said by Mustang52:With Vista and DX10 just around the corner, wouldn't it be best to wait until next feb or march to build the system?
This is just my opinion here but basically: No.
Yes Microsoft will probably release Vista "on time" but until they do no one knows what that is going to mean. Buy what you need for today with a look to having hardware that you can upgrade as you go in 2 years or so. All the games that are out now, and ones that are likely to come out in the next year or 2 will run on DX9. Build your system now while prices are still fairly stable, hardware prices will most likely jump with the demand for "new" systems once Vista is released.
I am encouraging my friends to buy AMD AM2 motherboards, they have a good price point and the AM2 CPUs are a great value. And looking at the socket A and 939 track record, we will still be able to get new CPS for AM2 in 4-5 years. I'm not going to get into the whole Intel vs AMD thing, I just like AMD more. My current pick would be any of the NVIDIA nForce 590 chipset motherboards, but if I was buying one right this minute I would get an Asus Crosshair »
www.asus.com.tw/products ··· elmenu=1Get a good middle of the road video card, I have 2 EVGA 6800XT 256Mb cards running in SLi. I bought mine last year for about about $200 total, and they easily out performs my friends Sapphire X1900 512Mb card wich cost him ~$250.
, then when the time comes you can just replace it with a DX10 card.
