re: My son wants this graphics card,does he really need it.

I haven't said anything too far off base. In my experience, you get what you pay for with AMD, and just coming off of a console generation with a 10 year life span, there still isn't a whole lot out there that the 580 doesn't suite well. Ryse was the first game I played where I felt like I really needed to upgrade. By all means don't buy the card now (if you could even find it), but I'm just saying I feel like I got my money's worth.