Buy cheap card now and wait for directx10?

[KatanaBob]

I'm in the unfortunate situation that my card is broken (seems to be anyway). So I have to get a new card of course.

Would it be clever to buy a cheap card, say 9800pro, and then when directx10 comes out, buy a new motherboard (I nforce3 so no PCI-E for me) and a shiny new directx card, nvidia or ati, whichever is best?

OR

should I just buy a 7800gs now, meaning I don't have to fiddle around with building the computer (I have experience in that area, so i'm worried I'll break something) and get good performance right away?


How long is it till the first dx10 GPUs show up? Will they be affordable (like around 200-300 of your dollars?

Discuss

 

[SynthDude2001]

Since you're still on an AGP platform, I'd be inclined to suggest that you buy a relatively cheap used card right now and wait until you can spend a bit more on a new PCI-E card and motherboard. I haven't spent much time around here lately, but as far as I know there's still no set date for the introduction of the DX10 cards, nor any indication of how well they'll perform. But I would suggest not spending too much on AGP right now - even in the $200-300 range, you can do a lot better with PCI-E now than you can with AGP.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
Since you're still on an AGP platform, I'd be inclined to suggest that you buy a relatively cheap used card right now and wait until you can spend a bit more on a new PCI-E card and motherboard. I haven't spent much time around here lately, but as far as I know there's still no set date for the introduction of the DX10 cards, nor any indication of how well they'll perform. But I would suggest not spending too much on AGP right now - even in the $200-300 range, you can do a lot better with PCI-E now than you can with AGP.

what uncle synth said essentially

bang for buck a used 9800 is a rockin deal

 

[openwheelformula1]

used 6600GT is a much better deal than 9800pro. More efficinet, more peformance, and more features.