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Originally Posted by Novotny
Depends on how rich you are, really. Are 2-3 fps worth a 100 quid to you? Buy a 2600.
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That's the bottom line for me as well. Whatever the hardware component in question, if i pay an extra 1/3rd of the price i expect an extra 1/3rd of performance too, but since that never happens i just buy the second best component and save enough money to possibly upgrade another one.
This is a better strategy overall and gives better all around performance, assuming you are a mere mortal like the majority of us and don't have an endless supply of money. If you really are super rich case go ahead and buy the best you can find across the board, but for the majority of people it doesn't work out that way
For example, one could buy the top of the line CPU, or the second best CPU and an extra 3-4GB of DDR3 RAM for the same price (depending on whether he runs a dual or tripple channel mobo) or an SSD, etc.