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 Member 697 Level 11.22 Mar 2006 
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Video Purchase Comparison: Middle of the Road vs Latest and Greatest
So it's that dreadful day coming up. Your PC is feeling a bit aged and tired. It's slow, and bothersome to run many things that you want to anymore. Your gaming performance is not what it used to be and you want to build a new machine.
So now you come to the point of selecting a new video card. Do you buy the latest and greatest spending anywhere from $400 to $1000 as it has been in the past, or do you decide to go with middle-of-the-road and spend around $150 to $200? Which do you feel has given your best worth? What does your video card purchase history look like? Personally, I've had a little heuristic in the past. I've always tried to not spend over $200 for a video card. As prices of them have been increasing I've allowed some more breathing room for that heurisitc for as high as $250. I've found this works out quite well usually and have really spread out my purchases pretty good. When I notice my performance isn't what I want it to be, then I look for my next card. My video card purchase history is the following: Monster 3D 2 ATi All-In-Wonder 128 32MB AGP Kyro 2 nVidia Geforce 4 Ti4400 nVidia Geforce 6600GT AGP - my current card. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Member 697 Level 11.22 Mar 2006
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I'm not really looking for a specific answer on a particular card for my setup. I'm just curious of how people handle their video purchases in general. Do they buy the best everytime or do they see that as a waste? Maybe buying the best could be a good investment, maybe it might not be.
In my particular case, when I'm ready to upgrade (which won't be for a while still), I'll get a new motherboard, cpu, memory, hard drive, and video card... simply because my forms are starting to see the end of their life (regular ATA, AGP, DDR1, etc). Most amazing jew boots |
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