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LAN Party Forums => General Discussion => Started by: Pride on October 28, 2005, 10:07:51 AM

Title: Moral Dilema
Post by: Pride on October 28, 2005, 10:07:51 AM

So I am about to receive a check for $225 for some work I performed last week.

I have about $300 remaining on my credit card, and I normally pay off $100 on it each month.

I also don't game nearly as much as I used to, nor have much desire to do so.

Do I:

1.  Put the money on the CC and finally pay it off?
2.  Buy a new video card?

Title: Moral Dilema
Post by: Dwg115 on October 28, 2005, 11:30:02 AM

what video card do you have now?  I know at one point i wasnt gaming hardly at all because my card was running everything really crappy.  I bought a new card and some ram and I started gaming again.  7800gt is in that range and it's supposed to be kickass.

Title: Moral Dilema
Post by: Pride on October 28, 2005, 12:05:51 PM

I have an ATI 9500 Pro

Title: Moral Dilema
Post by: Dwg115 on October 28, 2005, 01:11:49 PM

yea i would say get the card unless your pretty certain that a new card isnt going to change your gaming enthusiasm.  And on that note maybe waiting a while till the next generation of cards comes out will be a better option for you.  

Right now im using a x800xtpe and im not buying anymore hardware till at least march 06 or later.  So im saving some money every week for a truly kickass system and video card.  I want 512MB of ram on it and at least 32 pipelines.  i'll spend $700 for it and not a cent more.  maybe i'll get the fx60 by then too that would be awesome.

Title: Moral Dilema
Post by: cuzzNkev on October 28, 2005, 04:16:02 PM

Being the hardware whore,  I was going to say go for the video card.  

OOOO..pay off the card, then charge a new one video card.  Dilema solved.

Title: Moral Dilema
Post by: l4mby on October 28, 2005, 09:03:45 PM

Quote from: "cuzznkev"

OOOO..pay off the card, then charge a new one video card.  Dilema solved.

Haha, I was so going to say this !

Title: Moral Dilema
Post by: sully! on October 28, 2005, 10:31:39 PM

Quote from: "l4mby"

Quote from: "cuzznkev"

OOOO..pay off the card, then charge a new one video card.  Dilema solved.

Haha, I was so going to say this !

That's exactly what I did do a few weeks ago. I was in Best Buy just looking around when I wander into the video card aisle. Staring me in the face was a BFG 6800 GT OC. I thought to myself....."Hey, I just paid off my credit card, I can get this and not worry about denting my bank account." And having been stuck in a GeForce 5600 FX for way too long (nearly identical performance to the GeForce3 Ti200 I had before that), I couldn't stand the pisspoor performance any more.

I paced back and forth for a bit, and then grabbed the card and ran to the register before I could change my mind. The way I look at it, I just paid off the card in full a few weeks earlier, I put some back on it, and now I'll pay it off in full again in a couple weeks. That's got to look good on a credit report, right?

Title: Moral Dilema
Post by: sancho on October 30, 2005, 03:21:51 PM

You'll need the card seeing as how i'll be kicking your ass all over the place again, the more FPS you can get, the better...  :boxer:

Title: Moral Dilema
Post by: sully! on October 30, 2005, 07:25:33 PM

What's this I hear? Sancho making a comeback?