I am thinking to buy a Asus 7700, but then I heard the news that Geforce 3 is coming out soon I start to panic,
how much better is geforce 3? if I buy geforce 2 now will it support full-feature of new game such as doom3?

I know the geforce 3 is going to be quite a bit better, from what I have heard, but the geforce2 line will still do you good for a while. Oh, by the way, the Geforce 3 is going to cost about $600. That might change your mind about wanting to get one right away. In any case, you would be good for quite a while with a Geforce2 GTS or Ultra.

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I believe John Carmak has been quoted as saying that the GF2 is the minimum needed to run Doom 3....

Plus, the GF2 32mb can be had for around 170 bucks if you look hard. That's a far cry from 600...and I expect that within a month of it's PC launch, the GF3 will be around 500 or so.

Hey if you can afford the $600 or so starting price, I say go for it, it's supposed to be MUCH different and better than the GF2, so much that it probably shouldnt be called teh GF3. I'll get one when I can, but for now, my GF2 will just have to last me.

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The Geforce3, besides being really overpriced would be a big mistake at least for a couple of months. The Geforce3 is supposed to be able to handle games written specifically with DirectX8a in mind. These games aren't even out yet and so if you look at the current gaming benchmarks like Q3 and MDK2, the Geforce3 is only a little better than the GF2 Ultra.

I would go for the Asus card you wanted or a lower priced one by Inno3D (www.ocie.com) they have a GTS on sale for $154. I'm upgrading now and I'm gonna get a GTS and wait a while for the Geforce3 MX since I'm a gamer and not a professional graphics designer (I also don't have piles of money to throw around, either).

Yeah, I think we can mostly agree that waiting for a while after release will be a good idea.. (though it would be SOO tempting.. wouldn't it? )

Ryan