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A year old... still strong?
My computer in my sig is a year old. I am most likely going to buy a new tv that is 1080p instead of 720. My graphics card is probably going to need to be replaced right? If so what do you guys suggest? Do I need to worry about any of my other parts? It has been a year since I did my researching and I am getting a little rusty, so I thought I would ask. Thanks.
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Your 9800GX2 is fine, unless you want to max out Crysis (buy a 5870, or wait to see how the GT300 performs).
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Get yourself a radeon 5850 or 5870 if you're a serious gamer, otherwise a 48xx or similar nvidia card (don't know too much about them) will do
Everything else looks great
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Why would your graphics card need replaced? Even if you're gaming on that new 1080p monitor, that 9800GX2 should handle it easily. If you WANT to upgrade, then yeah a graphics card would be just about the only thing your rig is lacking.....and your current one isn't bad at all.
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That rig is still strong that card should at least last you another year till the gt300's come out.
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I'd sell the gx2 to a folder and pick up a 5870.
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is it necessary to upgrade? no, not for at least another year and a half imo, but if you wanted to you can, as there are other possibilities out there, but the 9800gx2 will do you fine.
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no reason to upgrade right now you can easily push that resolution
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60,000,000,000$$ man?
 
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Dude my GS can push 1080P if you overclock it until it forgets it's name.
Your GX2 will be fine.
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Nope no need for new guts yet, though you could upgrade to whatever GPU config you desire + run an armada of HDDs with that PSU
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