08-23-2004, 03:42 PM
But probably not an Ultra, maybe a GT. I don't know if I'll have enough money for a $600 video card.
Whether you can afford it or not, why throw your money down the drain? Generations of graphics cards come out so fast, it doesn't make much sense to pay a $300 or $400 premium to have the best card of today when it won't be the best card a few months from now.
I'm not going to get a sound card yet, since I hear onboard audio is pretty good and sound cards are cheap enough nowaday that the don't even take up a single pay cheque, which is fine with me. I'm thinking I finally need to buy some speakers, which I've been without for four years. For no reason I can figure out. I'm getting the feeling Soundblaster is basically the only real high end option for cards.
I wouldn't refer to the Soundblaster line as "high end options" in the world of sound cards. They do have a lot of features and the best gaming support, though. Sound quality is a bit more debatable. In any case, you'd probably be best off to invest in decent speakers and/or headphones first, before bothering with a sound card. Onboard sound has come a long way in the last few years.
Whether you can afford it or not, why throw your money down the drain? Generations of graphics cards come out so fast, it doesn't make much sense to pay a $300 or $400 premium to have the best card of today when it won't be the best card a few months from now.
I'm not going to get a sound card yet, since I hear onboard audio is pretty good and sound cards are cheap enough nowaday that the don't even take up a single pay cheque, which is fine with me. I'm thinking I finally need to buy some speakers, which I've been without for four years. For no reason I can figure out. I'm getting the feeling Soundblaster is basically the only real high end option for cards.
I wouldn't refer to the Soundblaster line as "high end options" in the world of sound cards. They do have a lot of features and the best gaming support, though. Sound quality is a bit more debatable. In any case, you'd probably be best off to invest in decent speakers and/or headphones first, before bothering with a sound card. Onboard sound has come a long way in the last few years.