Can a mod lock this please?

[spat55]

Just thinking what makes people buy them, price, performance, brand etc. Do you upgrade for upgrades sake?

EDIT: Couldn't really think about what to put in the poll, so it only has two options. Might add more when I see some answers.

 

[Durvelle27]

For me Price/Performance is the biggest factor

 

[Fastx]

I can't vote I strictly go for the best bang for the buck performance.
Not performance or price alone.


I didn't know can you edit polls for sure once they are posted for more options?

 

[tviceman]

So it has to be one or the other? Can't be both? Great poll.

 

[spat55]

I can't vote I strictly go for the best bang for the buck performance.
Not performance or price alone.


I didn't know can you edit polls for sure once they are posted for more options?

Looking at it I don't think I can

So it has to be one or the other? Can't be both? Great poll.

IF you read my first post, then you would see I said I didn't really know what to put in it, so I put it in hoping I could edit it. I can't edit it unfortunately.

 

[mikeymikec]

I think you forgot the "OMG something better has come out!" option

I would consider upgrading my graphics card for something that performed better but also had significantly lower 2D power usage.

 

[Fastx]

While its early maybe start another poll with best performance for the buck/bang for the buck option then just put a link in op in this thread and closed in the title and pm a mod to close this one?

Just an ideal^.

 

[spat55]

I think you forgot the "OMG something better has come out!" option

Yes, I have got that alot, first with the GTX 7** and now with the R9 2**x. Still holding out for 20nm next year though hopefully.

 

[spat55]

While its early maybe start another poll with best performance for the buck option then just put a link in op in this thread and pm a mod to close this one?

Just an ideal^.

I'll leave it like this, if anyone has something more to say they can always post, so far I think it is impulse buys, i.e a new series comes out and they have to get it or price and performance. I like posts more tbh as it gives you more of an idea.

 

[brandonmatic]

Almost everybody buys based on both factors - price/performance. An interesting poll would have been about how price inflexible you are when upgrading. Something like this:

• I'd pay up to 100% more than my current card for 50% more performance.
• I'd pay up to 50% more than my current card for 50% more performance.
• I'd pay up to 25% more than my current card for 50% more performance.
• I'd pay only up to the same price as my current card for 50% more performance.
• I buy the fastest new card no matter what the price.

It's not a perfect poll, but it gets at this question.

 

[spat55]

Almost everybody buys based on both factors - price/performance. An interesting poll would have been about how price inflexible you are when upgrading. Something like this:

• I'd pay up to 100% more than my current card for 50% more performance.
• I'd pay up to 50% more than my current card for 50% more performance.
• I'd pay up to 25% more than my current card for 50% more performance.
• I'd pay only up to the same price as my current card for 50% more performance.
• I buy the fastest new card no matter what the price.

It's not a perfect poll, but it gets at this question.

I think I am going to use this in another thread, see if I can get it off to a better start

 

[mikeymikec]

Those poll options that you're thinking of using aren't particularly helpful either, if you think about people moving from IGP or low end discrete graphics cards to better ones.

 

[blastingcap]

Almost everybody buys based on both factors - price/performance. An interesting poll would have been about how price inflexible you are when upgrading. Something like this:

• I'd pay up to 100% more than my current card for 50% more performance.
• I'd pay up to 50% more than my current card for 50% more performance.
• I'd pay up to 25% more than my current card for 50% more performance.
• I'd pay only up to the same price as my current card for 50% more performance.
• I buy the fastest new card no matter what the price.

It's not a perfect poll, but it gets at this question.

I think your new poll sounds a little better.