Hey Guys,
I wanted to test my thinking against some other thinkers out there. I'm building a box for Gaming, Media Work (encoding, DVD authoring, etc) as well as the normal day to day Surfing, etc. I'm just not sure if paying & waiting for the NF4/PCI-E setup is going to be worth it when I could build a machine now and get started on my projects
The general consensus I'm hearing is that the performance capabilities of the NF4 chipset and PCI-E won't be realized for some time (and pessimistically, if at all).
I'm thinking about pulling the trigger with a lesser video card (in the $150-200 price range) and going with a NF3 or Via (since I'm partial to Asus) then in about a year upgrading to a NF4 or whatever's there in a year that makes sense with a new PCI-E video card if the money makes sense at this point. The HDD(s), DVD Writer CPU (3500+) & Memory would all likely be useful for that upgrade, so I'd could get away with just replacing the MB and GFX card and keeping the rest of the components (may have to update the PSU if I went with SLI at that point).
The primary differences in the mentality is if I wait for NF4/PCIE, I'd be taking a long-term bias towards building the system. If I went with a NF3 or Via, I could buy things with a shorter-term mindset to realize the benefits of the investment (cheaper, not top of the line, but still useful for at least a 1yr timeframe).
What I'm looking at is if I got with NF4/PCI-E in the near future (Jan/Feb timeframe), it's looking like my only video card options are either the $150 price point or the $500 price point.
Being that I'm going long term in that strategy if I buy NF4/PCI-E, we're talking the $500 card. With the MB likely costing about $80 more, I have to question whether I'd really be getting the value out of the extra $600. The performance gains just don't seem like they'd be worth it at that point.
Any thoughts on my logic?
I wanted to test my thinking against some other thinkers out there. I'm building a box for Gaming, Media Work (encoding, DVD authoring, etc) as well as the normal day to day Surfing, etc. I'm just not sure if paying & waiting for the NF4/PCI-E setup is going to be worth it when I could build a machine now and get started on my projects
The general consensus I'm hearing is that the performance capabilities of the NF4 chipset and PCI-E won't be realized for some time (and pessimistically, if at all).
I'm thinking about pulling the trigger with a lesser video card (in the $150-200 price range) and going with a NF3 or Via (since I'm partial to Asus) then in about a year upgrading to a NF4 or whatever's there in a year that makes sense with a new PCI-E video card if the money makes sense at this point. The HDD(s), DVD Writer CPU (3500+) & Memory would all likely be useful for that upgrade, so I'd could get away with just replacing the MB and GFX card and keeping the rest of the components (may have to update the PSU if I went with SLI at that point).
The primary differences in the mentality is if I wait for NF4/PCIE, I'd be taking a long-term bias towards building the system. If I went with a NF3 or Via, I could buy things with a shorter-term mindset to realize the benefits of the investment (cheaper, not top of the line, but still useful for at least a 1yr timeframe).
What I'm looking at is if I got with NF4/PCI-E in the near future (Jan/Feb timeframe), it's looking like my only video card options are either the $150 price point or the $500 price point.
Being that I'm going long term in that strategy if I buy NF4/PCI-E, we're talking the $500 card. With the MB likely costing about $80 more, I have to question whether I'd really be getting the value out of the extra $600. The performance gains just don't seem like they'd be worth it at that point.
Any thoughts on my logic?
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