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pHaestus · 05-21-2003, 10:39 AM

I stayed current with video card generations back in the tnt2ultra/gf1/gf2 days. The last video card I bought when it was top of the line was the Radeon 64mb vivo. But back then you could get the top end card for under $200 on sale by stacking coupons and such at buy.com or other stores. Then for a while I bought new cards whenever they dropped to the $150 price point. When it came time to upgrade my GF3ti200 though, the only card that had dropped really low in price was the GF4 ti4200. I couldn't see the real point in getting one of those; I couldnt think of a single game that would all the sudden blow me away with a GF4 that didnt run well already with the GF3. So I decided to wait on the next gen. Well now they are out, but it doesn't look like 9700pros are gonna get cheap any time soon and NVIDIA has nothing at the price I am willing to pay to compete. So I may just get a console for my 32" tv instead and forget about PC games for a while.

Halflife2 and Doom3 look amazing, but they will be every bit as amazing if I wait until I can actually afford a card that runs them with all eye candy on...

05-21-2003, 10:39 AM	#6
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	I stayed current with video card generations back in the tnt2ultra/gf1/gf2 days. The last video card I bought when it was top of the line was the Radeon 64mb vivo. But back then you could get the top end card for under $200 on sale by stacking coupons and such at buy.com or other stores. Then for a while I bought new cards whenever they dropped to the $150 price point. When it came time to upgrade my GF3ti200 though, the only card that had dropped really low in price was the GF4 ti4200. I couldn't see the real point in getting one of those; I couldnt think of a single game that would all the sudden blow me away with a GF4 that didnt run well already with the GF3. So I decided to wait on the next gen. Well now they are out, but it doesn't look like 9700pros are gonna get cheap any time soon and NVIDIA has nothing at the price I am willing to pay to compete. So I may just get a console for my 32" tv instead and forget about PC games for a while. Halflife2 and Doom3 look amazing, but they will be every bit as amazing if I wait until I can actually afford a card that runs them with all eye candy on...