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Soleron on 23 January 2009

Oh, OK. Over the lifetime of a PC, yes. As Slimebeast said, substantially more money will be spent on graphics in total.



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ameratsu on 23 January 2009

my plan is this:

CPU: $200 - lifetime 3 - 4 years
1st GPU $50 - lifetime 1 - 1.5 years
2nd GPU $100-$150 - lifetime 1.5 - 2.5 years (will need to be a substantial upgrade, and i will do my best to find one on clearance/sale like i did with my first GPU)



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Bolshack on 23 January 2009
Slimebeast said:

Yeah, what Soleron said.

Of course it also depends if you upgrade the CPU and GPU independent of each other, how much each component "should" cost:

Like, say that you plan to keep the CPU for 3 years but upgrade the GPU already after 1.5 years (which is my personal preference), then you don't necessairly have to put as much money on each GPU - but instead the combined money spent on the GPUs will still be a lot more than on the one CPU.

So, two version for a PC that you want to keep alive for 3 years and be able to run the latest games:

Version 1 (my old strategy):

CPU $150 - lifetime 3 years
GPU $400 - lifetime 3 years

or

version 2 (my current strategy):

CPU $150 - lifetime 3 years
1st GPU $200 - lifetime 1.5 years
2nd GPU $200 - lifetime 1.5 years

 

i'm going to use your current strategy then.. thank you ...

also, is this graphich card good? Geforce gtx295



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Slimebeast on 23 January 2009
Bolshack said:
Slimebeast said:

Yeah, what Soleron said.

Of course it also depends if you upgrade the CPU and GPU independent of each other, how much each component "should" cost:

Like, say that you plan to keep the CPU for 3 years but upgrade the GPU already after 1.5 years (which is my personal preference), then you don't necessairly have to put as much money on each GPU - but instead the combined money spent on the GPUs will still be a lot more than on the one CPU.

So, two version for a PC that you want to keep alive for 3 years and be able to run the latest games:

Version 1 (my old strategy):

CPU $150 - lifetime 3 years
GPU $400 - lifetime 3 years

or

version 2 (my current strategy):

CPU $150 - lifetime 3 years
1st GPU $200 - lifetime 1.5 years
2nd GPU $200 - lifetime 1.5 years

 

i'm going to use your current strategy then.. thank you ...

also, is this graphich card good? Geforce gtx295

Heh, of course. It's the best. It was just released.

The GTX 295 is about 10-15% faster than the 4870X2, but I think it cost at least $100 more. Therefore I would choose the 4870X2.

But with the "current strategy" (changing graphics card to a new one after 1.5 years or so) it could be smarter to start with buying a 4870 1GB (not the 512MB version) today for ~$200-225.

It depends on your daddys money lol.



 



Bolshack on 23 January 2009
Slimebeast said:
Bolshack said:
Slimebeast said:

Yeah, what Soleron said.

Of course it also depends if you upgrade the CPU and GPU independent of each other, how much each component "should" cost:

Like, say that you plan to keep the CPU for 3 years but upgrade the GPU already after 1.5 years (which is my personal preference), then you don't necessairly have to put as much money on each GPU - but instead the combined money spent on the GPUs will still be a lot more than on the one CPU.

So, two version for a PC that you want to keep alive for 3 years and be able to run the latest games:

Version 1 (my old strategy):

CPU $150 - lifetime 3 years
GPU $400 - lifetime 3 years

or

version 2 (my current strategy):

CPU $150 - lifetime 3 years
1st GPU $200 - lifetime 1.5 years
2nd GPU $200 - lifetime 1.5 years

 

i'm going to use your current strategy then.. thank you ...

also, is this graphich card good? Geforce gtx295

Heh, of course. It's the best. It was just released.

The GTX 295 is about 10-15% faster than the 4870X2, but I think it cost at least $100 more. Therefore I would choose the 4870X2.

But with the "current strategy" (changing graphics card to a new one after 1.5 years or so) it could be smarter to start with buying a 4870 1GB (not the 512MB version) today for ~$200-225.

It depends on your daddys money lol.


 

 

well then i'll stick with your strategy and change in 1,5 years to a new one.. thanks



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Viper1 on 23 January 2009
Words Of Wisdom said:
Viper1 said:
WoW, it's saying the the Q6600 is 6.9% slower than the Phenom II X4 BE (and the the i7 is 7.1% faster). Read the page again.

Obviously.  That's what I've been saying this whole time.

Which is what I said to start with.

 

Senlis said:
Viper1 said:

There is almost 2 dozen out right now with another 2 dozen or so set to release this year.

 

Do you have a  link to a list of games that support quad core?

 

 

No, sorry.  That's all based on what I recall for what has been released and what is planned for 2009.

 



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Words Of Wisdom on 26 January 2009
Viper1 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
Viper1 said:
WoW, it's saying the the Q6600 is 6.9% slower than the Phenom II X4 BE (and the the i7 is 7.1% faster). Read the page again.

Obviously.  That's what I've been saying this whole time.

Which is what I said to start with.

It's always great to realize that you and the person you're arguing with are arguing the exact same thing.

 



Viper1 on 26 January 2009
Words Of Wisdom said:
Viper1 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
Viper1 said:
WoW, it's saying the the Q6600 is 6.9% slower than the Phenom II X4 BE (and the the i7 is 7.1% faster). Read the page again.

Obviously.  That's what I've been saying this whole time.

Which is what I said to start with.

It's always great to realize that you and the person you're arguing with are arguing the exact same thing.

 

If only other facets of life could come to the same realization.  Congress, religion, your average couple....

 



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