Extremely Hard GPU Choice

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simon741

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Right now I am pretty torn between two different options.
1.7600gt and stick with my current POS psu that came with my case (480w 18A)
2.x1900gt and a new psu.<this will run me about $60 more than the first.
The reason for this is because I don't know how long dx9 is still going to last before dx10 is completely going to take over. I know that this will be my last upgrade on this computer before I sell it. I am not a AVID hardcore gamer, but I want to finish up FEAR, Quake 4, STALKER, Test Drive Unlimited, and play my usual CS and GTR2. I could use the saved money and buy a camera that I've wanted. Its really pissing me off because my 6600gt just died and I was thinking about getting about $50 for it to lower the price down, but I guess not. I also just missed the FREE Ultra 600w PSU that I really needed. F***. Any thoughts or suggestions?
 
if you mean the powmax , you are lucky you have missed it.

secondly you can get another 6600GT for like 32$ from new egg.

so you won't have to buy another upgrade.


and trust me if that is your last upgrade before selling the pc , wasting money on that Vga is a joke, games will still be here tomorow , and guess what they are getting better.


my point is , get a 6600GT and your camera.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143084
 
Questions:

1. What's your budget?
2. How long do you want the system to last?

Obviously the answer to 1 will affect how much you can do about 2.

Even games like Crysis that will support DX10 will also run on DX9 hardware for a while. Most Vista systems sold to date don't even have DX10 hardware.

My suggestion, if you were getting okay performance from 6600 with what you were doing and are on a low budget is to get the best card your current PSU can handle, and then wait.

In the computer hardware game, waiting is the best thing to do. If you can save a few bucks, by the end of the year, there will be a whole new generation of CPU's from both AMD and Intel and new GPU's no doubt from AMD/ATI and nVidia that are going to be incrediable, driving down prices and current stuff.

That's my game plan. I made probably my last upgrade to the sig rig, getting an 8800 Ultra and put a separate Vista drive in it to last me till end of the year, Q1 2008 when I build my next geek rig.

Hope this helps!
 
Thanks for the replies guys, but I don't see how getting a gpu update would be a waste of money. The new gpus and cpus wont be out till like mid summer of after right? MY game plan was to update the gpu to tide me over and then when dx10 and the vista flaws are all settled etc. I was going to build a DX10 Conroe rig. So you are saying to stick with a 6600gt?
 
if you want a camera and you are used to your old 6600GT that fried.

get another one , and get the cam.


the next gen is coming soon so save your money to get something better.
 
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