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Any games in the horizon that will prompt you to upgrade?

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I guess I'd have to answer no, though games are definitely what push me to upgrade my graphics card. There's a few games I'm looking forward to, but none that I think my GTX 470 won't handle.

The thing is...if a new game is going to push the current top-of-the-line card, then even THAT card won't satisfy what I WANT to see for that game. So I gotta wait til there's even better cards. Then there's usually an awesome price-per-performance king which handles the previous gen games great, while the new top-of-the-line is again overkill for those games and not good enough for the next "Crysis" game we're anxiously awaiting. A vicious cycle, so I try to use a little patience (oh it's tough though).
 
I normally upgrade based on budget instead of a particular game release. I usually buy top-end single-chip from the last generation (I got my 4890 just before the 5870 came out) and skip a generation between upgrades, so I'm usually not in a position where a new game is unplayable. I broke my trend with the 460 but it was just too good a deal.
 
calvin0416 said:
Just wondering. I'm sure Crysis 2 will push the envelope as did the original, but if you don't play FPS, is there anything out there that would make you upgrade your Radeon 5xxx or Nvidia 4xx?
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Crysis 2 might prompt me to buy another GTX 460 for SLI, depending on how cheap I can get one for. Heck, Crysis 1 has been tempting me to upgrade!
 
Cliffs of Dover

I'll upgrade to SB on a 2011 Mobo and the fastest vid card avail at that time.

Still wondering why flight simulators aren't used more for benchmarking... They tax both video AND CPU...
 
Caveman said:
Cliffs of Dover

I'll upgrade to SB on a 2011 Mobo and the fastest vid card avail at that time.

Still wondering why flight simulators aren't used more for benchmarking... They tax both video AND CPU...
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Waiting on X-Plane 10. The models look amazing.
 
well on wiki gw 2 said it was gonna run on the havok engine so i think a ati 5xxx/6xxx series will run it well. It can already run sc2 pretty well so I think diablo 3 will be ok. other games I'm out of my scope.
 
I'm real curious to see what BF3 will bring to the table. As of right now, I would think my 5850 & GTX 470 would be up to the task, but who knows. If not, I'll probably just double up on both.
 
X-Plane 10 might require a faster CPU, as flight sims are usually pretty CPU intensive. Unfortunately I can't really afford to upgrade until after this summer, when I know whether I'll have a job or not.

I might upgrade for Skyrim, but I have a feeling it will run pretty well on my current system. It's an RPG, so you don't necessarily need 60+ FPS all the time. The first time I played Oblivion, I only had a single-core Athlon64 and X800XT, but the game was still enjoyable at 10-20 FPS.
 
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Crysis 2 and BF3 if I can't max them. If that's the case I'll probably go with a 6990, a new Sandy CPU, and update my water loop if I have time.
 
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