Whats gonna be the future this year?

[bosley1966]

My question is what is on the horizon for computers this year?
I want to buy a new pc without screen and soundcard, speakers ( i have these) and spend about £1300, but i was wondering whether it was worth spending now or wait till the end of the year to buy if something big is around the corner. I know Windows Vista will come out so that might be worth waiting for, i like the look of the AMD X2's, is there anything to beat this soon? What about the top graphics cards? Basically, when should i buy? And what should i look out for?

Cheers for reading this rambling question

 

[gary996]

Intel Conroe will be out which looks promising.
The new GPU's from ATI and Nvidia
If you dont need it yet wait a little while

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Definitely wait for AMD's new socket and Intel's Conroe/Merom. They've hinted that the new AMD high-end socket will support a PCI-E controller integrated on the die. Wait until the summer at the earliest if you're looking to have the new hotness.

EDIT: BTW, welcome to the forum.

 

[Dureth]

The PCI-E controller rumour was for the server side of things not the new AM2 AMD socket.

However waiting until June/July would be a good idea as you will have a far better selection of new technology to choose from.

 

[iraiguana]

AM 2 no includes ddr2 - 800 support so will show significant speed boost and first cpus released on it are going to be the a64 +5000 (dual core) and the FX62 (also dual core) but actual clocks will be similar to that of top end a64. Also going to see an increase in memory costs as the silly companies reduced production and this is driving up cost. Intel looking strong soon and will just have to wait and see by mid year should know whats the best out.

 

[Admiral Huddy]

the new Physics chip , due this half iirc. Sounds interesting.

 

[bosley1966]

Brilliant thanks guys, just what i wanted to know, will wait till summer and see what is out then... i want a new comp now though!!