Hey guys, you've all been awesome with the support and info and I REALLY appreciate it.

Couldn't have put it better myself!

Newegg is where I did most of my research on pricing and compatibility. Check it out before surrendering.

Thanks for the tip, i might just have a look. Anyway, i don't think i am going to upgrade my AMD system. Not for any other reason but incombatability of processors. I did say before;

I'll have to look it up. I hope AMD are not going to piss me off with incompatability issues.... i'll run streight back into the arms of intel if that happens.

So yea, that's exactly what i am going to do.

I should have looked into AMD's history a bit before going with them in the first place! So what if the Pentium 4 crewed my long upgrading history with the pentium pc's... AMd may easily have been screwing upgrade possibilities more readily - and i didn't think to check, silly me eh?

Planned obsolence.

I think it is inevitable and should be planned for, instead of complained about so much.

New processors may require a new socket.
New types of memory may need a different chipset.
A different video bus requires...


The technology evolves. So does the hardware and software.

Planned obsolence. I think it is inevitable and should be planned for, instead of complained about so much. New processors may require a new socket. New types of memory may need a different chipset. A different video bus requires... The technology evolves. So does the hardware and software.

Oh my, if it were possible to see a computer company's executives wet dream... this post about sums it up!

Were not really talking about technology, we don't even see the technology. All we see and deal with are connections and voltages. We connect part A to part B and thats it. Computer companies then do whatever they can to manipulate these basic connections and voltasges to prevent compatability with the excuse that they are improving technology.

Yeah, people *are* planning for it. Theyre buying consoles. Theyre buying consoles for the stable technological plateau of reasonable duration, and the Gamestop near my house doesnt even stock PC games on the shelves anymore. You ask at the counter, and if its a Major MMO or an RTS ,the last two genres to flourish on the PC (both of which are moving console side, with most major MMOs slated for release a year from now being developed for the 360, and RTS going cross platform as well), you might get lucky. Used DvDs get two racks.


Of course technology evolves, but we're talking a matter of degrees here. Its a wheel spinning off its axis, driven in tandem by game developers and hardware manufacturers, with no system of checks, standardized upgrade paths, or in-built consumer friendly mechanics in place.


So yeah, people will stop complaining about it soon enough.