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PCI-E 2.0 card with 1.0 - OmegaZero_Alpha - Apr 02, 2010
Hawkens85 Wrote:BTW, thanks Omega for recommending I wait. The GTS250 went down $20 today.
Good find, but that isn't quite what I meant.
Nvidia is actually going to issue a price drop (hopefully) later this month on the GTX200 series.
PCI-E 2.0 card with 1.0 - Vaft - Apr 02, 2010
Or keep them the same in the hopes you'll spend the little extra for the newer ones.
PCI-E 2.0 card with 1.0 - Hawkens85 - Apr 03, 2010
As it stands, I'm realizing that I can't keep pouring money into an outdated system. I've already spent over $800 on my $500 bass guitar, I've put around $500 in this quickly aging Dell system - I really need to draw the line at how much I'm spending on something old before I just buy something NEW. And I really can't hang onto those items, Vaft, because I've got about three weeks to get the mail-in rebates sent in.
PCI-E 2.0 card with 1.0 - OmegaZero_Alpha - Apr 03, 2010
Hawkens85 Wrote:As it stands, I'm realizing that I can't keep pouring money into an outdated system. I've already spent over $800 on my $500 bass guitar, I've put around $500 in this quickly aging Dell system - I really need to draw the line at how much I'm spending on something old before I just buy something NEW. And I really can't hang onto those items, Vaft, because I've got about three weeks to get the mail-in rebates sent in.
800$ will get you an i7 setup.
250$ on that will get you the most powerful GPU you will need for years.
PCI-E 2.0 card with 1.0 - Hawkens85 - Apr 03, 2010
That's true Alpha. I've looked into that, but right now I can't spend that much money. I already have a nice amount of bills and it's just bad practice to be putting money into luxuries like gaming when I could be putting it toward my trade, like better tools or better music gear, because those are things that are a source of income and can provide a return on all the money I am spending. I'm happy spending a couple of dollars running a slightly outdated computer system, since it's only something I do for fun every couple of nights. One of these days when I'm rollin in the dough I'll blow three large on a gaming rig
