does it make sense to spend almost $300 on a video card?

[Drizzy]

I spent 190 for a 9800 pro a while back and that is the most I've ever payed for a video card by almost $100. I must say I can see why people pay that much cause a 9800pro compared to what I've had in the past is a huge difference... I can only imagine a 6800GT now..... but it is a lot of $$. Usually its probably people that dont have kids or other more pressing responsibilities.

 

[user1234]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: user1234

Originally posted by: Nebor
So I came home last night to find my computer was sitting with a black screen, orange light on the monitor. I won't bore you with the details, but after swapping the video card around with another PC, I figured out that the Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer fan failed, and cooked my 9800 Pro. So today I went out and bought myself an Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT, with exactly 5 minutes of research on the performance\pricing.

The thing is, I'm not nearly into PCs as much as I was say, a year ago. And I really didn't need a new video card, my 9800 Pro played the occasional game of CS: Source just fine, and I figured it would do fine in HL:2.

I play games for maybe, maybe 2 hours a week. For instance, I've had this video card installed for like, 6 hours now, and I haven't played a game, or ran a benchmark. I've just done what I usually do, run around my different forums.

So yeah, it's crappy that the VGA Silencer failed and killed my card. I sent them an email, but I'm positive they don't give a damn.

I have about $1000 worth of performance suspension parts en route to me now, with at least another $500 going into installation of said parts, and another $1400 in wheels and tires, and another $1500 in engine mods in a project car I'm working on. Kinda sucks, when my hobbies shifted from computers to car, it's like the computer started hurting for attention, and detonated itself.

BTW, the 6800 GT is loud.

how is this relevant to the question on hand ?

How are you relevant to the question at hand, sh!t-tard?

if you want to tell your life story then go start a blog

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Drizzy
I spent 190 for a 9800 pro a while back and that is the most I've ever payed for a video card by almost $100. I must say I can see why people pay that much cause a 9800pro compared to what I've had in the past is a huge difference... I can only imagine a 6800GT now..... but it is a lot of $$. Usually its probably people that dont have kids or other more pressing responsibilities.

yea vid cards probably last longer now. u just turn off fsaa and stuff to keep it going when it gets old. not like before when u'd rapidly drop res as the card aged

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
You can play Doom3 on a $50 card if you don't mind 640x480 low quality mode, or about the same image quality as you'll get on the $150 XBox people are about to suggest to you.

People pay that much because they want very high resolutions (1280x1024 and 1600x1200) and image quality that's much, much higher than an XBox can produce.

It's no stranger than paying $300 for golf clubs or $100 for sunglasses, and much less odd than paying for a Rolex.

A Rolex will at least maintain its value. In 3 years that $300 vid card might get you $50 (being generous here). I buy $100 pairs of sunglasses. Hell, my last pair was $200. If you take care of them as I try to they'll last a long time and be just a good as the day you bought them.

 

[sniperruff]

eh expensive graphics cards are for rich kids.

poor kids who has a college loan to pay off can stick to their GF3 Ti500 with 64mb bought 2 years ago...

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: slick230
Don't you know the more $$$ you spend on your video card the bigger youe E-penis is?

By that rationale, A 6800 GT and 9800 Pro would be the baseline averages. And not even a true 9800 Pro can be had retail for 150. 😛 The average E-penis must be pretty big.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: user1234

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: user1234

Originally posted by: Nebor
So I came home last night to find my computer was sitting with a black screen, orange light on the monitor. I won't bore you with the details, but after swapping the video card around with another PC, I figured out that the Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer fan failed, and cooked my 9800 Pro. So today I went out and bought myself an Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT, with exactly 5 minutes of research on the performance\pricing.

The thing is, I'm not nearly into PCs as much as I was say, a year ago. And I really didn't need a new video card, my 9800 Pro played the occasional game of CS: Source just fine, and I figured it would do fine in HL:2.

I play games for maybe, maybe 2 hours a week. For instance, I've had this video card installed for like, 6 hours now, and I haven't played a game, or ran a benchmark. I've just done what I usually do, run around my different forums.

So yeah, it's crappy that the VGA Silencer failed and killed my card. I sent them an email, but I'm positive they don't give a damn.

I have about $1000 worth of performance suspension parts en route to me now, with at least another $500 going into installation of said parts, and another $1400 in wheels and tires, and another $1500 in engine mods in a project car I'm working on. Kinda sucks, when my hobbies shifted from computers to car, it's like the computer started hurting for attention, and detonated itself.

BTW, the 6800 GT is loud.

how is this relevant to the question on hand ?

How are you relevant to the question at hand, sh!t-tard?

if you want to tell your life story then go start a blog

If you want to be a dick to people, get a radio show. Or perhaps go to Canada and enter into a civil union with Sampson.

 

[AkumaX]

you shouldnt have to pay at all.