2003: What new upgrade are you dying to get next year?

[krackato]

Well, I guess I'll toss out another end of the year thread since I'm currently dying for a DVD burner. Hopfully I'll be able to score an 8x for about $150 sometime next year. What new toys are you looking forward to getting in the new year?

 

[BZeto]

I'm mostley waiting for the Radeon 9700 Pro prices to come down with the launch of the Geforce FX.

I'm also anxiously waiting for S-ATA to hit the market......

 

[etee]

LCD

 

[zsouthboy]

A video card that doesn't suck.

(yes, i have a TI4600, and yes, i do think it sucks)

Probably the fall refresh of the GFFX or the R400 is what i want.

 

[Imported]

Originally posted by: BZeto
I'm mostley waiting for the Radeon 9700 Pro prices to come down with the launch of the Geforce FX.

I'm also anxiously waiting for S-ATA to hit the market......

Waiting for the 9700 Pro prices to come down also, or just get a 9500 Pro... not sure yet.

 

[RoodyPooGangsta]

GeForce FX

 

[wetcat007]

AMD Hammer
DVD burner
And prolly a GeForce FX if i get a AMD Hammer

-Mark

 

[CubicZirconia]

The Hammer. More mildly the geforce FX.

 

[FishTankX]

Upgrading out of 256MB of RAM hell.

 

[PCMarine]

Like many others: AMD Hammer, GeForce FX, <25ms Response 18in+ LCD, etc.

 

[optoman]

Probably a dvd burner towards the end of the year. Not much else because I need to save, hopefully going back to grad school.

 

[Mloot]

CDRW/DVD combo drive later in the year.

AIW VE ordered yesterday from Newegg. Will arrive 1st or 2nd day of the new year. Does that count as a New Year's upgrade?

 

[AdamK47]

Like most, GeForce FX.

 

[John]

Granite F'in Bay

 

[MrCraphead]

Pardon my ignorance John, but wtf is a Granite Bay? o_0

 

[John]

Originally posted by: MrCraphead
Pardon my ignorance John, but wtf is a Granite Bay? o_0

I hope you are joking.

 

[JSSheridan]

PCI Express

 

[PCMarine]

Yea PCI Express is a good one, hopefully that will be shipping with some of the Hammer boards.

 

[tbates757]

Dual Sledgehammer PC

RV400

DDR-II

PCI Express

And I hope hard drives are greatly improved, too huge of a bottleneck right now...Good things to come in 2003!

 

[Wingznut]

Granite Bay with a P4 that does HyperThreading.

 

[BFG10K]

I'm going to be picking up another 512 MB RAM in a few days. After that who knows, but I do expect at least a CPU and video card upgrade sometime this year.

 

[bgeh]

LCD <15ms time
AMD Dual Opteron
PCI Express
Geforce FX or ATI R350
1GB RAM(for BF 1942)
A DVD Burner that burns at 8x and burns all the DVD formats(e.g.DVD-RAM,DVD-RW,DVD+RW)
Serial ATA
Prometria

 

[dionx]

klipsch promedia 5.1
SB audigy 2 platinum ex

asus nforce mobo
gaming lcd
dvd-r
200GB+ harddrive

 

[CrazySaint]

At least 256MB more RAM, a dual channel DDR motherboard, WinXP, a 19" flat screen monitor and a new video card.

 

[Tab]

AMD Athlon XP Barton Core's, Can you say 400Mhz FSB, or is it the end of the XP?

Serial ATA, will it make Hard Drives that much faster All this hype over cables?

GeForce FX, Pixar quality graphics on a home computer. Will it become a reality?

CD-RW/DVD Combo, can we have a all in one unit thats fast and affordable?

Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, was the wait worth it?