Best time to buy a new PC?

**x-dANGEr** · 10-28-2006, 19:00

Well.. Right now, I have the right to upgrade the PC, and I can do whenever I want.. It is just that, I want to get the most out of what I'm buying, which is why I'm asking for a best time to buy it..

I was thinking March 2007.. Quad Processors will be out by then, so will be DX10 Cards (By both ATI and nVidia = cheaper prices), and AFAIK PCI-E2 as well.. Do you think the wait is worth it? (The wait as in not being able to play M2: TW till then)

Thanks.

**Beirut** · 10-28-2006, 19:13

Originally Posted by x-dANGEr

Well.. Right now, I have the right to upgrade the PC, and I can do whenever I want.. It is just that, I want to get the most out of what I'm buying, which is why I'm asking for a best time to buy it..

I was thinking March 2007.. Quad Processors will be out by then, so will be DX10 Cards (By both ATI and nVidia = cheaper prices), and AFAIK PCI-E2 as well.. Do you think the wait is worth it? (The wait as in not being able to play M2: TW till then)

Thanks.

There is so much news/noise about Vista and DX10 that I think it's not worth thinking about until the tech-heads physically get their paws on the new stuff and give it a furious beating and post the results.

The way I figure, I neither want the headaches or the expense of "going DX10/Vista" until at least next summer. Until then, I'm sticking with my rig unless I come up with some extra cash and then get a good PCI-E system.

**x-dANGEr** · 10-28-2006, 19:32

Well, you need to keep in mind that I can't and won't upgrade anything till further 3 years.. So, that means if all games start going the DX10 road, I will have nothing to play..

**doc_bean** · 10-28-2006, 19:48

A, XP system seems to be the way to go for at least another year, so I suggest a long wait, or leaving the option open of upgrading your system (that you'd buy now) once dx10 has matured

**Beirut** · 10-28-2006, 19:59

Originally Posted by x-dANGEr

Well, you need to keep in mind that I can't and won't upgrade anything till further 3 years.. So, that means if all games start going the DX10 road, I will have nothing to play..

If that's truly the case and you want DX10 or nothing, then for now do nothing at all. Unless you have beaucoup cash, in which case you can do anything you want.

Like I said, I'm not touching Vista and DX10 until the tech-heads with the cash for the new hardware beat the bugs out of it and offer up some serious consumer level advice and reviews on the various new components.

**Lemur** · 10-28-2006, 23:56

For what it's worth, my solution was to put together a good XP system with a honkin' big power supply, so's I can swap for a DX10 card if and when that makes sense. Seeing as we still haven't touched the outside of what PCI-E can do bandwidth-wise, I'm not stressed about the changing standard.