Future Upgrade - DX10, AM2 & DDR2

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Tanatz

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Last June I built the system shown in my sig and at the time I was wondering if I had made the right choice upgrading when I did. Seeing as how all these major changes in technology are up and coming, I figure I chose well considering what I built one year ago will need upgrading by the time the three technologies become mainstream.

My question is simple - when is DX 10 due out, roughly?

AM2 is out I understand, as is DDR2 (though not exactly mainstream, yet). My goal is to time my next upgrade to coincide with the 2nd generation of each of these items' release. i.e. I'm not an early adopter, when I can start looking into purchasing a DX10 card, new mobo and video card without buying top of the line stuff and spending a forture?
 
tys90 said:
My wild guess of the day: Q2/07
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I've done a search and couldn't find anything, sorry if it's been stated before or if it's widely known that it's not known :p

So, you're saying...could be whenever.
 
Sometime next year would be my best guess to upgrade.
 
I would say Q2 07 is a good guess... BTW DDR2 is a little more mainstream then you think. Intel has been using it for sometime now...
 
Tanatz said:
I've done a search and couldn't find anything, sorry if it's been stated before or if it's widely known that it's not known :p

So, you're saying...could be whenever.
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Yeah, I think it's safe to say you won't see DX10 in 06. Maybe someone will surprise us and get a high-end card out in early 07, but no affordable options til Q2. That's the train of thought on my guess.
 
You are really looking at things in the wrong way. Your upgrade really shouldn't be one event. It is a continual process. There will always be upcoming changes in technology. You probably (I don't know what your machine was) made a good decision. If you chose something like a 939 AMD platform, then your upgrade path is pretty easy. Find a dual core Opteron and go with that. In terms of DX10, who really cares? You'll be able to turn off whatever bandwidth hogging crappy gui MS comes out with so why be worried about it?
 
general said:
You are really looking at things in the wrong way. Your upgrade really shouldn't be one event. It is a continual process. There will always be upcoming changes in technology. You probably (I don't know what your machine was) made a good decision. If you chose something like a 939 AMD platform, then your upgrade path is pretty easy. Find a dual core Opteron and go with that. In terms of DX10, who really cares? You'll be able to turn off whatever bandwidth hogging crappy gui MS comes out with so why be worried about it?
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I was thinking of getting an Opteron at some point down the road, but I wouldn't be able to use that in an AM2 mobo, correct? And with a new AM2 mobo should come new DDR2 RAM, and so on.
 
Yeah well an Opteron gives you an upgrade path that is easy and gives you good bang for buck RIGHT NOW. You won't need to spend money on a very expensive new AM2 motherboard and very expensive ram. You just sell your 939 processor and buy a dual core one. Then, in several months, when you can buy reasonably priced AM2 motherboards and the kinks have all been worked out and the price of DDR2 comes down then you can migrate to that platform. There really is no need to go to it right now.
 
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