My Dilema - Needs Upgrade Advice

[WhiteZero]

Ok... so I've been playing the waiting game for a few months... and now I'm getting really antsy to build a new rig. I've been holding off and holding off, waiting for new technology to roll around, mostly so I can build a rig that is upgradeable... but its becomming more and more apparent that that idea isnt very feasable..

Basically I was going to wait for a decent X38 mother board so I can have PCIe 2.0. Now from what I can tell, no current video card, even the 8800GT, really makes use of PCIe.20 bandwidth. And so now I'm starting to think that if I bother to wait for an upgradeable motherboard, I don't want to spend an arm and a leg for DD3 and no decently mobo has support for both DDR3 and DDR2.

So really, I'm starting to think I shouldent bother waiting because in 2 or 3 years when I upgrade again, I'll need a new mobo for DDR3 anyway when it's more affordable. So I could spend like $900 on a respectable rig now, instead of waiting till early next year to spend $1600 on a more upgradable rig that I may not even wind up making full use of.

Opinions?

 

[leSLIe]

I´d say, go for it now!

there will always be something new right around the corner, that´s the way it is, u could wait until quantum computers are available and just then upgrade .
Time to go shopping !

 

[WhiteZero]

Also, does anyone think that the new gen of video cards comming out, what we'd assume to be next year, will actually use PCIe 2.0 bandwidth or can we still get away with regular PCIe?

 

[Q-BZ]

I´d say, go for it now!

there will always be something new right around the corner, that´s the way it is, u could wait until quantum computers are available and just then upgrade .
Time to go shopping !

The OP of this thread and I are basically in the same boat.

I think you're right, btw.

 

[leSLIe]

Also, does anyone think that the new gen of video cards comming out, what we'd assume to be next year, will actually use PCIe 2.0 bandwidth or can we still get away with regular PCIe?

those new vid cards won´t get near the PCIe v2.0 bandwidth limit

 

[WhiteZero]

those new vid cards won´t get near the PCIe v2.0 bandwidth limit

Well, what I mean to ask is, will the new cards really need PCIe 2 or will they run equally as well on early PCIe? I'm sure no one has a for-sure answer, but still.