Christmas Decisions?

[Scougar]

Not that I really need any help but...

Should I get a 3870 for christmas or get a Rap4 T68 gen4 magazine fed paintball marker?

I do paintball umpiring between 2-6 times a month on a voluntary basis (helps out a friend), but rarely get to play really, and would only be able to realistically use the marker about 2-4 times a year. I love it when I do play however, and have been waiting for a decent marker, and one that is decently priced (only been 1 other model on the market which I didn't like), for about 3-4 years. The one mentioned above is now out and would cost around £300-£350 to get.

Trouble is I'm on an x850xt at the moment which is ok I guess, but not groundbreaking, and only just sufficing for Cod4. Heaven knows what TF2 and Crysis are gonna play like.

What do you reckon? I will prob go for gfx card, but would love a decent marker also.

Matthew

 

[Scougar]

lol... I'd get a carpet but we rent (as we are moving to the states in next 2-3 years), and the 8800gt is overpriced.

Suppose I'm likely to get more use out of the card whilst here, and I'll be able to us my own paintball marker at more sites in the states. I'll get the card, and wait a few years for the marker

Choices choices for brand type and model... hmm 3850 512, and hope they find a bios mod/volt mod for it, or 3870 512mb lol.

Matthew

 

[Scougar]

It was just a suggestion, but the cheapest 3870 on this site is only about £20 cheaper than the cheapest 8800GT, and 85% of the performance on average according to Anandtech.

Personally I think it's worth it for the single-slot cooling alone, never mind the image quality and performance.

I know it was a suggestion, and yeah I know I could easily get an ultra for the money i'd pay for the marker... but I'm not that insane as I have a x4 pci-e slot lol.

You think the image quality is better on the gt than the 38xx stuff?

Matthew

 

[Scougar]

o.. i've just seen you're moving to the states.. if you can wait that long to get a marker you will save a lot of money..

OJRules> You can edit your posts so you don't have to keep posting a new one everytime.

Yup will be moving to states as wifes American and I wouldn't mind buying a large house with a LOT of land for very cheap I use the Tippmann A5's everytime I umpire and pretty much everytime I play. They are our standard site gun (Nothing else comes close for a quality/accuracy on a standard gun). I already own a spyder clone (rubbish cheapo thing for a project), and stuck in the states I have a basic Spyder MR1. I like the tippmanns, really I do, but for me having real magazines to play with is just such a cool factor and something i've kinda always wanted.

This marker has a hopper adaptor in case you need it (i.e. attack/defence games where it would be advatage for defending).

Oh, and I play woodsball on a 120 acre wood, don't get on with speedball as it is all about volume of paint you can lay down a lot of the time.

On the other hand, getting a gfx card will enable me to chill out more often I suppose.

Matthew