regardless of 7800 vs 8800, the next-gen launch will also come with USB4 built into at least the higher-end chipsets, and that's worth waiting for if you are an

regardless of 7800 vs 8800, the next-gen launch will also come with USB4 built into at least the higher-end chipsets, and that's worth waiting for if you are an enthusiast who cares about expansion. that's why I think there's no race on even buying a system now with a placeholder 7800X3D... motherboards should be significantly better next year too (albeit I'm sure more expensive too). it may make sense to jump on RAM this year though, because most forecasts have RAM prices increasing 50-100% over the course of this year (and they are already up by 10-20% from the bottom) due to large cuts in production and a large rebound in demand. It's gonna be 2017 all over again.