OT: New PC!

Fyron · #1 December 18th, 2005, 04:32 PM

It is generally a bad idea to buy top of the line video cards... Always buying top of the line cards will cost more mony in the long run. While it is true that the card will last longer than the last generation (or two) of top of the line, it will cost more than twice as much and will not last anywhere near twice as long before feeling "dated." Buying a new second or third generation card a few years down the line when the 2nd/3rd gen card you buy today starts feeling dated will still have you spending less money overall (even taking inflation into account) than the initial purchase of the top of the line card today... Top of the line models fall drastically in price after a rather short period, largely because they start out highly inflated in price.

The same holds true for CPUs, and pretty much all other computer parts...

AgentZero · #2 December 18th, 2005, 06:48 PM

Good point, Fyron, which is why I'm thinking of waiting for February to buy my graphics cards, since that's when the next-gen nVidia's are supposed to be out. And seeing as I'm giving serious consideration to a pair of 7800s, I think the savings of waiting a couple months would be well worth it.