Radeon HD 3850 now or wait for...

[Glent]

Well having been a Nvidia fan boy for quite some time it feels odd to ask :mrgreen:
but this card

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+3000+Series/Sapphire+ATi+Radeon+HD+3850+256MB+PCI-E+?productId=29418

has some awesom reviews, it's well above an 8600 series but below the 8800. Is it worth waiting for the 9xxx geforce series and picking up a 8800 card which i asume should drop in price pretty quickly. Or is this a the one to go for? I'm aware the 3870 series is better but im working around a £100 budget. I play lots of fps Crysis (shudders) ut3 etc.



Opinions
and here's a link to bench's

http://www.bootdaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=955&Itemid=56

[cleggypdc]

I'd expect a drop in price, but from 250 to 100, i really doubt it. If you play a lot of FPS I'd really say save your money for a while and buy a very decent card :D. Stick with nvidia and you'll never go blind

[nft99]

8800GS? £117

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/XFX+GeForce+8800GS+Alpha+Dog+384MB+PCI-E+?productId=30290