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**POLL**Do you upgrade when you need to or when you want to?**POLL**

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veryape

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Well, do you do it out of need for a more powerful system or do you do it because you are a hardware junky techno geek?

Please answer the poll.
[EDIT] Added a few more options due to request.
 
You really need an in between answer. I don't upgrade for each new technology as soon as it comes out. I generally wait till I can afford it, but not so late my current hardware is so obsolete.
 
You're missing some items on your poll that would make it more accurate. Such as, "I upgrade when a new technology is introduced..." etc. I don't usually upgrade until another chipset or CPU core comes out...unless it's a long lasting core like the P3.
 
I upgrade when prices go down a bit for most components, because by then errors are discovered and most bugs worked out. Following this maxim saved me from buying an IBM Deskstar 75GXP.
 
There isnt an option for someone who upgrades after about 2 years.

Thats not obsolete, but its definately old!
 
I upgrade even when I don't need to.. my current situation: pull out my 3-4 month old K7T Turbo and replace it with a DDR board and DDR memory, and upgrade my GF2 GTS to a GF3 within the next 2 months.
 
I always go for the best bang for the buck when more performance is needed. As an example I upgraded my GF2 MX400 to a GeForce3 Ti200 ($99 @ BB deal) and it was well worth it and very noticable in my system.
 
Well, I don't upgrade for any of the above reasons exactly. An important option that's missing (unless I misread or missed it) is that I upgrade when I need the computing power for a game or application that I can't run. So I can still run a lot of programs on my system as it is, but not the new ones that I want to run i.e. video editting. Sure I can still run MS Office, surf the net and play games, but for video editting, I need more space, bandwidth, computing power, video in/out, firewire etc.

In the past, I've also upgraded because of MS Operating Systems, like the jump from Win3.1 to 95.

I've also upgraded when I blew out a motherboard (has happenned 3 times).

So you can say that it is a "need" to upgrade, but not as specific or severe as some of your options.
 
I upgrade so I can laugh at my friends: "ha ha you paid 400 bucks for your stupid 64meg gts card, and I paid 70 bucks for mine muaahaah ha ha!" But seriously, it doesnt suck that bad to be wayyy behind the pack, and pay a third of what they did a year later...
 
I upgrade when the performance is worth the price and I can convince my wife! (Still trying to justify that digital camera....it WOULD be a business expense!)

Ken
 
I upgrade when I need to and basically the need is measured by what games demand. Seems like nowadays games aren't pushing as hard...been with the same rig since 6/2000 and we're doing fine. Although I have added quite a few peripherals since then.
 
Unlike p4 users that like to pay 270percent price increase for 20 percent gain in performance I wait....Early adopters often give themslves the "shaft" when it comes to puying the latest every.... every.... every time it comes out....


I usually sell old system and it pays for half my upgrade....

I generally buy the 3 form the top in cpu speed and pay near 1/3 of what it introduced at and usually only 4 months behind when it was introduced....
 
I upgrade when I need to or when the system is not fast enough for my normal needs.
386 20mhz... Pentium 100mhz... AMD K6-2 300mhz... Pentium III 800mhz...

I add components when I need their functionality.
 
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