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£100-150 GFX

Greebo said:
Yeah I agree. I just told my gf that I "got enough money for my 8800GTS G92 512mb to replace it with a 4870".
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Separate bank accounts mate - it's the only way.

Greebo said:
Slightly misleading. She thinks it's a straight swap cost wise, I know it's costing me £50 plus postage.
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The problem with that is one for GD, so I'm not going to touch it with a bargepole.

Greebo said:
It was bad enough getting the "but you've changed your graphics card 4 times in the last 5 months speech so why do you need to change it yet again? Why can't you just be happy with your pc for a couple of years. I've not done anything to my laptop for 4 years and it's still fine" speech without the cost questions.;)
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I've been married longer than most people on these forms have been alive and I can assure you the secret is separate bank accounts! What's hers is hers and what's mine is mine. As long as the bills get paid and we save the agreed amount each month (into her Building Society account:eek:) then we can do what we like with the rest.

Until you get the separate bank accounts organised, the next time you get that "I haven't upgraded my laptop in 4 years" you have to counter with the "I've been wearing one pair of black Loakes/carrying the same briefcase for the last three years, why do you always need another pair of shoes/handbag?" argument. Black goes with everything. If she just bought black shoes.... That generally seems to work quite well. NOT!:D
 
But its alright for them to spend shedloads of dosh on "shoes, handbags, clothes, glasses (if needed), etc" when they've already got bucketloads of them!:rolleyes::p:D
 
WJA96 said:
SNIP
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We have got seperate bank accounts and a joint one which we both pay into for the house costs/bills/shopping.

Still doesn't stop her. SHe doesn't grasp the need to upgrade. I have lost track of how many things I have changed inside the pc without her knowing (cpu's are the easiest ;)) but big things like large widescreen monitors are harder to hide.

And I daren't even try your shoe/handbag speech (she has bought two handbags this week alone!) cause I don't fancy spending the night on the sofa!
 
And you get the "explain why it was necessary to get the new gfx card when the one you bought last month was the dogs nuts?"

SO you explain and then you get the "so are you really going to be able to notice the extra 4fps in CRysis?" speech.

I gave up justifying/explaining upgrades some time ago. I stick with my "but I can sell this for as much or more money I bought it for plus the new one is a bargain and a good investment" speech which has actaully been true about my previous three gfx purchases. The 4870 is new so I will never see my money back on that.
 
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