lookin to build a new system but...

FOX

im wondering if its worth it to wait about another 6 months to see if the quad core technology comes down... any thoughts? im runnin a amd 64 bit 4000+ so its not wicked old but when a few new games come out ill need soemthing different. my main thing is that i need a new graphics card but im running agp so i might as well upgrade everything.

so, should i wait till summer-ish or do it around xmas time?

BeerCheeze · Posted: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:54:29 Post Subject:

Hard to say.... I'm looking into the X-mas time frame right now. But that's also driven by wanted to get the kids "new" systems (our old ones in new cases and we get the new ones Grin

).

It doesn't matter how long you wait, something better will ALWAYS be just a few months off.

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:25:26 Post Subject:

FOX · Posted: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:28:32 Post Subject:

i know new stuff is always comin out but think its worth it to wait 6 months or do it in a couple lol

KwonTchii · Rated PG Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 11 Location: Germany

So... on this topic, I also want to build a new system, but I was hoping to wait for the next gen DX10 cards to come out.

However, I read an article yesterday that said the new batch of NVIDIA cards will not outperform the current 8800 series. Any of you guys have something better to say about it?

mrweasel · Posted: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:50:56 Post Subject:

q6600 @ $275-ish and 8800 GTS/640MB @ $325-ish sound pretty good to me.

'course I just picked up a 6750 cause I'm a cheap bastard

kimchiman · Rated R Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 60 Location: New Jersey

the 8800 gt is supposed to outperform the 8800 gts

mrweasel · Posted: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:57:19 Post Subject:

supposed to....and at a lower price, but with no real benches, we'll have to wait a few weeks.

FOX · Posted: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:09:54 Post Subject:

i think im holding off now for sx10 personally ...might as well since everything is going to be using it coming up

kimchiman · Rated R Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 60 Location: New Jersey

Intel already had higher speed chips ready to go. The motherboard makers are the ones who want them to slow down release. There's the old 1066 fsb, the new 1333 fsb, and the upcoming 1600+ fsb. Sometimes you get lucky and a bios release will update your motherboard, but not always.

Then there is the choice of cheap ddr2 ram, or expensive ddr3 ram. My own suggestion is wait until you can;t wait any longer. Best time to buy a whole system is right after NVIDIA releases a new Enthusiast graphics card to replease the 8800gtx.

When that happens, buy the latest and greatest everything.