I was going to post this as a reply on the sapphire thread about kemps x1900, but decided i might get hammered by the new OT rules i've just familiarised myself with 
Anyway:
I've always been a bit of a wuss when it comes to upgrading. I tend to wait until all the fuss has died down then buy second hand top of the range components from 2-3 years ago. The result is a cheap, stable system that's had all the bugs patched out of it built from high quality components and chugging along reasonably fast, but in a rather boring fashion.
It occured to me the other day that owning a bleeding edge machine might not actually cost all that much.
If i were to say, buy an x1900 for £450 or whatever they cost today, and sell it shortly after the next gen arrived, how much do you reckon i'd actually lose? There are enough dopey ebayers out there to get back most of the cost i reckon.
So although there's a hefty initial outlay, is it actually much more expensive to keep a top notch machine top notch then it is to keep a reasonable machine reasonable? It's obviously going to be a bit more but just how much intrigues me.
I don't know, i've never tried. Have you?
Anyway:
I've always been a bit of a wuss when it comes to upgrading. I tend to wait until all the fuss has died down then buy second hand top of the range components from 2-3 years ago. The result is a cheap, stable system that's had all the bugs patched out of it built from high quality components and chugging along reasonably fast, but in a rather boring fashion.
It occured to me the other day that owning a bleeding edge machine might not actually cost all that much.
If i were to say, buy an x1900 for £450 or whatever they cost today, and sell it shortly after the next gen arrived, how much do you reckon i'd actually lose? There are enough dopey ebayers out there to get back most of the cost i reckon.
So although there's a hefty initial outlay, is it actually much more expensive to keep a top notch machine top notch then it is to keep a reasonable machine reasonable? It's obviously going to be a bit more but just how much intrigues me.
I don't know, i've never tried. Have you?
