Bad timing....

[beany323]

hmmm... is that really 800.00 dollars more? or is it price of (2 x 6600) - (2 x 6800gtu)?

i am not sure what the price is for a 6600 and guessing that 6800's run.... 400 or so.

no point really, just that your statement:

"For an out of date system with no upgrade path the AMD 3200 socket 754 wth a 6800 GT AGP will still do a good job beating an SLI AMD 3200 socket 939 with 6600GT PCI-e. And continue to do so for 3 years even after you add another 6600GT card to the SLI board. "

had me confused, i thought you were trying to compare a 754 with a 6800 to a 939 with a 6600.. not the same...

either way you are correct, spend more get more...

(ok except for the oc'ing a 3500 system up to a fx55)(which i am thinking of doing, if for anything else to learn how to oc a system) (that will be a post coming soon)

btw: i like the Tsunami... nice!

edit:
cool thanks, i appreciate the clarity!

 

[MadDog31]

You see, with me...back in the Fall of 2001, I upgraded from an AMD K6-450 to an AMD T-Bird 1.4 GHz. With that upgrade, I bought 256 MB of DDR RAM and an Asus A7A266 motherboard. It's actually still a nice system 3.something years later. However, now that Half-Life 2 has arrived among other games, and the more demand I put on my system (more Photoshop, more Dreamweaver, etc), the slower this has gotten. I've just put together a rig I feel will last me another 3-4 years FOR MY USES. I found a 939 board, 3200+ processor, and 1 GB of RAM. It should last me FOR MY USES for the next 3 years. That to me is not foolish for upgrading now, it's just that I've found something stable I want to upgrade to NOW without waiting. It may be different for others, but for me, this is what works. There is just no right or wrong time for anyone.

Ian

 

[Edward Lee]

Originally posted by: MadDog31
You see, with me...back in the Fall of 2001, I upgraded from an AMD K6-450 to an AMD T-Bird 1.4 GHz. With that upgrade, I bought 256 MB of DDR RAM and an Asus A7A266 motherboard. It's actually still a nice system 3.something years later. However, now that Half-Life 2 has arrived among other games, and the more demand I put on my system (more Photoshop, more Dreamweaver, etc), the slower this has gotten. I've just put together a rig I feel will last me another 3-4 years FOR MY USES. I found a 939 board, 3200+ processor, and 1 GB of RAM. It should last me FOR MY USES for the next 3 years. That to me is not foolish for upgrading now, it's just that I've found something stable I want to upgrade to NOW without waiting. It may be different for others, but for me, this is what works. There is just no right or wrong time for anyone.

Ian

That's absolutely right what you said. Everyone has different needs and reasons to buy a system. :thumbsup:

 

[HGC]

I try to buy the best of older technologies when the new ones come out. For example, once AMD 64 was well established, I bought two Athlon XP Mobile chips. Got them running at 3300+ levels for only $99 each.

That's my timing system, I'm sure everyone here has his own!

 

[ArmenK]

It is always a terrible time...

 

[m4ch0dude]

"For an out of date system with no upgrade path the AMD 3200 socket 754 wth a 6800 GT AGP will still do a good job beating an SLI AMD 3200 socket 939 with 6600GT PCI-e. And continue to do so for 3 years even after you add another 6600GT card to the SLI board. "

WTH? If that's the case, then why would anyone even bother with SLI, if it doesn't substantially increase performance. And looking at some recent benchmarks, SLI seems totally worthless, since a next-gen video card will probably kill even a 6800 SLI setup.

 

[Chaotic42]

I'm waiting for PCI-Express capable Opterons.

 

[AiponGkooja]

Originally posted by: m4ch0dude
"For an out of date system with no upgrade path the AMD 3200 socket 754 wth a 6800 GT AGP will still do a good job beating an SLI AMD 3200 socket 939 with 6600GT PCI-e. And continue to do so for 3 years even after you add another 6600GT card to the SLI board. "

WTH? If that's the case, then why would anyone even bother with SLI, if it doesn't substantially increase performance. And looking at some recent benchmarks, SLI seems totally worthless, since a next-gen video card will probably kill even a 6800 SLI setup.

First of all, to Edward Lee I think, I didn't get the 6600gt now so I could upgrade to dual 6600gt's later. I got it as a quick replacement so I could get 6800gt or ultra later, and then get another one of those even later when/if I need it. Also, everyone likes to get stuck on just the SLI part of the new SLI boards...they do have other lasting qualities. Socket 939 will probably be around for a little while, pci-e will hopefully be the next mainstream, and it just has lots of goodies on the board in general. While you will have no where to go with your socket 754 agp board, I can upgrade without having to replace the whole system, and can get a LARGE boost in gaming performance by just buying another mid-level (at the time that I buy) card instead of buying a new high end card and having to change my mobo to support the new pci-e cards and 939 cpu's that come out, and then having to buy a new cpu to fit THAT... And in case you missed the first sentence: I agree that dual 6600gt's is not a real good idea.

And I like your sig, Chaotic42 ;p

Thanks,
Aipon