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Help With Decision

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glennbo80

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Hi All,

I need to upgrade my rig, but can't do it all at once, so I thought I might get some advice/suggestions:

my current rig is below in the sig.

I'd like to go to P35 mobo/e6750/8800 GTS/DDR2 800

I can do the video card... OR the rest right now.

thoughts on if the new video card would be better in my current system for the time being, or would the current video card be better in the new system?

I'm very excited about some games coming out (Crysis, Hellgate, etc) so you can use that as a meter to what I would be doing.

Thanks for any suggestions!
 
Well its hard to say for sure until we see crysis benchmarks. Demo comes out soon so that will definitely help with your decision. It will also determine if a DX10 card is that much better image wise.

The resale value on your vid card is probably pretty high still. That could free up some capital. If 8800gts is enough power for crysis then i would go video card first and sell your current card before its resale value goes down. You will be gpu limited at high resolutions.

My educated guess is dx10 is better and playing the game in DX9 will not be the same. Video card prices will drop some when/if new nvidia cards come out in nov. C2D prices will not drop much at all since they just did.

There is really no rush because those games dont come out until nov? correct?
 
thanks for the reply, cjm18

I've never resold my older parts, I "hand-me-down" them to my other systems.

You hit a good point though, about video card prices going down, which makes the decision tougher.

-get the cpu side now, since prices shouldn't drop much, and get the video card cheaper later (or the newer ones for the same price) which means playing at lower settings?

-or pay the higher price now for the video card, so I can play games at quality settings?

decisions...
 
Why don't you just wait till the games you want to play actually come out. Hardware always becomes cheaper with time and the release of the new games should cause the prices to drop even more dramatically.

Plus if you buy your hardware now, you won't know if its any good till Nov. anyways. So why pay the higher prices. You've waited this long so why not a few more weeks.

Plus the machine you own is no slouch by todays standards... Its not the best but better then something that needs an update asap.

IMO of course :)
 
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