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How often do you change your graphic card?

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Too many:

Main Rig:

ATi HD 3870 XT
nVidia 8800GTX
ATi HD 4870
ATi HD 4830 x2
ATi HD 4870
nVidia GTX285
nVidia GTX260 x2
nVidia 8800GT x2
ATi HD 4870
nVidia 9800GX2
ATi HD 5770
ATi HD 5850 x2
ATi HD 5870

Other Cards:

nVidia 8600GT
nVidia 9600GT x2
nVidia 8800GTS 320MB
nVidia 8800GTS 640MB x2
ATi HD 4850
ATi HD 3850
nVidia 8400GS
 
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Over the past couple of years had a 4850, dual 4850's a 4890. a 5770, dual 5770's back to a single 5770, and on a 470 now :) will maybe grab another in 6-9 months depending :toast:
 
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ati rage -> geforce 2 -> geforce 4 mx -> geforce 6800 go -> Ati hd 4890 -> just got a second 4890 a couple months ago. When I actually got into building my own stuff I guess it was 3.5 years from my 6800 to 4890 and got my 2nd 4890 after having the first one for about a year and a half. Whatever is the best price for performance has my vote. Depending on the 69xx series and if it pushes 68xx series down I may go for to 6870s or one 6970. Maybe a 570 but I have a xfire mobo but I need something thatll work with my 750 watt.
 

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nowadays at least a couple per generation (in the couple sometimes 3-6), the only one so far ive missed since geforce 4's is Fermi, and I'm getting a GTX460 real soon :)
 

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When the card I'm buying is around $200 (I can't afford those bleeding edge $600 cards people seem to love) and is at least 1.5 times faster in terms of performance.

Or every 1-2 years.
 
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once a year usually
radeon 3870X2
radeon 4870X2
radeon 5850+5850
 
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8800gt
4870x2
gtx295
gtx295v2
hd5970
gtx480
gtx580
 
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I'll change my card as soon as I sell my 5850.
 
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Every year or so.
 
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My history:
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3.Acer laptop with ATI Mobility 3400 series gpu
4.Asus laptop with ATI Mobility 3800 series gpu
5.XFX HD 4890
6.Gainward GTX 470
7.MSI GTX 480


is it really so much better than GTX 480?Im thinking to get one sometimes next year.
 
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I've only ever upgraded when games start to slow down to much

Starting from 2003 : fx5200 - 6600gt - 1950gt - hd4850
 
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My history:
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3.Acer laptop with ATI Mobility 3400 series gpu
4.Asus laptop with ATI Mobility 3800 series gpu
5.XFX HD 4890
6.Gainward GTX 470
7.MSI GTX 480



is it really so much better than GTX 480?Im thinking to get one sometimes next year.

I bought mine for 1150 after selling my 480 for 900, was worth it, i like the idle temps better, but you should have a great oportunity to sell the 480, otherwise, IMHO, i wouldt upgrade.
The card is great, performace in games is not really noticeable, but its there.

It's a better card all in all
 

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I've only ever upgraded when games start to slow down to much

Starting from 2003 : fx5200 - 6600gt - 1950gt - hd4850

Haha so was the fx5200 to 6600 a very quick swap outside of pong I cant think of anything running quickly on it.
 
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around 2yrs (well... i think it'll be more like every 6mos if I had budget :D)...

7200gs -> 7600gt -> (long freakin wait) -> gtx260
 
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Over the last 4 years, 7900 GS 256MB, 9600 GT 512MB, 4850 512MB, and currently 4870 1GB.
I've had the 4870 for the last 6 months and don't plan on upgrading it any time soon, unless BF3 or Mass Effect 3 don't run smoothly on high settings.
I'm glad I made the switch to ATI, overclocking seems to be easier with less drivers crashes.
 
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(well... i think it'll be more like every 6mos if I had budget )...

you are not the only one dude who would do it if.. :)
 
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Well this is the list of cards in order in which i have owned, so judge for ya self,

MX440 64MB
9200 128MB
FX5700 128MB
7600GT 256MB
8600GT 256MB
Brothers 3850 256MB
4870X2 2GB

I dont intend to upgrade from my current card for a few yrs yet unless it dies.

CPU's that have gone alone side these cards are,

XP 2100+
939 3700+
FX-57
Phenom 965
 
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Too many:

Main Rig:

ATi HD 3870 XT
nVidia 8800GTX
ATi HD 4870
ATi HD 4830 x2
ATi HD 4870
nVidia GTX285
nVidia GTX260 x2
nVidia 8800GT x2
ATi HD 4870
nVidia 9800GX2
ATi HD 5770
ATi HD 5850 x2
ATi HD 5870

Other Cards:

nVidia 8600GT
nVidia 9600GT x2
nVidia 8800GTS 320MB
nVidia 8800GTS 640MB x2
ATi HD 4850
ATi HD 3850
nVidia 8400GS


Eh, mine's bigger :p


Cards I've owned and benched all within the last year alone-

2x X1950 pro's
3650
3870
4670
2x 4870 1gb
2x 4870 X2
5670 512mb
2x 5770 1gb
5830
5850
2x 5870

7200gs
7950 GX2
2x 8600gt
2x 8600gts 256mb
2x 8800gts 320mb
8800gt 256mb
6x 8800gt 512mb
4x 8800gts 512mb
8800gtx
8800 ultra
2x 9600gt
2x 9600gso
2x 9800gt
5x 9800GX2
gts250
gtx260 c216
gtx 275 896mb
gtx275 co-op
gtx280
gtx285
gtx295
2x gts450 1gb
gtx460 768mb
gtx460 1gb
gtx470
gtx570


I don't know if a card has stayed in my system longer than a week :D I get tired of updated my signature lol.
 
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9550
X850XT PE
9800 XT
X800 GTO
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2600 XT
8800gt
9800gt
GTX 260
4850x2
4890
GTX 460

I either change because A. My card died or B. Upgrade
 
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seems about 2 years now, used to be every 6 months, but kids, car payments, house, etc have really drained the available blow money.

now it really comes down to the ability to play a game at a decent detail level and while my 9600gt wasn't too bad a performer in the games I had, an upgrade to a gtx470 still seemed necessary
 

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as little as possible. fortunatly PC gaming graphics peaked in 2007 so no need to upgrade to the latest and greatest, probably not for quite a while iether
 

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once in an eternity :D
or if one dies... :(
currently stuck at an ATI 4650
 

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Possibly every 8 months now. But used to change it every 1-2 years back in the day. In order what i had in the last 10 years :p And that's on my main rig.

ATi Rage 16mb
nVidia Riva TnT 2
nVidia Geforce FX5200
nVidia Geforce FX5500
ATi Radeon X1950GT
nVidia 9600GT
nVidia GTX295
ATi Radeon HD5870
ATi Radeon HD5970 2GB (2 cards)
ATi Radeon HD5970 4GB (2 cards)
nVidia GTX260

:D
 
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