price premium, but from what I have seen ATi's line up is quite well priced. Coming out next week supposedly, I would wait and see what happens, either buy a DX11 card after or the price of the older cards will drop.

[qq]

It would be better for you to post your whole system specification including power supply so we can give you better suggestions.

[soysuperbien]

I have a E8400 oc to 3.6, 4gb of corsair xsm2 6400,gigabyte mobo GA-EP43-S3L, WD caviar blue 640gb hdd, with a Antec Basiq Plus 550W psu in a antec 300 case. OS Windows xp 64bit, will be 7 when its released. hope this helps! Thanks again

[qq]

Seems to me you have a good power supply and don't need replacement for newer cards. Your 3.6ghz should not bottleneck most video cards unless you run SLI. I would agree with Badbonji and wait for Radeon 5870/5850 to come out first before you purchase anything.

[soysuperbien]

il hang on then, like you say i might be able to get a better deal when the new radeons are out, then i will wait for my next big upgrade for the dx11 card. thanks guys