Why???

I'll start off by saying that this isnt a dig at people that upgrade their computers, im genuinly curious.

Why do people feel the need to stay constantly upgraded? e.g. run new games on the highest settings no matter the cost?

I read these forums occasionally and i see people upgrading nearly new components for brand new ones that will probably give them an increase of about 2 FPS at the cost of around £100-200!

So why bother?

I'll start off by saying that this isnt a dig at people that upgrade their computers, im genuinly curious.

Why do people feel the need to stay constantly upgraded? e.g. run new games on the highest settings no matter the cost?

I read these forums occasionally and i see people upgrading nearly new components for brand new ones that will probably give them an increase of about 2 FPS at the cost of around £100-200!

So why bother?

SephirothsAngel

2 fps?? WTF are you talking about?? nobody upbrade only for 2fps. Just look at x1950XT and 2900XT, the difference is huge

I'll start off by saying that this isnt a dig at people that upgrade their computers, im genuinly curious.

Why do people feel the need to stay constantly upgraded? e.g. run new games on the highest settings no matter the cost?

I read these forums occasionally and i see people upgrading nearly new components for brand new ones that will probably give them an increase of about 2 FPS at the cost of around £100-200!

So why bother?

SephirothsAngel

I have similar curiosities, but not quite the same. Why do people spend hundred of dollars for a rig that will play games on the highest settings? What is wrong with spending a few hundred less and just playing games on medium-high? You could get a great AM2 mobo with a mediocre cpu and a decent vga. It would not play games on high, but in a year when they want to push it up a few notches, they could pop in a phenom and a decent (a year from now) vg. That would let you stay up to power and be really cheap compared to jumping for the highest settings.

Well, I upgrade simply because I want to play games the way they are meant to be played.
Kinda like if I had the choice to watch a movie with or without colours, I would choose to have colours.

Don't say that upgrading doesn't matter, I have a geforce 7600GT right now, within a month I will get a 8800GTS 320Mb, and believe me there will be a difference. haols

It will be 50fps difference not 2fps

@ jed-at-war

WHat about your graphic card problem ?

Well, I upgrade simply because I want to play games the way they are meant to be played.
Kinda like if I had the choice to watch a movie with or without colours, I would choose to have colours.

Don't say that upgrading doesn't matter, I have a geforce 7600GT right now, within a month I will get a 8800GTS 320Mb, and believe me there will be a difference. haols

Not enough of a difference! You should wait till you can't play any games at all before you upgrade like I did when I got my 9600pro a few weeks ago!

:lol: - Of course I am kidding. How large is your monitor? If it is a 19" LCD, you might be able to do without the 8800gts and save $100 by getting a cheaper card.

@ jed-at-war

WHat about your graphic card problem ?

LahiruD

Are you insulting my awesome VGA?

I am getting a new pc this fall, so that was to push my sig rig farther before this fall. I will still be able to use it in a different pc though.

[QUOTE="LahiruD"]

@ jed-at-war

WHat about your graphic card problem ?

jed-at-war

Are you insulting my awesome VGA?

I am getting a new pc this fall, so that was to push my sig rig farther before this fall. I will still be able to use it in a different pc though.

No I'm not insulting your VGA

I remember you had a problem with your graphic card or something.

[QUOTE="jed-at-war"][QUOTE="LahiruD"]

@ jed-at-war

WHat about your graphic card problem ?

LahiruD

Are you insulting my awesome VGA?

I am getting a new pc this fall, so that was to push my sig rig farther before this fall. I will still be able to use it in a different pc though.

No I'm not insulting your VGA

I remember you had a problem with your graphic card or something.

:lol: I was kidding. I will know in a few days. Newegg sent a new one out yesterday, so I should know Tuesday or Wednesday.

Are you sure that you saw people who were upgrading their parts for 2 fps? Their are a lot of people who are trying to pick out parts. A lot of the times they will spend a few more dollars for a part 2fps better. They don't already have it - they are trying to see which one to get, and they end up getting a SLIGHTLY better one.

Just a though, because I don't recall seeing what you're talking about. I could be wrong.

Why not ?

that's the question ;)

Why not ?

that's the question ;)

freakshowfreak

If you have a ton of money, I guess nothing. The main reasons that I can think of saving money are: saving for a bigger monitor, saving for a console, buying more games, going to a fancy restaurant :), and buying food to survive.

Having a lot of money negates those reasons though. :lol:

I don't think you're supposed to take the 2 fps that literally..

I try to do a major upgrade every 3-5 years and do some minor upgrades in the period in between. I don't have the funds and also don't really care if I have to play a game at 800*600 for example, and thus spend nowhere near as much money as some peoples in here. If I did have the cash I might though, because aside from gaming I also consider my pc as a hobby. I actually enjoy upgrading and tweaking it for that little bit of extra performance that I might be able to measure but probably will never notice.. :)

I don't think you're supposed to take the 2 fps that literally..

I try to do a major upgrade every 3-5 years and do some minor upgrades in the period in between. I don't have the funds and also don't really care if I have to play a game at 800*600 for example, and thus spend nowhere near as much money as some peoples in here. If I did have the cash I might though, because aside from gaming I also consider my pc as a hobby. I actually enjoy upgrading and tweaking it for that little bit of extra performance that I might be able to measure but probably will never notice.. :)

BLKR4330

Now, that's what I'm talking about! A nice slow upgrade. Get a mobo that will allow you to upgrade, then a year or two later, max your mobo's power. Another few years later, get a new rig and repeat. You can see that my funds have not been high enough to do that though. :) Although, I also did not get into the technical hardware part of computers until this year. And knowing how to build your own can make what funds you have stretch.

I had a GF6200 since it came out till Feb2007 lolLouieV13

I had a GF6200 since it came out till Feb2007 lolLouieV13

I still have a geforce 6200 and I am probally going to update it to a 7600 or x1950pro when Crysis comes out. That is good enough to run games at medium settings and still keep it around $100 and will last me another year. I also do not always get why someone with a good graphics card (ex. 8600) would spend $400+ dollars on a slightly better card (ex. 8800), but I can see how if you want to max out most games, it might be worth it . I probally won't get an 8800 till Q4 2008 at the earliest so it drops down a few hundred bucks.

[QUOTE="LouieV13"]I had a GF6200 since it came out till Feb2007 lolConfusedZone

I still have a geforce 6200 and I am probally going to update it to a 7600 when Crysis comes out. That is good enough to run games at medium settings and still keep it under $100 and will last me another year. I also do not get why someone with a good graphics card (ex. 8600) would spend $400+ dollars on a slightly better card (ex. 8800). I probally won't get an 8800 till Q4 2008 at the earliest so it drops down a few hundred bucks.

I'll start off by saying that this isnt a dig at people that upgrade their computers, im genuinly curious.

Why do people feel the need to stay constantly upgraded? e.g. run new games on the highest settings no matter the cost?

I read these forums occasionally and i see people upgrading nearly new components for brand new ones that will probably give them an increase of about 2 FPS at the cost of around £100-200!

So why bother?

SephirothsAngel

I think it is just mainly because they can afford to, and because of bragging rights. It is nice however to know that your PC will be able to handle anything you throw at it and it will perform the best a PC possibly can. Maybe it is a passion and hobby, kind of like doing things to get more performance out of a car or something. I just call it foolish.

I never noticed that the 8600's were getting that cheap. I may have to reconsider my options ( thanks, now I will have to spend the next couple of days doing MORE research ;) ).ConfusedZone