When And What To Upgrade...

Madjai

<div class="IPBDescription">video card</div> Hi all, Ive been wondering with those pretty new games at E3 just when and what I should upgrade my video card to.

Ive got a geforce 3, ive never had a single problem with it on any games uptodate, framerate and such are good enough for me. But I fear with future games Im gonna need to upgrade sometimes this year or early next year for super good graphics.

And with all this talk about nvidia being crap now, and ATI being in the lead, I was wondering how long should I wait to get a new card, and which company should I choose from? money is no object. and I dont care if nvidia's best cards now are crap compared to ATI's, what about the future?

And please, no bashing each other company.

OttoDestruct

Wait until HL2 is actually released, then see whats out.

Cereal_KillR

exactly. don't change graphic card until you really need it, and until then, the market will probably change quite fast, seeing how close the two brands are.





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GreyPaws

LOL umm no ATI is not the lead buddy. If you got the cash go with the fx5900 (get it from Asus) you should wait untill summer ends, nothing good is comming out before then anyway. It will be around $400 when it comes out (asus cards are always the most expensive, but well worth the $$ Ive owned 4 cards from asus starting from geforce 2 all the way up to my geforce 4 4600 and they all kicked butt) if you wait a month or so it will drop like $50 in price.

Cereal_KillR

er ati is arguably in the lead. I'd say they're about equivalent.

Depends if you want:
-only FPS
-any type of AA
-any image enhancement
-don't care about noise generated (even if FlowFX is gone)
-I suppose price.
-The brand you trust the more
-Drivers
-you probably won't notice the difference with your own eyes

X_Stickman

Basicaly, wait until you can buy a card, and it will still be the best by the next week. Be here a long time, but at least you can save on upgrades....

Rellix

Hehe, tricked my mum into getting me a new 3D card for my bday. I'm on a GForce 2 MM/Mx 64 Mb. It wont be running much longer. I get a fair frame rate but it doesnt take much to kill.

Typing that made me feel like i was still in my modern studies exam.

*shuders*

airyK

ive had a geforce 2 for a couple years, until now ive really noticed i needed a new card, well a new computer lol. when the newest game cannot be played then you should upgrade, hopefully i can get a new computer this summer. thats my goal

Cereal_KillR

my gfx card (computer)history:

I was running a 166 with some 8meg vid card (by Matrox. Don't know the precise name)

Upgraded to a 1,33 Ghz with GeForce 3 (the first ones)

Upgraded to a 2000+, new board, ddr memory and "new" HDDs

Saving up for whatever card we'll see at end of year, if I can afford it after buying myself a new screen (generic = sucks)


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