Are you running ATI 5870, 6870 or Nvidia 460?

[BigC208]

Hi Klem, if you're still have not pulled the trigger on a new system I would wait. I built my last system because I thought SoW was just around the corner. That was in December of 2006...If SoW comes out in say 6 months there will have been new Processors and GPU's out there. I'm building my next rig again for Il2 and this time I'm holding out untill it's on the shelves. I allready have three 22inch monitors and I'm planing on 1 top of the line card for each monitor. Leaning towards Nvidia at the moment since I keep reading on the widescreen gaming forum that for 3 monitors Sli is still easier to set up and faster than eyefiniti. If this changes between now and SoW release I'll adjust my viewpoint. I've got a $3000 budget and will wait to get as much bang for the buck. This thing will probably have to last me at least 4 years.

[TUSA/TX-Gunslinger]

Just a quick note - I have not had an issue with blocky text in ATI drivers since the early 10 cats.

From 10.5 to 10.6 to 10.7 (I skipped 10.8 - just forgot). No issues - now on 10.10 - I have not installed 10.11 yet, well just because I'm too lazy and the Cat's work great for me.

No blocky text in Il2 since 10.4 (as I remember, could be 10.3).

Il2 runs great
ROF runs great
Any other stuff I've thrown at it.

Good luck

S!

Gunny

[klem]

Originally Posted by BigC208

Hi Klem, if you're still have not pulled the trigger on a new system I would wait. I built my last system because I thought SoW was just around the corner. That was in December of 2006.................. I've got a $3000 budget and will wait to get as much bang for the buck. This thing will probably have to last me at least 4 years.

Hi BigC208

I've already pulled the trigger to get the invoice raised before end year when the VAT goes up but they are happy to delay delivery until week 50 so that, if AMD keep to their release date of 13th December, I can hopefully find out if I can include a 6950 or 6970 in the build. If there's still a 'delay to market' I'll take it without video cards and dump my 7800GTs in until they are available.

Thing is I could go on waiting another year but my load times, especially for FSX with hi res photo textures, are driving me up the wall. Also, while there may be some price drops if I wait they won't be enough to get me up to the next level.... and I could play that waiting game forever. And risk spend the money on something else 'sensible' in the meantime My current rig has lasted 5 years and is still pretty good. There is room for upgrading on the new rig although it will already be overclocked to 4GHz so processing power should stand up for quite a while.