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[Stevethegreat]

2x7950 covers my needs for 2 years at least.

I guess it depends on whether a new console is out in the corner or not. My setup with the dual 8800GTs (mid range cards from 2007) can still play most games at max in medium resolutions. That's four years and counting.

If however a new console is about to be released "your" card won't last for a year (see what happened to X1XXX series - great products which had the bad luck to be released about/around the time the new consoles were coming out).

It's a sad state of affairs but computer hardware's evolution is not "independant" anymore...

[flopper]

I guess it depends on whether a new console is out in the corner or not. My setup with the dual 8800GTs (mid range cards from 2007) can still play most games at max in medium resolutions. That's four years and counting.

If however a new console is about to be released "your" card won't last for a year (see what happened to X1XXX series - great products which had the bad luck to be released about/around the time the new consoles were coming out).

It's a sad state of affairs but computer hardware's evolution is not "independant" anymore...

ah well, got to buy things anyhow
dont play with consoles not likely to start anytime either.

[Stevethegreat]

ah well, got to buy things anyhow
dont play with consoles not likely to start anytime either.

Sure, but the developments in the console world dictate the worth (and longevity) of your hardware.

What's good in having a super duper HD 9990 dual card if there's no software (games) to use even 1/10th of its power (since everything is a console port these days)?

Or -in reverse- what's good in buying the latest card only to find shortly thereafter that all games require twice that power only because the latest consoles happen to have a card more powerful than yours (therefore everybody develops with *that* in mind)?

Like I said, it's sad, but the console world IS part of our lives (no matter how much most of us -here- wouldn't want to have anything to do with it).

[Iconyu]

Sure, but the developments in the console world dictate the worth (and longevity) of your hardware.

What's good in having a super duper HD 9990 dual card if there's no software (games) to use even 1/10th of its power (since everything is a console port these days)?

Or -in reverse- what's good in buying the latest card only to find shortly thereafter that all games require twice that power only because the latest consoles happen to have a card more powerful than yours (therefore everybody develops with *that* in mind)?

Like I said, it's sad, but the console world IS part of our lives (no matter how much most of us -here- wouldn't want to have anything to do with it).

It costs a lot of money to make games now, and the high end PC market isn't big enough to support $80,000,000 PC exclusives that push new cards to the edge. Crysis sold more because it was a graphical benchmark than a great game, people bought it to see if their upgrades made a difference.

When the new consoles come out they won't have twice the power of a PC, they'll just have an API that eats up less cycles, and they don't have high driver overhead, that makes them look like they have twice the power.

[Manicdan]

I guess it depends on whether a new console is out in the corner or not. My setup with the dual 8800GTs (mid range cards from 2007) can still play most games at max in medium resolutions. That's four years and counting.

If however a new console is about to be released "your" card won't last for a year (see what happened to X1XXX series - great products which had the bad luck to be released about/around the time the new consoles were coming out).

It's a sad state of affairs but computer hardware's evolution is not "independant" anymore...

we also do not know what the next consoles will even need. also since the last console the PC world has adopted multi gpu as a commonplace (if we wanted extra AA or resolution). while the console world will probably be stuck at 1080p. so i somehow suspect the next wave of consoles will not launch at 600$, or even come close to matching PCs. instead i bet they focus on more fun for the family, and keeping it affordable.

i think 2x 7950s will be the best bang/buck for the next 5 years, which is why i am about to jump on that wagon myself. (this is all just an educated guess, and by educated i mean strait up guessing)