The wifey is going to kill me.

[Golgatha]

Darn Newegg.com and their preferred account stuff.

Just bought a eVGA 7900GTX for $504 with next day shipping to get over the magical spend $500 and get 6months no interest financing option (got a $25 discount since it was my first Newegg preferred purchase..FTW?!).

I just couldn't help myself. I wanted a 512MB card this time around and I like the stock cooling very much on the 7900GTX. Seems the PCB is a bit shorter than the X1900 series and the benchmarks show that pretty much all games are playable at 1600x1200 with 8xAA and 16xAF, which is where I like to game because my monitor can still sustain 100Hz refresh rate there, and it is a 4:3 resolution. Seems this will run quite cool as well and I'm a big fan of big fans. Don't know why I'm writting all this except to try and justify the purchase to a bunch of strangers .

 

[Cooler]

Originally posted by: Golgatha
Darn Newegg.com and their preferred account stuff.

Just bought a eVGA 7900GTX for $504 with next day shipping to get over the magical spend $500 and get 6months no interest financing option (got a $25 discount since it was my first Newegg preferred purchase..FTW?!).

Im gessing she is not a gamer.

 

[MBrown]

LoL

 

[fliguy84]

so do you have to sleep outside now?

 

[MX2]

Wow...I.....wow, thats alot of money for a video card.

 

[Extelleron]

Buy a diamond ring?

 

[Wreckage]

She will just come home with a $500 antique chair that you can't sit in and all will be well

 

[the Chase]

Originally posted by: Extelleron
Buy a diamond ring?

LOL- that would probably do it!!

 

[Dethfrumbelo]

Yeah, and if you look at it rationally, a new video card is way more practical than a diamond ring. Oooh, look at the pretty sparkles...

 

[peleejosh]

Thats a lot of backrubs!

 

[moonboy403]

hahha....i'll take a video card over a diamond ring anyday

and a video card costs cheaper too!

 

[Thor86]

Well, if you ever want to sell it to make up to your wife, PM me.

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: Cooler

Originally posted by: Golgatha
Darn Newegg.com and their preferred account stuff.

Just bought a eVGA 7900GTX for $504 with next day shipping to get over the magical spend $500 and get 6months no interest financing option (got a $25 discount since it was my first Newegg preferred purchase..FTW?!).

Im gessing she is not a gamer.

She's like the anti-gamer more or less. Thankfully we have a two year old that I can bring to the dark side.

 

[RobertR1]

Remember: nothing brings silence like domestic violence.

 

[moonboy403]

just hide your credit card statement!

 

[Budarow]

Will you "will me" your video card

 

[thepd7]

thats horrible and hilarious all at the same time. On the bright side, 7900gtx is on par with x1900's so you have the fastest video card (tie).

 

[Broadkipa]

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She's like the anti-gamer more or less. Thankfully we have a two year old that I can bring to the dark side.[/quote]


Yeah and when they get to be 18 they beat you hollow in every game you play them at and you feel very OLD.......:thumbsdown:

 

[moonboy403]

that's gonna cost you in the future Golgatha!

before he starts working, he'll be asking you: "dad!, the G90 came out!...i want it! i want it!"

don't buy him top of the line stuff until he starts working himself!
don't let him get used to the high quality stuff!

 

[SkylinGTR26]

lol, wow man wow...
Now your son can play lego island with 100hz refresh rate. YAY!

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: moonboy403
that's gonna cost you in the future Golgatha!

before he starts working, he'll be asking you: "dad!, the G90 came out!...i want it! i want it!"

don't buy him top of the line stuff until he starts working himself!
don't let him get used to the high quality stuff!

Yeah, this might bite me in the butt. Instead of getting one really nice card, I might have to get two mediocre cards. Nah, he won't be working for awhile so he will get the hand me down. This time around that would've been a 7800GT. Pretty nice hand me down if you ask me.

 

[moonboy403]

how old is your son??

 

[Bull Dog]

Originally posted by: Golgatha


She's like the anti-gamer more or less. Thankfully we have a two year old that I can bring to the dark side.