sydras we are talking abt the net result achieved with a given budget…
Yes and I’m talking abt whether he actually wants what you can get in that budget.
1>wrt to cheap stuff…evn if its cheap its far better than wat he sports now…a dual core is the norm dese days..u dont have to get a quad core if u upgrade…even cheap cpu have potential.way better than his jalopy 2.4..
its the cost and perfo that makes it vfm…
classic case is the 8600gt…cost far less than wata 86gts wud..u can oc the thing to its level and wud be just a little behind
look at the 8800gt…thats vfm wen compared to the over priced gts..just bcoz its newer and cheaper doent mean its bad😄
It’s obvious that a new PC would be better than one’s old PC and maybe even VFM. But when you have better options at slightly higher price points, your budget would have to stretch. The question here is, why would one want to settle for less than best or what one considers good enough when selecting parts for a new PC.
2>ha!!! optical drive ??? comeon…
So you’re saying that one should not install an optical drive :S ?
wrt to psu`s the 86gt is a damn friendly card…needs no external pic power connector…a zebby /iball 400w is enuff…
wrt to cabby..most dual cores are half as hot as wat their fathers were..
It may not require additional power but you still need a PSU and cabby. This was not budgeted for. Check again and see.
3>u can always assemble ur comp at the shop where ur buying ur hw..they take the cost of assembling when they quote u the price…
If one wants the best price, one may not buy everything from the same shop. Even if one does, there is generally as assembly charge. Although minor, it’s something to be considered. Anyway, it’s just one factor to consider.
he has a AGP SLOt…i dont see any of the newer GPUS with AGP support…why? u know the answer…wasting money on a n old tech is never worth it…all u get these days is 7600gs/gt , 7300gt and fx 5200…the x1950 is like finding a needle in a hay stack and even if he were to get one he still wudnt get the perfo he wud get with a mid range pci e card…with each new driver release the newer hw make more giant leaps wrt to their older gen cards…
Why you don’t see new GPUs with AGP is bcuz of exceedingly high power requirements of high end new generation cards thus requiring the bus to be capable of delivering more power. This and other vested interests of GPU companies has caused migration to PCI-E.
It’s not always the case that AGP cards can’t beat their next gen PCI-E cards. You have to see the range. i.e. low end, mid range, high end etc. Anyway, no point in going in further detail in this thread.
4> he has already given a budget…and we feel in that budget this is the best he gets…
The budget is not enough to get a decent new PC.
lastly there is something called resale value…pci exp cards have good resale value..look at the agp front…its sad to say the least…if u feel the card aint upo to the job sell it..get a new one..wud be far cheaper than selling an old agp card…
This value you talk about in PCI-E cards, I have seen 15-20K PCI-E cards now retailing for 5K and this is a conservative estimate. So don’t consider PCI-E as an investment. It depends on the generation, segment of card and what is currently available.
But in AGP, due to it’s scarcity, PCI-E card of same segment and range is typically 1K cheaper than it’s AGP counterpart.
i know of ur vested intrests:unamused_face: …evil 
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Good for you. Now beware of me 
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