The NEED for SPEED!!!!

Deanril

Member
Never stops for most of us.Right when you buy that new mobo/cpu/ram combo theres another being anounced and will be out in a month.

Its never ending ,you could buy new stuff monthly ,and then maybe only then you might keep up with the "Latest and Greatest".

Video cards usually arent so bad 4-6 months cycle and a few different vendors.

But Ram is getting to be a 6-9 month cycle (ddr200/266/333)

Cpu's a 2 month cycle at best before you are slow again atleast with AMD products.

Motherboards are changing like every 2 months at best every month ,lots of competition ,lotsa chipsets for AMD, any how ,lotsa good deals ect.

The one thing I would say that changes is the Monitor only about every year or so ,so your ok for a year atleast on those.


The reality of it ,for most apps and gaming you will almost max out with a 1000mhz cpu and a gf3 to keep upgrading and changing mobos and cpus is almost pointless except for the "Need for Speed" and Testosterone and Benchmarks :p
 

Gonzo

Infinitesimally Outrageous
Staff member
Deanril said:
The reality of it , for most apps and gaming you will almost max out with a 1000mhz cpu and a gf3 to keep upgrading and changing mobos and cpus is almost pointless except for the "Need for Speed" and Testosterone and Benchmarks

I agree that it'll be silly to get a 1.4gig T-bird to run Word and play solitaire, but the good games are catching up. Today, and probably in the next 12-18 months you're absolutely right. But in the world of bigger, faster, louder , better-who knows.:whip:
 
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