OT: New PC!

Renegade 13 · #1 February 22nd, 2006, 01:50 PM

And soon the next generation of cards will be out from Nvidia, and their cards will wipe the floor with the current ATI...etc etc ad nausem. The cycle will continue, with the prices for top cards from both companies absurdly high, continually one-upping each other...

If you actually want the best performance vs. price ratio, go for the generation behind the latest generation. Perfectly good performance for a hell of a lot less cost. To be honest...who actually needs that much graphical power? I run a 6600GT and it'll handle anything I throw at it. It'll be a long time before I have to upgrade, and when I do it won't be horribly expensive like it would be if I went top of the line.

My advice would be to not bother with the latest graphics card and go with something a little more reasonably priced, yet with perfectly good performance.

But that's just me, and I'm a little stingy.

Thermodyne · #2 February 22nd, 2006, 02:04 PM

Wait a week or two and when the 7900's hit the shelves, buy a pair of 7800's after the price falls.

AgentZero · #3 February 22nd, 2006, 06:16 PM

If only things worked like that over here. The ATI 1900 series came out a month or so over here, and the prices of other cards hasn't gone down yet. In fact, they've gone up. I think the only place where I'll be spending an less money is on the RAM, if I can find somewhere over here selling Crucial PC3200, since I've no real need whatsoever for PC4000, having no intention of doing any overclocking on this system.

NullAshton · #4 February 22nd, 2006, 07:21 PM

Even better, buy quadruple 7800's.

Thermodyne · #5 February 23rd, 2006, 07:58 PM

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Renegade 13 said:
And soon the next generation of cards will be out from Nvidia, and their cards will wipe the floor with the current ATI...etc etc ad nausem. The cycle will continue, with the prices for top cards from both companies absurdly high, continually one-upping each other...

If you actually want the best performance vs. price ratio, go for the generation behind the latest generation. Perfectly good performance for a hell of a lot less cost. To be honest...who actually needs that much graphical power? I run a 6600GT and it'll handle anything I throw at it. It'll be a long time before I have to upgrade, and when I do it won't be horribly expensive like it would be if I went top of the line.

My advice would be to not bother with the latest graphics card and go with something a little more reasonably priced, yet with perfectly good performance.

But that's just me, and I'm a little stingy.

With that ASUS board, you don�t need to know how to over-clock. It has a little app that let�s you oc from the desk top.

AgentZero · #6 April 15th, 2006, 07:01 AM

Thought I'd just resurect this thread on account of me heading back to Canada, the new machine will likely be bought over there. So, can any fellow Canucks recommend a good Canadian website for me to buy all my bits & pieces from?

Captain Kwok · #7 April 15th, 2006, 11:04 AM

This website is generally considered the best:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca