yeah so i just built my pc, a few month ago, i was thinking this is pretty sweet you know good stuff and all that, but recently i can't help but keep wanting WAY better stuff, i dunno mabey its because in a game like oblivion if i turn the anti-alising to 4x, and turn up the setting a little, it starts to get some jitters, or on dawn of war if i max shnite out kinda i get more of the same, that and i bought a new case a month after buying mine, and i have two 7600 gt's and i was thinkin about it and why didn't i get a 7900 with 512 memory and a 80mm, (yes), fan for a little more. I dunno i was just wondering if i'm the only person to buy PC components and not really do a whole lot of research or buy stuff just below the standard of massively sweet.
*Raises hand* I did the same thing when building my computer a while ago, I made a big mistake by not properly researching all factors needed when building a new pc. Just around the time I built my A8V Deluxe with AMD Athlon 64 4000+ and a 6800GT AGP, PCI-E came out altogether with SLI motherboards. I would've done a little bit more research I could be running an SLI setup at this very moment. Now it would be a waste of time to invest another large sum of dough into a faster system since Windows Vista and DirectX 10 systems could come running around the corner in the near future.... That doesn't mean I don't look for parts that could still upgrade my system, I secretly do.... except common sense keeps me from actually buying them. So no, you're not the only one with this issue.........
well i was like sweet PCI-e and SLI good i'm all about it but them i was like yeah i don't need really sweet stuff just kinda sweet stuff and come to find out i really should have bought the better hardware, even if i had to wait to save a little more money, anyways let this be a lesson to anyone who is buidling a machine, get the best hardware you can there no point not to, because really your not saving any money
I wouldn't agree on getting the best hardware. Who would buy an FX with dual 7900GTX cards for a ridiculous amount of money and then have it depreciate by 60% in a year? Theres no point, the trick is to finding a balance between price and performance and hit the sweet spot. No matter what you do you're going to end up with obsolete hardware, so may as well save a bit of money. Then again, don't go for an inferior product when there is very little price difference. Its all about compromise. I bought a Geforce 5900 a few years ago, it was an excellent deal, a good £80 cheaper than equivelent models and got it for £140. Still don't regret it because it was a good deal and for many months it was still worth the money.
I've never had bleeding edge tech. My most advanced rig is over a year old, but if gaming becomes a problem, I'm set with PCIe and if I'm really ballsy, I can mod my DFI NF4 Ultra-D to enable SLI. Right now, the 6600GT does what I want. I can play Quake 4 comfortably, and everything else in my games collection works fine. The key is being set in a position where you do have some options for a few years. I'm not going to upgrade every time I get my tax refund check anymore. I'd do it if I could, but I want to start investing some of my money so that I can retire in 50 years instead of working until I keel over. I'm still interested in new technology, but I've experienced quite a bit, and don't have to try out everything. I'm sure 7900GTX SLI is nice, but to be honest, if I can play at 1024x768, I'm happy.
*Cough* - I ordered a mobo kit from Savastore - I didn't even know what the motherboard was until it came, just knew it had an athlon 64 3000, 512mb ram, AGP (another mistake), LAN etc. Only just bought a new graphics card and I wish it was slightly better.
