Should I wait or splurg now?

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SuicidalOverclock

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Hello all,

I'am getting some money back from taxs and em wondering if I should wait for a steady stream line of DX10 cards are out or buy a really nice DX9. :confused:
 
It depends on if what you have works for your games.
New DX10 cards will be coming out which will drive the price of the older ones down. Since there are no DX10 games anywayz, unless you dont have a decent video card now, then I would get a 88xx card.
Then there are people like me who run 1280x1024 resolution, so from what I have read, there would be no difference from a $200 card then the $400+ 88xx.
 
At this point, it's 1-2 months till lots of D3D10 parts come out...

I'd wait. 4 months ago, I'd have said to get an 8800xx something, but the R600, and 8600 are JUST around the corner...
 
10 is what id wait for but depends what your running now and how much you care
 
It depends on your gaming experience. Are you satisfied with your current gaming experience with the resolution you like to play? If you are, there is really no reason to buy a DirectX 10 video card. You can wait it out till you actually need one for the game you want to play.

I upgraded to the 8800 GTX becaues I love widescreen gaming. My old videocard weren't pumping out the numbers I would have liked at widescreen resolution. It wasn't for Windows Vista that I upgraded to a DirectX 10 card. It was more for a better gaming enjoyment at widescreen resolution. I am not making the jump to Vista till PCI Express 2.0 and DDR 3 anyways. My current system is keeping me very happy at the moment.
 
It all depends on what your system is now. I recently asked my self the same question and just went for it.

My Sempron 2500, 1.5gb DDR400, 80gb hd, 6600GT AGP was just not cutting it any more and I did not have many upgrade options.

So now I have a C2D 6600, 2gb DDR2-800, 400gb hd, with an 8800GTX comming from Newegg (including the needed motherboard, case, and power supply of course).

If you are able to wait then maybe waiting a couple more months would be a good choice, but if not then go for it.
 
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