$1000, what to upgrade?

[TheGreatSatan]

Will you have to change your mobo too?

[Chewy_Solo]

if i wait for nahalem.

[Chewy_Solo]

Bump, its now basicly 2 months later, getting close to upgrade time, ive yet to hear ANYTHING about a GTX 280 + card

[crenn]

GTX 290 is due by the end of the year, maybe november, although I can't guarantee that

[Chewy_Solo]

GTX 290 is due by the end of the year, maybe november, although I can't guarantee that

i did some googling and it seems that the 290 is basicly a 280 only a smaller die and cheaper to produce, and maybe a little cooler, but will it have better performance?

Also, do you think upgrading my Mobo will help as its currently only pcie-16 not PCIe 2.0

[crenn]

It's unseen whether there will be a performance increase (NVidia may increase the clock speeds). However, I'll only know when I hear anything more about it.

As for upgrading motherboard to PCI-E2.0, it's not going to be that much of a help I believe.

[Chewy_Solo]

i got about 1400 now, probably spending 150 on games though.... Mirrors Edge, Cod5, Left 4 dead....

[The boy 4rm oz]

CoD5 is hell cheap. You can pick it up for $69.00AUD pre order. CoD4 still sells for around $80AUD. I think it shows which is the better game IMO.

[Pointy_Stick]

Price can mean very little TB4O. I picked up The Witcher: Enhanced Edition which is a cracking game and came with a making-of DVD, a quest creator, a 29 track soundtrack, another CD of music 'inspired by the game', extra quests which are independent of the main game, a short story and gameguide and a game map all for $70AUD. One of the best deals ever IMO.

[The boy 4rm oz]

I know price doesn't mean anything but I have played both CoD4 and 5 and I honestly believe the move to get the developer of CoD3 to make CoD5 will impact on the sales therefore the lower release price. Why get a console designer to design a game which was born on PC? Epic fail on their behalf. I think they are already feeling the criticism and have dropped the sale price to maintain positive revenue.

The Witcher is a great game. I have played it and am frantically looking for a copy I can purchase for myself.