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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pae who wrote (209)	2/13/1998 2:12:00 PM
From: pae	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

[multi-mon] redux... colorgrafx prices Colorgrafx was fast in getting back to me with prices... >> Quad Pro Lightning, p/n 612169: $695 Evolution 4, p/n 612184: $695 If your machine is less than a Pentium 200, I would recommend the Quad Pro Lightning. If your machine is Pentium 200 or higher, I would recommend the Evolution 4. The Evolution 4 is PCI 2.1 compliant and uses PCI-PCI bridging. This is not compatible with the older machines. << With regards to the "open architecture" we might want to frame a general strategy about how to surf the waves of technological innovation that keep pounding our investments into the sands of time. As was recently illustrated re memory, you can't plan to re-use memory forever. Indeed, I have not EVER been able to re-use memory as I ponder my fifth PC. So, in general, do you pay the premium for the latest and greatest component? Certainly not the almost to be obsolete. So where on the price/performance curve do you buy? A notch or two back from the top? Does that imply upgrading frequently enough to re-use something? I guess that was 3 stategies: S1 - buy the top and try to stretch out the usefullness cycle. S2 - buy better bang/buck and expect shorter cycles. S3 - buy the cheapest and enjoy ignorance as long as possible. I guess I'm shooting for S2. For instance, the multi-monitor cards: AGP multi-monitor cards have gotta be in the pipeline somewhere. But when they pop out, they are likely to priced at a premium. The good news would be the PCI MM cards should get reduced. (Or when I buy one, most likely.) Any guesses on how long the PCI MM cards will be usable? Any one model more than another? Cheers!