penfold1992 wrote:
i wouldnt spend like $500 on a gfx card that will last me around 5 years, the prices of mid ranged gfx cards that will last you around 3 years you can buy for around $100
technology is so fast moving, when things break its not even worth fixing, it will probably cost you more to fix then to replace now a days
You wouldn't, because you're satisfied with midrange of settings and probably at a crappy resolution. Funny enough a $100 card wouldn't keep 60frames at max settings at my resolution, 1920x1200. If you said $250 that would be true for most games out on the market currently.
What's funny is that nvidia came up with PhysX to require people to upgrade. Why? Most games currently are just slapping high res textures and calling it a day. PhsyX is there to have people to stop buying AMD and switch to NVidia at the same time hoping that devs would use these features so more people buy higher end cards.
Also what's funny is that $500 now would last far much longer than it would 10 years ago. I guess you could say things are starting to plateau.
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technology is so fast moving, when things break its not even worth fixing
You are wrong and right. Right depending on how old the hardware is. Wrong that most due note most manufactures will give you [limited] lifetime warranty. You'd be a moron not to talk to their support about the issues you are having. Sadly I can't since BFG made my video card. Once it blows out it's gone forever.
I bought a 9800GTX+ 2 years ago for $100, I run dual monitors 1920x1080, I have played several games that use both monitors. I might not get a steady 60FPS but I sure as hell get playable frame rates on high settings.
