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After a retarded impulse I got to suddenly upgrade my PC a few days ago(I frequently get those retarded impulses, not just PC related), I've decided to hold that thought for a couple months.
Reason: I don't want to upgrade my entire core (CPU, GPU, RAM & motherboard) because I'm quite happy with it for the time being. Then I started googling hardware specs in my solitude and thought, the 8800 series came out some time ago, what about GeForce 9? Sure enough, planned to be released this month and hopefully up 'til summer, the GeForce 9 series will bring havoc on Crysis. I'm aiming for the 9800 series, of course, hoping it will come out before summer. I've decided to maybe go with just the GPU first and see how it goes, then if games start to crap out like hell I'll do a core renewal. That gives me time to evaluate my position and maybe make a more sane investment, like in funds or some shit... At least I got my PSP sold, money in theist bank! I've played a couple of levels in Crysis, and it's incredibly fun and immersive, but the story and dialog and the whole execution of it is terrible. Just terrible. It's all about graphics and that over powered feeling of killing Korean's that got me excited, and ultimately made me long for a PC upgrade. My hopes are to be able to play Far Cry2, Fallout 3, Borderlands, Project Offset, Mirror's Edge etc. (see my list) on my new computer with respectable settings. I hope I'm doing the right thing. Will this G9800 series last me at least until 2010? '09? Please, what more do you want me sell? My soul? Sorry, but I ain't got none...
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Living the dream since March 16, 2006
I'm holding on for SC to upgrade everything, whenever that is released.
Im getting a new mobo that supports quad core / core 2 extreme / core 2 duo . has 3 pci-e 2.0 slots, and supports ddr2 AND ddr3.
So im going to upgrade to that board, get a 2.6 core 2 duo, and get ddr2 for now. Im going to keep my 7800 for now untill later this year, and then upgrade to ddr3 sometime near the end of the year as well.
But having that board..mmmm I will be set for awhile :D
I just bought this computer from a friend and a Radeon x2900 card so I might as well wait 3 or 4 years and then put this one out on ebay.
A standard like 160 gig HDD will only run you $50
If you spent $300 (assuming you didn't waste money having Geek Squad install it, that leaves you with more than enough money for something like this. Its not the most ridiculous card on the market, but it will run Crysis on Medium and TF2 on high.
@iDano84
good choice of processor my friend. their gonna take off when software takes advantage of the SSE4 technology.