when do u wait? how long MAX will u wait with money

when do u like to hold?

  • hold uptill i really need an upgrade i.e 2+ years

    Votes: 24 38.7%

  • when i see a really good deal but i can wait 1+ yr

    Votes: 18 29.0%

  • when the next gen comes out 6mo+

    Votes: 6 9.7%

  • hold for something i expect to come out soon 3 months

    Votes: 6 9.7%

  • other. depends

    Votes: 8 12.9%
  • Total voters
    62
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strikeout

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yeah wondering how long to wait is good a thing and when its ok to wait and when its stupid to wait. I know its subjective because of many factors like need,income,etc etc.
 
I wait when I know better hardware is coming out. I wait when I can't justify the price of an upgrade. I wait when I have to leverage eating for a month or a new graphics card (well, no, I always go for the graphics card).
 
I build an entirely new computer every 5 years. That means I've got 4 more years with my current one. :)
 
PWMK2 said:
I build an entirely new computer every 5 years. That means I've got 4 more years with my current one. :)
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Geez..
That's a long wait...

I like upgrading parts at a time once I have a full system whenever a game comes out and I can't play it in it's full glory...
 
PWMK2 said:
I build an entirely new computer every 5 years. That means I've got 4 more years with my current one. :)
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that's some discipline!
I'm impressed. I can hold out maybe 1 generation of processors, and haven't been able to hold out on each generation of video cards
 
But of course... how else would I be able to use an AGP setup in the next decade? LOL

Being a student, I can't really afford to spend anything other than $1600 every five years. And in five years, I'll still be a student. But not much more after that. :)
 
PWMK2 said:
But of course... how else would I be able to use an AGP setup in the next decade? LOL

Being a student, I can't really afford to spend anything other than $1600 every five years. And in five years, I'll still be a student. But not much more after that. :)
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That's why you sell your stuff and or trade... It doesn't take all that much to upgrade./
 
I usually do it peice by peice. If I have the money and can validate an upgrade, I will do so. This really only applies to perhipeals though, as upgrading the Proc, Mobo, Ram kinda makes you redo the whole PC. But I probly will be doign so here soon once The price of Dous gets a lil mroe resonable.
 
I Usually Skip a Generation for Video Cards
I Usually Buy each Generation of CPU
I Usually change MB and Mem for the CPU

I almost always wait for the 'Sweet Spot" when the hardware has been out for a few months and it takes its first big price drop. I try to Buy video cards when they hit the $200ish Mark, CPUs at the $300ish mark and Motherboards at the $100ish mark. I Typically spend $100-$150 on Memory.
 
All depends on a lot of things. I had a 9800 Pro that I used for 2 years, then I had a 6800U I used for about the same amount of time. When I built my current rig at the end of February, I got the 7800GT because it was the sweet spot at the time and had good performance. 3 months later I bought a 7900GT for myself and moved the 7800GT to my son's computer. I just ordered a second 7900GT to SLI in my main rig. I'm hoping it'll be another year before I upgrade again, or even two, but I'm not making any promises... :p
 
Marvelous said:
That's why you sell your stuff and or trade... It doesn't take all that much to upgrade./
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But I'm also constantly spending money on console games while I'm doing this... as well as new consoles. So it's actually not all that simple.
 
strikeout said:
yeah wondering how long to wait is good a thing and when its ok to wait and when its stupid to wait. I know its subjective because of many factors like need,income,etc etc.
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In your case, I think you shouldn't wait any longer, to take grammer lessons.

I upgrade when I need to upgrade and I need to upgrade when I'm unhappy with my pc's performance (or whenever I win another $600 video card). In the past I've waited every other generation of GPU's, for complete system upgrades (but I made less money then).

But for now my 3200 Venice @ 2.6Ghz and my raffle prize 7950 GX2 is good enough. (now what to do with my two unused 7800GTX's hmmm)
 
I wait until my system is barely meeting minimum requirements for the games... at which point I begin checking the market for computer parts and slowly purchasing the parts for my new system over 2.5 months. By the time I'm done building and installing... my new system is able to play the new released games.
 
I wait untill i cant play games maxed out @ native reso.. Usually means i have to upgrade twice a year.. But only select parts... Not like i buy a new PC every 6 months...
 
kuyaglen said:
In your case, I think you shouldn't wait any longer, to take grammer lessons.
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After saying that to the guy, you go ahead and misuse the comma and misspell "grammar." Brilliant.
 
I used to upgrade in pieces but anymore with the addtion of PCIE, power supply changes, sockets, etc...that doesn't happen anymore. I'm long in the tooth on my current system but works for what I need it to.
 
I upgrade about every 1.5 - 2 years. That comes out to 2-3 GPU generations, 1-2 CPU generations, and one generation for some other component (this time, it will be the memory).

My next upgrade will be in January to Conroe + DX10 + Vista.

But I do agree that once every 5 years would be a long and painful wait! In that amount of time, you could be facing a new HDD interface, a new version of Windows, a new version of DirectX, at least 4x more cores on the CPU, and maybe even a new graphics interface.
 
PWMK2 said:
After saying that to the guy, you go ahead and misuse the comma and misspell "grammar." Brilliant.
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Always, remember to use, commas correctly. Also, a preposition is no word to end a sentence with. And don't begin one with a conjunction, either. Finally, don't use contractions, they aren't necessary.
 
i like to skip a generation. so, right now i'm waiting for the DX10 cards to come out. i have a 6800gt that plays all the games on the market right now (sometimes at 1024x768, but playable) so there is no reason to upgrade until then. though I am seriously considering picking up another 6800gt to run SLI to tide me over until then.
 
Hmmm my current rig is a xp-mobile 2400 oced to 2.5 on air using a dfi revision A nforce 2 board with 1 gig of mushkin and a saphire 9800 pro. This rig has served me well in the last 4-5 years, sigh. But I think its time to move to bigger and better things :)
 
PWMK2 said:
After saying that to the guy, you go ahead and misuse the comma and misspell "grammar." Brilliant.
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dont worry bout it tis the internet. oh and hes a clan member/friend that i know in RL.

well since a lots of people posted. I voted for the 1+ plus. Basically ill sit with what i have untill it wont preform to my needs. It something goes sucks hard (like a noisy heatsink/case) ill ditch it right away for a good deal/performance thing. Eye candy and super 1337 things i tend to wait and plan on. Anything under 300 bucks can fall under impulse buying tho.
 
I upgrade the day a game comes out that my rig cannot play up to my standards (minimum 1680x1050, 16xAF, no slowdown).

If there's a sensational deal I'll upgrade too.

Gaming is ultimately a very cheap hobby compared to most things.
 
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