[SpA]JediLardMaster wrote:
I've really gone off Graphic Cards. I've always changed mine every 12-18mths but I really don't see the point anymore. Game improvements don't justify the hugh expense. Graphics are good enough now and companies need to make the games better now, not graphics.
So I'm sticking with my 10month old 1gb 4870 for at least another 18-24mths and will jsut reduce quality. I'm not going to be duped into buying a £200+ card in order to play a £30 game ever again - as in the that so many people did with Crysis.
I try to aim for a 2 year cycle and I almost ended up with a 4870 myselflast time (only NVidia did their big price cuts first). Towards the end, you can still run everything you want, just not necessarily at high res. On the other hand I'm also a firm believer in buying below the shiny new range (think top of the midrange stuff). Cardboard and I got a new 'puter just over 2 1/2 years ago. I upgraded my graphics a 5 months back, but both my card then and now (originally an NVIDIA 8600, now a 260) combined cost less than the one in Card's first build. He's upgraded again since then (in fact he has a whole new rig) but then he needs his for work and some lovely people gave him the money for it. I'm looking to get a new rig sometime in 2010 (first half, but I may delay for the new ranges to come out so the price of the mid-range stuff drops again
Like Moose, right now my CPU is the bottleneck for me. Currently a Core2duo@2.4gHz and it does still manage everything I need for now. Reasonably confident when I need the speed I can add a fair chunk to it by OC, but until you need it, why invalidate the warranty.