Quote from: 420session on September 10, 2012, 04:54:58 PM

I wouldn't invest in any GPU mining hardware unless they can pay themselves off in about 3 months.

Even if they are delayed, ASICs are coming. The cheapest is the BFL Jalapeno which should provide approx 3.5 GH/s on a fraction of the electricity a GPU uses. Combine that with the reward-halving that will occur in December and I don't see how you can pay off new GPU hardware as difficulty skyrockets, unless you have access to free electricity.

I'm in pretty much the same boat having just gotten interested in bitcoins. For now I pre-ordered a Jalapeno and decided to just mine what I can using my gaming rig (~280 MH/s) until ASICs are released and more info is available.

Yes, they are. And if BFL delivers on time we're looking at 7 weeks max before the network power is drastically raised.
I don't think there's any GPU hardware available that pays off in 3 months in the best case (IE barely any difficulty hikes.) What boggles my mind is all these posts from people "just looking into mining" who haven't looked at the difficulty charts. We've had HUGE increases in difficulty every single adjustment period for a while now. Even without adding ASICs into the mix, it's unlikely new purchased GPUs will pay off unless the price goes up drastically. If you're counting on the price going up drastically - just buy bitcoins. Make a profit instead of breaking even.