Hi all,

I'm just wondering what peoples general thoughts on upgrading your graphics cards are (ie. GF4 or waiting for GF5 etc.)

Oh, and btw, if anyone is upgrading atm, I am interested in getting an older card (maybe around gf2) as well.

Cheers

there are alot of threads on this sort of subject at the moment.. instead of everyone rehashing the same stuff, it might be a good idea to read down the page a bit.. just a tip

when gf5 comes out gf4 are gona be cheap (logic)

and when then gf5 comes out the gf6 will be ready to come out and ull tell ppl to wait for that cause it will also be cheap

FFS! U PPL DONT GET IT!
if u think they way splat is u will never upgrade

No... it'll probably be 12 months or more before the GF6 will be out. A product generally has at least one refresh before they move onto the "next gen". eg: GF2/GF2 Pro/GF2 Ultra, GF3/GF3 Ti, GF4 Ti (I expect a GF4 refresh shortly if nv30 takes longer).

Economically speaking it makes sense to buy as far behind the cutting edge as you can bear. Case in point Radeon 8500 is available for about $280 now. It was approximately $800 when it was first released. Same deal with the GF3 and GF4. I can't bear to be too many generations behind so I'm currently trying to buy one gen old. ie: If there are GF3 and GF4 on the market I'll buy the GF3. My next upgrade will probably be to a Radeon 9700, but I'll wait till the NV30 is released first.

I've been working on a buying guide for video cards (a how to choose, not a which is better) to put up on my website. It's about half done at the moment. I'll try to remember to post a link here when I've finished it. But to really summarise it - figure out what games you want to play and what you need to play them on and buy accordingly. So if all you play is Counterstrike at 1024x768 buy a GF4MX - you DO NOT need a GF4 Ti4600 to play it. If on the other hand you want to play a game like Commanche 4 you really need a GF4 Ti4600.

Really? so if you use more graphics intensice games you need a better graffix card. oh mu god! i never would have thought of that


Anyone heared of those Xaber cards comin out with the Silver PCB?

well, atm I have 4MB onboard, so anything would be an improvement (CS is the best graphics in a game I can run, and that's with software enhancement)

HOLY s***
muuuuhahahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahhahahhahaha

go and spit onto a pcb and that will do a better job than 4 mbs!

I had a TNT2 but it died after 2 days (second hand so no warrantee)

§PLAT, yeah I know it seems obvious but a lot of people don't seem to bear it in mind. They buy the newest and best when they don't really need it. How many people do you know that have bought GF4 Ti 4600s that only play Quake 3 and Counterstrike? ;)

Too many people get caught by the hype produced by the video card companies, the review sites, their friends and don't stop to think whether they really need something.

thats why im buyin a xaber400

199 bucks

nice sig splat

dosnt the xabre miss something ? like it has a Vertex shadder but not a pixel shadder or visa versa.. meh Cant rememeber

There is a nice simple feature comparison chart at Reactor Critical.

Doesn't the xaber miss something

You can't expect too much for 200 bucks.

The new radeon's are what i'm waiting for.

well i got the gf3ti200 nice card plays all current games well and didn't break the bank...

Yeah the GF3 Ti200 is a nice middle of the road card (it's amazing GF3 = middle of the road ;)

It's got support for basically all the current features, vertex shaders, pixel shaders, T & L, it performs pretty damn fast as well and it's not bad for overclocking. They're a good choice if you can find them to buy.

and you forgot to mention that ti200's overclock like little whores (thats good whores.. not bad whores.. er... yeah..)

they OC well :)