Poll: Has there been a change to the priorities of the performance enthusiast?

[Otacon]

Poll request please mods EDIT: Cheers guys

Talking to people, and looking at the threads on these boards, I feel a change in the wind. Gone are phrases like "not bothered about x - so long as i can get yFPS in z game", and more often we see "looking for decent performance, but must comply with x requirement".

With the bar for top level performance set so high are people less concerned getting the most performance for their money? Have we seen a dramatic swing toward other factors - even from performance enthusiasts such as our good selves?

So what underline factor do you keep in mind when you spec/build a machine?

Performance?
Noise Levels?
Footprint (size)?
or Cost?

 

[Otacon]

But where does you over priority lie?

 

[Otacon]

When I joined in 2001 most people had lots of big noisy fans in their cases

My rig has 7 fans and sounds like a hovercraft - at the time i didnt mind as the performance was awsome, but now its annoying me. As is the size of it.

Hence why my next rig will be SFF - all be it a high end one.

 

[Otacon]

So noise levels are now your underline consideration?

 

[Otacon]

There's a lot more focus on noise than there was 2 years ago by the looks of it.

Another contributing factor is the push for the PC in the living room. The rigs that existed 2 years ago would never have been welcome as part of an entertainment system. Now its an option for us 'in the know', give it another 18 months and they might be a norm.

Who can say

 

[Otacon]

You do notice a big space difference with a TFT over a CRT, but there are cost implications.

Its always gonna be about compromise - I was just curious as to where people make it.