This is probably gonna be a long post, but I?ll make it as short and as simple as I can?
I'm having a serious video card dilemma. I'm currently in the process of building a new system. I'm by no means rich and it's taking some serious saving to build it. I'm doing it piece by piece, one paycheck at a time. So far I've gotten my case (an Ultra m998), and my mobo (an EVGA 680i NF68-A1). I'll be ordering my PSU this week which will probably be a Silverstone 750W. Then I plan on getting a Q6600, then 4GB of some good DDR2 800, and finally my video card.
Right now I have a P4 3.0GHz installed in my new board (OC'd to 3.6GHz), 2GB of DDR2 533 and a Sapphire X1950 Pro 512MB. Truthfully, this rig does pretty darn good with Far Cry, HL2, Doom 3, and others on my 22" LCD at 1680x1050. However, I know that I wouldn't have a chance with Crysis. Plus even if I did have any sort of decent results with Crysis, I'd still rather play it in all its DX10 glory.
But back to my point. The problem is that I'm having a hard time deciding on what card to get. I'm probably looking at buying my card in late September. At first I had decided on the 8800GTX with plans to get a second one down the road and run SLI. But now, even though I haven?t read anything ?official? and it?s mostly just what people are posting on various forums, I hear that there will be a 9800GTX sometime in November. And from what I can gather, the 9800GTX is supposed to be one helluva card.
After hearing this news, I?m thinking about just going for an 8800GTS 640MB right now. If the release of these new 9800GTX cards is just hype and don?t come out for awhile, I figure I can just get another 8800GTS 640 and run SLI with those. That way, if these new 9800GTX cards DO come out in November, I?ll only be out 375 or so compared to over 500 if I go with the 8800GTX right now. In November if we do see some 9800GTX?s, I can just unload the 8800GTS for 200 bucks give or take and then I?d probably only have to put about 450 more with it to get a 9800GTX if they go for around 650 like I assume they will.
Then there?s a final option that crossed my mind. Depending on how solid this info on the 9800GTX release is, I?ve also considered not getting any DX10 card right now and just keeping my X1950 until the 9800?s come out. If I remember right Crysis is coming out November 17th and if the 9800?s are coming out in November or December I?ll just hold out for a month or so and not play Crysis until I have a 9800 in my machine.
SOOOOOOO, what do you guys think the best option would be for me? Thanks for any advice you can share.
I'm having a serious video card dilemma. I'm currently in the process of building a new system. I'm by no means rich and it's taking some serious saving to build it. I'm doing it piece by piece, one paycheck at a time. So far I've gotten my case (an Ultra m998), and my mobo (an EVGA 680i NF68-A1). I'll be ordering my PSU this week which will probably be a Silverstone 750W. Then I plan on getting a Q6600, then 4GB of some good DDR2 800, and finally my video card.
Right now I have a P4 3.0GHz installed in my new board (OC'd to 3.6GHz), 2GB of DDR2 533 and a Sapphire X1950 Pro 512MB. Truthfully, this rig does pretty darn good with Far Cry, HL2, Doom 3, and others on my 22" LCD at 1680x1050. However, I know that I wouldn't have a chance with Crysis. Plus even if I did have any sort of decent results with Crysis, I'd still rather play it in all its DX10 glory.
But back to my point. The problem is that I'm having a hard time deciding on what card to get. I'm probably looking at buying my card in late September. At first I had decided on the 8800GTX with plans to get a second one down the road and run SLI. But now, even though I haven?t read anything ?official? and it?s mostly just what people are posting on various forums, I hear that there will be a 9800GTX sometime in November. And from what I can gather, the 9800GTX is supposed to be one helluva card.
After hearing this news, I?m thinking about just going for an 8800GTS 640MB right now. If the release of these new 9800GTX cards is just hype and don?t come out for awhile, I figure I can just get another 8800GTS 640 and run SLI with those. That way, if these new 9800GTX cards DO come out in November, I?ll only be out 375 or so compared to over 500 if I go with the 8800GTX right now. In November if we do see some 9800GTX?s, I can just unload the 8800GTS for 200 bucks give or take and then I?d probably only have to put about 450 more with it to get a 9800GTX if they go for around 650 like I assume they will.
Then there?s a final option that crossed my mind. Depending on how solid this info on the 9800GTX release is, I?ve also considered not getting any DX10 card right now and just keeping my X1950 until the 9800?s come out. If I remember right Crysis is coming out November 17th and if the 9800?s are coming out in November or December I?ll just hold out for a month or so and not play Crysis until I have a 9800 in my machine.
SOOOOOOO, what do you guys think the best option would be for me? Thanks for any advice you can share.
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