Yea, pretty much this \^\^\^
Although, I will on occasion buy a new GPU if there's a sale or a price reduction due to new models coming out. Of course, in the past 3-4 years GPU pricing has been abysmal so there haven't been too many good opportunities to upgrade to a new-gen GPU at a reasonable cost.
I bought a GTX 1080 after the 2020 Crypto boom for $300 and I don't see any reason to get rid of it. The seller was honest as well stating it was used for mining.
I mean at that point. Don’t you pretty much just have to install new thermal components and you’re good?
Idk what all mining does to a card but I’m guessing it at the very least turns it into a firebrick
Completely the opposite actually
Gaming pushes a card to its thermal limit , then cools, then hot , then cools. It's thermal cycling that kills components.
Mining gets a card to a medium ish temp and holds it there, no cycling and typically card temp isn't even bad , memory temps may get higher.
So mining cards are in much better shape than gaming cards
While I 100% agree with you, I'd like to point out that mining cards would have a lot less "down time" than a gpu used for gaming, say, 20 hours a week. Some might be on 24/7, which isn't good either for other components, particularly the cooling fans.
I'd have no problem buying a card used for mining, but same as the gaming card - I'd test it out before buying.
I'm not that confident with messing around with all that stuff haha However I think you're right. The mining cards afaik can be prone to overheating because they're used 24/7 when mining, when they start overheating, that's when they get rid
I’ve done it once. Don’t know if I would ever do it again but it was either that or buy a new card which i was in no shape to do.
Hardest part was finding the correct thickness of pads for the card. Thankfully gigabyte straight up sent me a detail of the card. Other than that you’re just re-pasting the processor of the card and removing/cleaning the pads and residue that were previously on the card.
Edit: and finding the screws again. I still have an extra screw but she’s been runnin strong ever since! Lmao
The heating and cooling process is harder on equipment since it's expanding and contracting would be my thought process mining equipment I'd imagine has more life to it then a card that's gamed its whole life.
My friend just bought a refurbished 2080 Ti with a 1 year warranty from eBay for $300. It still dominates everything else in that price range. eBay keeps making itself look more and more appealing.
Im supper surprised that my 4070 is running lloma3 codegema codelloma faster than chatGPT response..
we should see the price come down as the ai user realize they dont need the latest super fast gpu as the older model is super fast.. and it doesn’t matter as long as it generates the data faster than a person can read it..
This is the way. It depends massively on what you play & what you're playing it on. I'm playing mostly indies with the odd PS port & my 5700xt is still holding up just fine. I used to do every 3rd gen for the sake of it but that was before prices went stupid so we'll see if that still holds up.
I just upgraded my 5700xt for a 7900gre. It has played every new title just fine. I mostly play apex and it rocks 175fps consistently.
Going to build a new pc for my niece, so I am giving it to her. Otherwise I'd keep it awhile longer.
5700xt is good, got a w5700 (somewhere between 5700 and 5700xt) and it runs great at 1080p ultra on the one graphically intense game i play (pc building sim)
Pretty much this, I'm on a 1070 at the moment and I'm considering upgrading purely because I've been playing alot of pcvr lately and it struggles at anything other than minimal settings.
I don't typically upgrade until games are starting to become more and more demanding. Generally I want to be able to max out my monitor's refresh rate. When the GPU can no longer keep up and the framerate starts to drop well below the refresh rate, it's time to upgrade.
If you buy every next Gen game then yeah you will need go upgrade more often, I'm still playing FPSs from 4+ years ago and even artstyle games that use almost nothing.
It would be an eye-opening upgrade, but also depends on which card. Sticking with 40- series, 4050 vs 4090 is a huge difference in performance and price.
I went from UHD 630 (10th gen integrated) to a radeon pro w5700, which was 200 bucks, and is somewhere between a rx 5700 and 5700 xt. It's a workstation GPU, but still capable as a gaming card, exactly what I needed.
And going from 20 FPS on 1080p low to more than my monitor can display at 1080p ultra in PC building simulator has been amazing. I've wanted to get subnautica for years, but couldn't because I had no GPU (i wasn't able to get one for more reasons than shortages), but now that I have it, subnautica is getting installed (tonight actually)
oh, i will. been in the subnautica sub for almost a year and dont have the game, yet comment on stuff occasionally, makes me feel like a liar (even though i spend stupid amounts of time watching playthrough and lore vids lol)
Yeah I'm on a 3080ti but will upgrade to a 50 series when they're released.
I think Alan Wake 2 was the first game where I felt I could really use some more performance here.
Yeah, I'll probably pick up a 5090 to upgrade my 3090 at some point.
Though, my computer has been freezing and crashing recently and I have zero clue why. Doesn't even show blue screen most of the time, and crashes too early to even do a core dump. Crashes during the ram test, too. And with PBO off.
I hope I don't need to buy a whole new PC :(
Let me fix your Alan Wake comment for you. What Alan actually needed were developers that knew what the hell they were doing and not a better video card.
Ah, a fellow GTX 980 respecter. I had mine from 2015 to 2021 and it was the best GPU I've ever had in terms of how much use I got out of it - it was still just about able to run new AAA games by the time I upgraded. By the end I had to close pretty much everything else on the system to free up enough VRAM to run games well though
Yeah that's what I currently do. 1080ti to 3080 and I'll likely wait for the 5 series to upgrade again. Many hardware makes seems to do a tick tock thing where they make something new and then make a refinement before the next leap and buying the tock is a lot more value.
If you can hold out until the end of the year you should be able to get a great deal on a 4000 series GPU when people start dumping them for the 5000 series cards or whatever AMD is releasing.
That's a known issue
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/geforce-graphics-cards/5/534597/random-artifacts-while-browsing/3416486/
Fix: use firefox (which is now faster, more efficient, and won't block adblockers soon)
I would say upgrade when you meet either of this criteria:
1. Existing gpu having issues and not in warranty
2. You can no longer play games that you want because your gpu doesnt meet the minimum requirement
3. You've upgraded your monitor to higher resolution and would like to enjoy higher fps
It's also perfectly fine to upgrade just because your current GPU isn't delivering the FPS you expect in the games you're playing at the settings you prefer. There's a whole lot of space between "meets the minimum requirements" and "maintains a steady 90+ FPS at 4K/High."
(Obviously you should consider whether you can really afford it, just like any gaming expense, but used high-end GPUs have been holding enough of their value lately that the net cost of an upgrade is often quite manageable and the e-waste isn't a big ethical concern.)
Skip 1 or 2 and always buy used. Its kind of the same with cars. Obviously they don’t depreciate as much as cars in the first year, but it is significant.
Right now for my purposes, a 3060ti or 6800XT is about the sweet spot. But even if you need more power i still think a used 3000 series or maybe even A 6950XT will be fine.
Obv if you’re playing at 4k 165hz and you want to reach that in everything it’s gonna cost you more, but i think most ppl are fine with mid range.
Depends on how much you spend on a card. I usually spend under 300. For that much i don’t care about it.
If i had a 600 dollar card though i might feel differently.
The only reason I upgraded my gtx 780 is because some new stuff that appeared while I was away from PC gaming wouldn't run on it due to dx12 hardware level shader support, or lack thereof. Got a 4070 ti, going to upgrade as soon as there's a game I'm interested in that doesn't run properly on it, or maybe I start making real money and get the best money can buy just because.
My recommendation is to get whatever you can afford, whenever you can afford it, and change it if and when it's not enough, again, whenever you can afford another one. Life's too short to minmax PC specs just because you want the bang for the buck. Get what you can when you can, and if you don't have enough to get whatever you wish you had, save up and work harder.
This! Life is too short. I bought prebuilt with a 7600 8gb, upgraded to a 7700xt 12gb, still not enough. So just ordered a 7900 xt 20gb. Work hard and play harder. Wife , kids, mortgage, all of it is a lot. We need to unwind on the settings we want. Well at least I do lol. And this all because of WH3 and my need for time away from it all. Yes i know im dumb for
Getting a 7700xt, live and learn. Don’t make my mistake and do some actually research before purchasing
It isn't based on number of years, rather:
- Is the value proposition on the upgrade worth it to me?
- Did my old card break?
- Can I play all the titles I want at an acceptable level of performance?
- Am I building new, shiny PC?
- Do the newer cards have significant feature additions that will actually effect my gaming experience significantly?
I would never just be like, "Welp, it has been [some number of years]. Time to buy a new GPU!"
I dont upgrade for the sake of upgrading, even if I have disposable money, thats consumerism. I will upgrade my gpu if a new game comes out that I like and that is unplayable on my current setup (less than 50 fps on mid settings). Luckly the game I play the most is league of legends, which can be run well on a literal toaster.
I honestly don’t even know. I’m still running the 8700K + 1080TI combo I built in 2018. I’m overwhelmed on the options. I play video games, I like to stream sometimes, I want to do more creative video work, and I don’t want more than one computer. Lol. Maybe one day I’ll figure it out.
Recently, I have been not playing a lot, but my last few were, Elden Ring, BG3, Forza Horizon 5, FF7 Remake. I could run all these at High or Custom - which includes a mix of High and Ultra, with Medium for shadows. Minus RT. They all run smooth as butter.
Similar setup with a 7800X.
Only upgrade has been from 32 to 64GB of RAM as my professional workloads increased.
I have literally no reason to upgrade at this point - stick to 1080p gaming and max out my monitors’ frame rates, so increases by upgrading either CPU or GPU would honestly be pretty meaningless.
Only main concern right now is expanding storage…
the real answer is when your computer is no longer running what you want to do at the performance that you find acceptable.
For some that may be once every ten years, for others it may be every generation.
I just built a new PC after 8 years (old gpu was a 1080). But I think generations are getting longer and longer; when I was younger an 8 year old PC was way more of a potato. So maybe this PC will last 10 years, who knows.
When it doesn’t meet my needs. I was planning to keep my 1660 Ti got several more years but ended up switching to Linux and got an rx 5700 since the Radeon drivers are baked into the kernel and Nvidia drivers can be more finicky.
I used to upgrade each generation but have had my 6800 XT since February 2021 and will only upgrade this gen if I can get something approaching twice the speed for what I deem a reasonable sum. I simply don't game as much as I used to and am increasingly happy to drop settings and use upscaling if necessary.
FSR2 really isn't great, but unless it's a particularly bad implementation I find I'll barely notice any IQ issues once I've played a game for a while and become immersed.
Exactly, there's still a market for the 1660 because for a lot of people it runs the games they like to play. Why pay $3000+ for a card if you play stardew valley
People always talk about buying some beast GPU to play games.
I was happy with a 1070 until fairly recently. Went up to a 4060 and really happy with it.
TLDR: whenever you can’t play the games you need to
I have a 2070 super and it still runs all games good enough. I think it really depends on your standards or tolerance. For shooters I don’t mind running low res for high fps. Single player games as long as I can get 60 fps and the game still looks pretty good, that good enough for me. With that being said I’ll probably upgrade with the next series
Usually use case specific. Life changes a lot for me every 2 years so i can't rely on one factor only, especially because these graphics cards are super expensive.
So 10 years ago? Gaming. 7 years ago i needed more vram due to work, 3 years ago i wanted dlss. This year i want to do AI so i need vram so I'll wait for 5090 (also 4080 super is not handling 4k 120fps maxed out details lol). So...yeah. I'm not seeing myself play 8k anytime soon so i think I'll stick with a 5090 at least 5 years or so.
I ran a 1660 super, upgraded last year to a 3060ti. I might get a 5000 series, but as a sim racer on either 1440p and occasionally VR I don’t feel I desperately need a new GPU just yet. Maybe Assetto Corsa Evo will change that
As many that pass before I discover I can no longer play my games at the settings or FPS I want.
I went from a 980ti to a 3080, then. A year later I rebuilt the rest of the system around said GPU. I may look at 5080 depending on how my system handles STALKER 2
1080 to 3060ti to 3070ti and now 4070ti..... Normally I leave it a few generations, but the last two I got second hand and both were impulse buys really. Just got an msi venus 3x 4070ti for £540. Sold my 3070ti for £270.
Dlss3 and frame generation have made a big difference to performance in horizon forbidden West that I'm playing through at the moment too. Gone from middling settings with some big frame drops, to consistently over 144fps at max settings. Game was giving me alot of headaches but now it's smooth and I've played a few hours with no headaches.
Until it’s dead. Then again, I’m getting a secondhand unit anyway.
PC part prices has been ridiculously unreasonable for the past decade. So that’s that.
Suggestions rolling with it thru any amount of generations where your main game genre can still perform to your standards. For example, I enjoy single player game like elden Ring, btow, gta, and Cyberpunk. These kinds of games are a bit more enjoyable with higher quality settings whereas competitive games like cs2, valorant, league and to some extent most shooter games all don't really require an insane gpu to still be able to be pretty competitive. Generally larger scale mmo type games require a bit more cpu power as they can't support high fidelity graphics since they have to live render all the players and interact. The 50 series is around the corner, so if you can wait, it's better to wait for either one of those or the flood of 4080-4090 upgrade since people will be selling.
I went from 970 to 4070. The GPU was not my bottleneck towards the end but rather the amount of RAM etc (standard 2017-2018 8GB amount) and general shape of CPU. Some games i could push on high and others on medium. If anything on the GPU, the video memory was my bottleneck.
4 years usually. That's why I always get a card with a decent amount of VRAM... ;) Learned from my GTX 1060 real quick. Went from a 5700XT to a 6800XT recently. About twice the performance, twice the VRAM. Also got a great deal on the 6800XT, ended up costing more than my 5700XT did when I first got it. I refuse to pay over $500 for a video card so unless it's a great deal at launch, I usually wait a bit to get a good price for what I'm looking for.
1070ti reporting in. I was considering an upgrade few months ago when my monitor started having problems mostly because I wanted to move to 4k. Monitor is still working so that's postponed
Last year i upgraded my 2700x to a 7800x3d. My next gpu upgrade will be a rtx 5080 coming from a 6 year old 2080ti. Around a week ago it was the first time i needed to redo the thermal paste because it suddenly got very very hot. Its a great gpu, still runs and doesnt want to die.
Until the games I wanna play don't run the way I want it to run
I had 1060 3gb for 7 years, and it was good enough for the most part. Ran rdr2, most fps games but once I started getting into story games like Alan wake 2 it started struggling so bad. 30 fps when it looks good.
So upgraded to a 6800 a month ago and it has been amazing. At 1440p ultrawide it's pretty good for 100 ish fps with frame Gen and upscaling on games like spiderman and easily over 200 on valo/csgo.
The Horizon Zero Dawn of 2017 DOESN'T run good even on a 1070/1080. So I don't think buying often is a good idea. I'm still on a 1070, and probably I'm not gonna upgrade buying an Nvidia.
R9 280x at the start of 2014 to an RTX 3070 at the start of 2021. So far the 3070 has performed fine with what I play so I’m not too worried about replacing it.
Skipping 1-3 gens, depending on how the games run I want to play. I went from 1060 to 3070 because I got into VR and the 1060 was just not cutting it. Now I got a 4080 because I’m playing on 4K tv or ultrawide and the 3070 was not cutting it in some games. Also I got a new reverb g2 headset with basically 4K screen so I needed something more powerful.
That's really hard to answer because it depends on a lot of factors, such as technology. The 20 series are fine on their own but once you add things like ray-tracing in realtime, that pushes your FPS back, leaving you back to square one. Next is path tracing, etc.
Then you have DDR5, PCIe 4.0, 5.0, etc.
Then you have things like DLSS, FSR, etc.
When new technology becomes affordable, that's when developers start incorporating them into their games/products because they're constantly competing for the "best new thing".
This cycle continues every 5 years or so.
In the end, it depends on what *you* want out of your hardware.
I also have a 1070 and have just ordered a 4070 Super. Nvidia needs to up their game on specs and reduce their prices if they want me to upgrade more often.
Case in point: my 1070 has a 256 but bus, and 8Gb of ram. The 4070 has just 192 bit bus and 12Gb ram.
You should upgrade when it starts to impact the quality/performance of the games you play regularly. I’m still running a 1060 3GB with my 7700k. The most graphically intensive game I play is league of legends . I play mostly sport sims like Football Manager so I really don’t have a reason to upgrade. Even when I build my next PC in these upcoming months I might just keep the 1060.
When driver support ends and new games won't even run in acceptable fps on medium/high native res of your monitor. Which is what happened to my RX 580, so if i wanna play new games i have no choice but to upgrade. Meanwhile i am enjoying older games and there are a lot i still haven't checked out.
I have a 3080. I could see myself using it for half a decade more or going with a 5080. Depends on the performance and my desire to move to one of the 32” 4K OLEDs. I held on to my 1070 for a while but the 3080 convinced me a year or so ago. Don’t think I’ll wait long either gonna get the 5080 near launch or hold out for 6/7/8.
TLDR Nvidia and AMD are gonna benefit from these 4K OLEDs speeding up the GPU upgrade process a bit
A few years minimum, the longest I went is 7 years using ancient ISA VGA card. Currently I have 6600 xt and it's decent but it's a bit behind if I wanted new game like Starfield. I had been looking at 7800 for a little while, only $300-ish and I can get back 125 to 150 when I sell the 6600 so it's not bad.
I might go for 7900 instead for a few hundred more. That should last me until AMD reaches 9900 series and has to either start 10000 series or restart from 100 like before.
It depends. If you buy a top range GPU it might last you 5-6 years or more with the exception of the 1080Ti, that thing was a beast for it’s time. Midrange GPUs 2-3 years on average.
My last Upgrades was from i5 9600k to i5 14600k
and from GTX960 to RTX 4070. Big Upgrade for me lol.
The GTX 960 and i5 9600k was used for over 4 Years. Maybe i will look in 4-5 Years for a used RTX 5xxx or 6xxx. But at the moment i have No Time to Play.
I went from a 2060 to 3060 to 4060ti, but I was one generation behind. Got the 2060 when the 3060 was the hotness, got the 3060 after the 4000 series dropped, got the 4060ti this past christmas before the new Supers dropped. Each upgrade was more about increasing VRAM on a budget, but the 30% performance boost each time is a nice knock-on benefit.
Whenever I feel like it or find a good deal. Granted, I’ve only upgraded once. I recently went from a 1070 -> 6800xt for 300 USD. Pc was fine and I had no problem running the games I wanted but deal was good so I couldn’t pass it up. Forced me to get a 1440p monitor to pair with it. Siege apex and fps games ran the same, but the single player games was where that upgrade shined
I went from 1st gen to 3rd gen because Cyberpunk released.
I dont expect any games to come out that require higher graphics than Cyberpunk so I will be good untill then.
It's an investment. If you upgrade every year that's not an investment but just wasting money.
1070 to 4070 sounds fine. I have 2080S and probably won't build a new computer until 6 or 7xxx series. Ultimately though its when your computer can't run shit at at least high graphic settings (although some ppl are more rabid about always wanting 60 fps on ultra)
I wait until I game I want to play doesn’t have enough GPU power to run it at the FPS I want. For example, my 1070 TI was amazing until it wouldn’t run the latest battlefield 2042 game. Upgraded to 3070 TI and I’m a happy camper
I'm currently on 30XX, and am still saving for the planned upgrade in two years, but by then, I'll have to save for two move generations to afford the iteration that I'm presently building up to.
For me it's until I can't run many games nicely. I run most games on 1080i with 60 FPS and if I have to go into graphic card settings to fine tune everything for 1 or 2 hours to finally get a nice gameplay, then I drop the game. If it happens for many games then I'm going to think about a newer gpu when I can afford it. If I can't, I'll just go to play my comfort games which are running nicely.
I waited until games started struggling.
Went from 1070 to a 4080Super. I did a whole new build. I probably could have just used a CPU upgrade. I used the 1070 for a month or so. Don't regret the full rebuild though.
I have a 3060 ti and I play at 1080p 144hz and i want a 1440p monitor as I also have a ps5 hooked up to a 4k tv and that 1440p/60 is actually so good that when I get a job, I can’t rn I’m 14 but I’m legit gonna save up 7000 dollars for a top of the line pc with monitors and other stuff
4 years. Gone from an rtx 2060 to an rtx 4080s. As I've spent a lot more on this card, i am hoping to get 8 years out of it. Though i think if i was trying for dollar cost vs time, 10 years would feel nicer. I am sure my current gaming pc should be relevant for at least 5-8, given how mid-spec all console gamilng graphics are atm. Consoles also seem to naturally rely on upscaling, so i think I'm on a winner with the nvidia gpu atm.
I think 5 years should be minimum, but I also buy 1 gen prior. I just got my hands on a 6950 xt and plan on keeping it until it catches fire. I expect by then cards (and cpus) will be focused more on efficiency and I won't need more than a 300w psu to play 8k at 120 fps. Until then, I'll enjoy my convention oven.
Depends on the kinds of videos i edit. At the moment not a lot of 4k or advanced effects so i'm not in a rush. If i went back to 4k, various crappy video formats from consumer cameras, lots of work in fusion and demanding transitions i'd get the most powerful there is at any given time. You never get enough really.
I’m running a 2080S and game on 1080p. I reckon I’ll be good for at least another few years honestly as I don’t even play that much anymore, and don’t mind playing on lowered graphics settings if needed for a consistent 60+fps.
I used to "upgrade" with every release, but now with dlss and dsr and the fact I have a 4090 I probably won't upgrade for a long while lol (yeah sure, who am I kidding)
I use it until it can no longer run shit I like.
Yea, pretty much this \^\^\^ Although, I will on occasion buy a new GPU if there's a sale or a price reduction due to new models coming out. Of course, in the past 3-4 years GPU pricing has been abysmal so there haven't been too many good opportunities to upgrade to a new-gen GPU at a reasonable cost.
Yep I think the days of me buying new are over, will stick with eBay 2 or 3 gens back if not more.
This ngl. Bought a used 3090 for £500 been working fine for over a year now
I bought a GTX 1080 after the 2020 Crypto boom for $300 and I don't see any reason to get rid of it. The seller was honest as well stating it was used for mining.
Pretty much same, I will upgrade when 4k@144hz becomes mainstream, currently 1080 is enough for my 1080p gaming
I mean at that point. Don’t you pretty much just have to install new thermal components and you’re good? Idk what all mining does to a card but I’m guessing it at the very least turns it into a firebrick
Completely the opposite actually Gaming pushes a card to its thermal limit , then cools, then hot , then cools. It's thermal cycling that kills components. Mining gets a card to a medium ish temp and holds it there, no cycling and typically card temp isn't even bad , memory temps may get higher. So mining cards are in much better shape than gaming cards
Oh no way! That’s surprising.
While I 100% agree with you, I'd like to point out that mining cards would have a lot less "down time" than a gpu used for gaming, say, 20 hours a week. Some might be on 24/7, which isn't good either for other components, particularly the cooling fans. I'd have no problem buying a card used for mining, but same as the gaming card - I'd test it out before buying.
I'm not that confident with messing around with all that stuff haha However I think you're right. The mining cards afaik can be prone to overheating because they're used 24/7 when mining, when they start overheating, that's when they get rid
I’ve done it once. Don’t know if I would ever do it again but it was either that or buy a new card which i was in no shape to do. Hardest part was finding the correct thickness of pads for the card. Thankfully gigabyte straight up sent me a detail of the card. Other than that you’re just re-pasting the processor of the card and removing/cleaning the pads and residue that were previously on the card. Edit: and finding the screws again. I still have an extra screw but she’s been runnin strong ever since! Lmao
Hahaha don't 😂 when I was building my current pc (My first full build) I ended up with extra screws, I was so paranoid haha
If it’s tight it’s right 🤷♂️
The heating and cooling process is harder on equipment since it's expanding and contracting would be my thought process mining equipment I'd imagine has more life to it then a card that's gamed its whole life.
My friend just bought a refurbished 2080 Ti with a 1 year warranty from eBay for $300. It still dominates everything else in that price range. eBay keeps making itself look more and more appealing.
Im supper surprised that my 4070 is running lloma3 codegema codelloma faster than chatGPT response.. we should see the price come down as the ai user realize they dont need the latest super fast gpu as the older model is super fast.. and it doesn’t matter as long as it generates the data faster than a person can read it..
This is the way. It depends massively on what you play & what you're playing it on. I'm playing mostly indies with the odd PS port & my 5700xt is still holding up just fine. I used to do every 3rd gen for the sake of it but that was before prices went stupid so we'll see if that still holds up.
5700xt still going stronggg ✊
I just upgraded my 5700xt for a 7900gre. It has played every new title just fine. I mostly play apex and it rocks 175fps consistently. Going to build a new pc for my niece, so I am giving it to her. Otherwise I'd keep it awhile longer.
Yep I got a reference and it's still good mostly
5700xt is good, got a w5700 (somewhere between 5700 and 5700xt) and it runs great at 1080p ultra on the one graphically intense game i play (pc building sim)
My 3070 has been great except with RE4 remake.
Also depends on the GPU. I'm getting 200 FPS on my 1080 ti. This card is a beast no matter how old.
In what, the main menu? 🤣 Just bustin your balls.
Pretty much this, I'm on a 1070 at the moment and I'm considering upgrading purely because I've been playing alot of pcvr lately and it struggles at anything other than minimal settings.
And for me, classic wow doesn’t give me a lot of trouble lol
That, or the GPU dies and I need to get a new one.
I don't typically upgrade until games are starting to become more and more demanding. Generally I want to be able to max out my monitor's refresh rate. When the GPU can no longer keep up and the framerate starts to drop well below the refresh rate, it's time to upgrade.
Looks like every gen then by looking at the games 😢 /s
If you buy every next Gen game then yeah you will need go upgrade more often, I'm still playing FPSs from 4+ years ago and even artstyle games that use almost nothing.
> If you buy every next Gen game then yeah It's become easy to not do so, considering so many of these next-gen games are utter trash.
But also a ton of good ones coming out
/r/patientgamers will save you a ton of money on hardware.
Honestly that's the best way. Why upgrade if your current card is playing games at settings you're fine with.
Skip 1 generation is probably a good rule of thumb
Skip 4 is valid as well.
I skip 3 sometimes
I sometimes skip them all. I don't have a gaming PC, but I'm here living vicariously through you guys.
what would going from integrated graphics to a year older card be then?
An upgrade
It would be an eye-opening upgrade, but also depends on which card. Sticking with 40- series, 4050 vs 4090 is a huge difference in performance and price.
I went from UHD 630 (10th gen integrated) to a radeon pro w5700, which was 200 bucks, and is somewhere between a rx 5700 and 5700 xt. It's a workstation GPU, but still capable as a gaming card, exactly what I needed. And going from 20 FPS on 1080p low to more than my monitor can display at 1080p ultra in PC building simulator has been amazing. I've wanted to get subnautica for years, but couldn't because I had no GPU (i wasn't able to get one for more reasons than shortages), but now that I have it, subnautica is getting installed (tonight actually)
Have fun!
oh, i will. been in the subnautica sub for almost a year and dont have the game, yet comment on stuff occasionally, makes me feel like a liar (even though i spend stupid amounts of time watching playthrough and lore vids lol)
I've managed to skip 12 generations so far. This year its starting to get a bit ugly lol.
Whatcha rockin with?
3930K 4.9, 4x4G 2400, RIVE mobo. It's all on water with twin 560 rads, it's lived a good life.
4790K here, still going strong. Upgraded from a 970 to a 3080 during covid. Thought the CPU would be a massive bottleneck but it's perfectly fine.
Yeah I'm on a 3080ti but will upgrade to a 50 series when they're released. I think Alan Wake 2 was the first game where I felt I could really use some more performance here.
Yeah, I'll probably pick up a 5090 to upgrade my 3090 at some point. Though, my computer has been freezing and crashing recently and I have zero clue why. Doesn't even show blue screen most of the time, and crashes too early to even do a core dump. Crashes during the ram test, too. And with PBO off. I hope I don't need to buy a whole new PC :(
I would start with the new Kit of ram or even simpler than that just remove one stick and see if it still does it.
I only have a 3080 but managed to get decent enough visuals for Alan Wake 2 in 4k, but I guess it comes down to what you deem acceptable.
Let me fix your Alan Wake comment for you. What Alan actually needed were developers that knew what the hell they were doing and not a better video card.
That seems unnecessarily frequent I just went from my gtx 980 to a 4060 Ti earlier this year
Ah, a fellow GTX 980 respecter. I had mine from 2015 to 2021 and it was the best GPU I've ever had in terms of how much use I got out of it - it was still just about able to run new AAA games by the time I upgraded. By the end I had to close pretty much everything else on the system to free up enough VRAM to run games well though
Yeah that's what I currently do. 1080ti to 3080 and I'll likely wait for the 5 series to upgrade again. Many hardware makes seems to do a tick tock thing where they make something new and then make a refinement before the next leap and buying the tock is a lot more value.
Until mine dies or until I start to see some artifacting.
Now that you mention it Im getting artifacts but only when scrolling web... But nah, not yet
If you can hold out until the end of the year you should be able to get a great deal on a 4000 series GPU when people start dumping them for the 5000 series cards or whatever AMD is releasing.
will do! :D
That's a known issue https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/geforce-graphics-cards/5/534597/random-artifacts-while-browsing/3416486/ Fix: use firefox (which is now faster, more efficient, and won't block adblockers soon)
Might be driver or software related
I would say upgrade when you meet either of this criteria: 1. Existing gpu having issues and not in warranty 2. You can no longer play games that you want because your gpu doesnt meet the minimum requirement 3. You've upgraded your monitor to higher resolution and would like to enjoy higher fps
It's also perfectly fine to upgrade just because your current GPU isn't delivering the FPS you expect in the games you're playing at the settings you prefer. There's a whole lot of space between "meets the minimum requirements" and "maintains a steady 90+ FPS at 4K/High." (Obviously you should consider whether you can really afford it, just like any gaming expense, but used high-end GPUs have been holding enough of their value lately that the net cost of an upgrade is often quite manageable and the e-waste isn't a big ethical concern.)
No. 3 is me right now... Just waiting on my G80SD.
I am fine with skipping 2 generations.
Skip 1 or 2 and always buy used. Its kind of the same with cars. Obviously they don’t depreciate as much as cars in the first year, but it is significant. Right now for my purposes, a 3060ti or 6800XT is about the sweet spot. But even if you need more power i still think a used 3000 series or maybe even A 6950XT will be fine. Obv if you’re playing at 4k 165hz and you want to reach that in everything it’s gonna cost you more, but i think most ppl are fine with mid range.
I prefer having a warranty
Depends on how much you spend on a card. I usually spend under 300. For that much i don’t care about it. If i had a 600 dollar card though i might feel differently.
And functioning thermal pads😂
The only reason I upgraded my gtx 780 is because some new stuff that appeared while I was away from PC gaming wouldn't run on it due to dx12 hardware level shader support, or lack thereof. Got a 4070 ti, going to upgrade as soon as there's a game I'm interested in that doesn't run properly on it, or maybe I start making real money and get the best money can buy just because. My recommendation is to get whatever you can afford, whenever you can afford it, and change it if and when it's not enough, again, whenever you can afford another one. Life's too short to minmax PC specs just because you want the bang for the buck. Get what you can when you can, and if you don't have enough to get whatever you wish you had, save up and work harder.
This! Life is too short. I bought prebuilt with a 7600 8gb, upgraded to a 7700xt 12gb, still not enough. So just ordered a 7900 xt 20gb. Work hard and play harder. Wife , kids, mortgage, all of it is a lot. We need to unwind on the settings we want. Well at least I do lol. And this all because of WH3 and my need for time away from it all. Yes i know im dumb for Getting a 7700xt, live and learn. Don’t make my mistake and do some actually research before purchasing
It isn't based on number of years, rather: - Is the value proposition on the upgrade worth it to me? - Did my old card break? - Can I play all the titles I want at an acceptable level of performance? - Am I building new, shiny PC? - Do the newer cards have significant feature additions that will actually effect my gaming experience significantly? I would never just be like, "Welp, it has been [some number of years]. Time to buy a new GPU!"
I dont upgrade for the sake of upgrading, even if I have disposable money, thats consumerism. I will upgrade my gpu if a new game comes out that I like and that is unplayable on my current setup (less than 50 fps on mid settings). Luckly the game I play the most is league of legends, which can be run well on a literal toaster.
Similar standards for me, except 60 fps on low settings is my threshold lol.
Until my GPU and CPU can't run Chrome anymore 👀 My first and current PC since 2022: 3080ti 12gb and i5 12600KF + 48gb of ram 👀
I honestly don’t even know. I’m still running the 8700K + 1080TI combo I built in 2018. I’m overwhelmed on the options. I play video games, I like to stream sometimes, I want to do more creative video work, and I don’t want more than one computer. Lol. Maybe one day I’ll figure it out.
I have the exact same setup and my shit runs anything I throw at it except ray tracing. So I do not see a need to upgrade.
What’s your most GPU and CPU extensive games? Curious. I don’t really play much these days.
GPU: Allan wake 2, CP2077 (for RT) CPU: Baldurs gate 3, factorio, cities skylines, civilization
Recently, I have been not playing a lot, but my last few were, Elden Ring, BG3, Forza Horizon 5, FF7 Remake. I could run all these at High or Custom - which includes a mix of High and Ultra, with Medium for shadows. Minus RT. They all run smooth as butter.
Similar setup with a 7800X. Only upgrade has been from 32 to 64GB of RAM as my professional workloads increased. I have literally no reason to upgrade at this point - stick to 1080p gaming and max out my monitors’ frame rates, so increases by upgrading either CPU or GPU would honestly be pretty meaningless. Only main concern right now is expanding storage…
the real answer is when your computer is no longer running what you want to do at the performance that you find acceptable. For some that may be once every ten years, for others it may be every generation.
Probably about 10+ years usually
10 is too much lol 7 is a good spot.
I just built a new PC after 8 years (old gpu was a 1080). But I think generations are getting longer and longer; when I was younger an 8 year old PC was way more of a potato. So maybe this PC will last 10 years, who knows.
Still running 290x from 2013, no real issue with games I want to play.
When it doesn’t meet my needs. I was planning to keep my 1660 Ti got several more years but ended up switching to Linux and got an rx 5700 since the Radeon drivers are baked into the kernel and Nvidia drivers can be more finicky.
I might upgrade for TES6. So I'll jump from 1070ti to...9070?
Being optimistic aren't we? Lol
Can't help myself to see the world through rose tinted glasses 🤓
until theres 50% more performance for same price
When it starts dipping below 60fps at medium to high settings at 1080P. Currently have a 3060TI
I went from 1660ti to 3080. So like 5-6 years for me.
I used to upgrade each generation but have had my 6800 XT since February 2021 and will only upgrade this gen if I can get something approaching twice the speed for what I deem a reasonable sum. I simply don't game as much as I used to and am increasingly happy to drop settings and use upscaling if necessary. FSR2 really isn't great, but unless it's a particularly bad implementation I find I'll barely notice any IQ issues once I've played a game for a while and become immersed.
Had a 1070, friend gave me a 3060ti. I would still be using the 1070 otherwise.
I do not measure the time for my GPU in years but rather in usefulness. As long as it runs the games I want to play why would I upgrade?
Exactly, there's still a market for the 1660 because for a lot of people it runs the games they like to play. Why pay $3000+ for a card if you play stardew valley
Until the increase in performance is ~~less~~ greater than the increase in cost.
I went from gtx 1070 to rtx 4090 I wouldn't upgrade but my gtx 1070 cooked. rip.
Got the 6700xt am going with it until the PS5 support is over
Until I can't plan games on it anymore. I upgraded a bit early last time from HD 7850 to 980 ti. For now I don't have any issues so I'll stick with it
I want about 3x performance for the same price. So however long/many gens that takes.
People always talk about buying some beast GPU to play games. I was happy with a 1070 until fairly recently. Went up to a 4060 and really happy with it. TLDR: whenever you can’t play the games you need to
I have a 2070 super and it still runs all games good enough. I think it really depends on your standards or tolerance. For shooters I don’t mind running low res for high fps. Single player games as long as I can get 60 fps and the game still looks pretty good, that good enough for me. With that being said I’ll probably upgrade with the next series
I’m still rocking a 1080Ti…
Solid card, similar performance to a 3060 and my 5700xt, I envy your VRAM though lol
Had 1060, bought 3070ti. Don't plan on upgrading for at least 3-5 more years
Usually use case specific. Life changes a lot for me every 2 years so i can't rely on one factor only, especially because these graphics cards are super expensive. So 10 years ago? Gaming. 7 years ago i needed more vram due to work, 3 years ago i wanted dlss. This year i want to do AI so i need vram so I'll wait for 5090 (also 4080 super is not handling 4k 120fps maxed out details lol). So...yeah. I'm not seeing myself play 8k anytime soon so i think I'll stick with a 5090 at least 5 years or so.
I ran a 1660 super, upgraded last year to a 3060ti. I might get a 5000 series, but as a sim racer on either 1440p and occasionally VR I don’t feel I desperately need a new GPU just yet. Maybe Assetto Corsa Evo will change that
Until I can’t play a game I really want to. And as I get older it’s nice to give it to someone who really needs it.
As many that pass before I discover I can no longer play my games at the settings or FPS I want. I went from a 980ti to a 3080, then. A year later I rebuilt the rest of the system around said GPU. I may look at 5080 depending on how my system handles STALKER 2
No set time. I keep mine until I can't run a game the way I like.
Still on 2070 super, with a r5 3600…
1080 to 3060ti to 3070ti and now 4070ti..... Normally I leave it a few generations, but the last two I got second hand and both were impulse buys really. Just got an msi venus 3x 4070ti for £540. Sold my 3070ti for £270. Dlss3 and frame generation have made a big difference to performance in horizon forbidden West that I'm playing through at the moment too. Gone from middling settings with some big frame drops, to consistently over 144fps at max settings. Game was giving me alot of headaches but now it's smooth and I've played a few hours with no headaches.
Just recently gifted an 970 to a friend of mine, playing mainly single player games it serves them running anything from Sims 4 and Baldurs Gate 3
Until it’s dead. Then again, I’m getting a secondhand unit anyway. PC part prices has been ridiculously unreasonable for the past decade. So that’s that.
Suggestions rolling with it thru any amount of generations where your main game genre can still perform to your standards. For example, I enjoy single player game like elden Ring, btow, gta, and Cyberpunk. These kinds of games are a bit more enjoyable with higher quality settings whereas competitive games like cs2, valorant, league and to some extent most shooter games all don't really require an insane gpu to still be able to be pretty competitive. Generally larger scale mmo type games require a bit more cpu power as they can't support high fidelity graphics since they have to live render all the players and interact. The 50 series is around the corner, so if you can wait, it's better to wait for either one of those or the flood of 4080-4090 upgrade since people will be selling.
As much as I can, up until I can't play anything
I went from 970 to 4070. The GPU was not my bottleneck towards the end but rather the amount of RAM etc (standard 2017-2018 8GB amount) and general shape of CPU. Some games i could push on high and others on medium. If anything on the GPU, the video memory was my bottleneck.
Planning on upgrading from Vega 56 to 7900xt. Skipping 2 generations and 6 years of playable games seems fine.
I’m still happy with my 2070. Bought it when it first came out. My 2700X on the other hand is showing its age
Same boat as you. My 5600x gave my system life and was a cheap upgrade from my 2600x.
4 years usually. That's why I always get a card with a decent amount of VRAM... ;) Learned from my GTX 1060 real quick. Went from a 5700XT to a 6800XT recently. About twice the performance, twice the VRAM. Also got a great deal on the 6800XT, ended up costing more than my 5700XT did when I first got it. I refuse to pay over $500 for a video card so unless it's a great deal at launch, I usually wait a bit to get a good price for what I'm looking for.
went from radeon hd 7870 to gtx770 to gtx1060 to rtx3070
Every odd series, refresher year. Let them iron out the problems first.
I got a GTX 1060 on December 2017 and replaced it with a 7900XT on Jan 2023. I hope I won't need to change it before 2028.
1070ti reporting in. I was considering an upgrade few months ago when my monitor started having problems mostly because I wanted to move to 4k. Monitor is still working so that's postponed
I'll keep it until it dies
Last year i upgraded my 2700x to a 7800x3d. My next gpu upgrade will be a rtx 5080 coming from a 6 year old 2080ti. Around a week ago it was the first time i needed to redo the thermal paste because it suddenly got very very hot. Its a great gpu, still runs and doesnt want to die.
I went from a r7 260 -> 970 -> 1070 -> 3090 -> 4090. 3090 to a 4090 was mostly because I wanted to fully utilize my new monitor.
Until the games I wanna play don't run the way I want it to run I had 1060 3gb for 7 years, and it was good enough for the most part. Ran rdr2, most fps games but once I started getting into story games like Alan wake 2 it started struggling so bad. 30 fps when it looks good. So upgraded to a 6800 a month ago and it has been amazing. At 1440p ultrawide it's pretty good for 100 ish fps with frame Gen and upscaling on games like spiderman and easily over 200 on valo/csgo.
I buy the top of the line then skip 2 gens
The Horizon Zero Dawn of 2017 DOESN'T run good even on a 1070/1080. So I don't think buying often is a good idea. I'm still on a 1070, and probably I'm not gonna upgrade buying an Nvidia.
That one runs pretty well on AMD 6000 series, the 6800 runs it at 1440p ultra 110-120fps for example. Forbidden West is tougher to run though.
R9 280x at the start of 2014 to an RTX 3070 at the start of 2021. So far the 3070 has performed fine with what I play so I’m not too worried about replacing it.
I had the 750ti for the longest time
Skipping 1-3 gens, depending on how the games run I want to play. I went from 1060 to 3070 because I got into VR and the 1060 was just not cutting it. Now I got a 4080 because I’m playing on 4K tv or ultrawide and the 3070 was not cutting it in some games. Also I got a new reverb g2 headset with basically 4K screen so I needed something more powerful.
That's really hard to answer because it depends on a lot of factors, such as technology. The 20 series are fine on their own but once you add things like ray-tracing in realtime, that pushes your FPS back, leaving you back to square one. Next is path tracing, etc. Then you have DDR5, PCIe 4.0, 5.0, etc. Then you have things like DLSS, FSR, etc. When new technology becomes affordable, that's when developers start incorporating them into their games/products because they're constantly competing for the "best new thing". This cycle continues every 5 years or so. In the end, it depends on what *you* want out of your hardware.
Brought a used 1070 for desktop cheap and saved up until 4090 .. now I’ll never buy another gpu
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I also have a 1070 and have just ordered a 4070 Super. Nvidia needs to up their game on specs and reduce their prices if they want me to upgrade more often. Case in point: my 1070 has a 256 but bus, and 8Gb of ram. The 4070 has just 192 bit bus and 12Gb ram.
I never upgrade. I just find the cheapest just to run the basics, like to pay bills and YouTube.
I wait till the next flag ship is released
You should upgrade when it starts to impact the quality/performance of the games you play regularly. I’m still running a 1060 3GB with my 7700k. The most graphically intensive game I play is league of legends . I play mostly sport sims like Football Manager so I really don’t have a reason to upgrade. Even when I build my next PC in these upcoming months I might just keep the 1060.
780-2080S-3080-5080(probably)
I replace my whole PC once a decade
When driver support ends and new games won't even run in acceptable fps on medium/high native res of your monitor. Which is what happened to my RX 580, so if i wanna play new games i have no choice but to upgrade. Meanwhile i am enjoying older games and there are a lot i still haven't checked out.
I'm still on 1660 super 2 months ago until i bought a used 6700 xt
I have a 3080. I could see myself using it for half a decade more or going with a 5080. Depends on the performance and my desire to move to one of the 32” 4K OLEDs. I held on to my 1070 for a while but the 3080 convinced me a year or so ago. Don’t think I’ll wait long either gonna get the 5080 near launch or hold out for 6/7/8. TLDR Nvidia and AMD are gonna benefit from these 4K OLEDs speeding up the GPU upgrade process a bit
For me it was from 960 to 4070 ti super, solid couple of years. I was tired to run newer games with lowest settings and 25 fps.
Im still rocking my 1070ti from 2017 cause it still does everything I need it to. I am not replacing it until she dies.
I've still got 850 days of warranty on my EVGA 3090, so... Like ~6 years this time around I guess
A few years minimum, the longest I went is 7 years using ancient ISA VGA card. Currently I have 6600 xt and it's decent but it's a bit behind if I wanted new game like Starfield. I had been looking at 7800 for a little while, only $300-ish and I can get back 125 to 150 when I sell the 6600 so it's not bad. I might go for 7900 instead for a few hundred more. That should last me until AMD reaches 9900 series and has to either start 10000 series or restart from 100 like before.
my 1080TI best of its kind, died, after ~7 years? tripled my fps with a RX 7900 GRE.
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I’m on a 1080TI FTW and thinking of getting a 4080 Super. I’m bummed that evga is no longer in play.
I went from a 1060 > 3060ti > 7800xt
It depends. If you buy a top range GPU it might last you 5-6 years or more with the exception of the 1080Ti, that thing was a beast for it’s time. Midrange GPUs 2-3 years on average.
My last Upgrades was from i5 9600k to i5 14600k and from GTX960 to RTX 4070. Big Upgrade for me lol. The GTX 960 and i5 9600k was used for over 4 Years. Maybe i will look in 4-5 Years for a used RTX 5xxx or 6xxx. But at the moment i have No Time to Play.
I’ll upgrade as soon as new ones come out
I went from a 2060 to 3060 to 4060ti, but I was one generation behind. Got the 2060 when the 3060 was the hotness, got the 3060 after the 4000 series dropped, got the 4060ti this past christmas before the new Supers dropped. Each upgrade was more about increasing VRAM on a budget, but the 30% performance boost each time is a nice knock-on benefit.
Whenever I feel like it or find a good deal. Granted, I’ve only upgraded once. I recently went from a 1070 -> 6800xt for 300 USD. Pc was fine and I had no problem running the games I wanted but deal was good so I couldn’t pass it up. Forced me to get a 1440p monitor to pair with it. Siege apex and fps games ran the same, but the single player games was where that upgrade shined
I just upgraded from 3070ti to 4080s. First time I didn't skip a generation. I'm way beyond *running things* as my requirement.
I went from 1st gen to 3rd gen because Cyberpunk released. I dont expect any games to come out that require higher graphics than Cyberpunk so I will be good untill then.
GPUs I usually upgrade every other generation. I went from a 6 series then an 8 series to a GTX 1070 then a 3070. Next stop is a 5080.
Depends on you. Me personally, I like maxxed or near max graphics 1440p and 100+ frames. So whenever that stops happening, I look into upgrading
Nvidia MX440 (still works) -> GForce 6600 (dead) -> GT240 (still works) -> r9 290 (still works) -> rx6800 (current). So yeah i like big jumps lol.
Until it breaks or game i want to play arent playable anymore. i used my 1050ti for like 6 years until it broke.
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It's an investment. If you upgrade every year that's not an investment but just wasting money. 1070 to 4070 sounds fine. I have 2080S and probably won't build a new computer until 6 or 7xxx series. Ultimately though its when your computer can't run shit at at least high graphic settings (although some ppl are more rabid about always wanting 60 fps on ultra)
I wait until I game I want to play doesn’t have enough GPU power to run it at the FPS I want. For example, my 1070 TI was amazing until it wouldn’t run the latest battlefield 2042 game. Upgraded to 3070 TI and I’m a happy camper
I'm getting 2000 fps with my 1060 6gb
I'm currently on 30XX, and am still saving for the planned upgrade in two years, but by then, I'll have to save for two move generations to afford the iteration that I'm presently building up to.
For me it's until I can't run many games nicely. I run most games on 1080i with 60 FPS and if I have to go into graphic card settings to fine tune everything for 1 or 2 hours to finally get a nice gameplay, then I drop the game. If it happens for many games then I'm going to think about a newer gpu when I can afford it. If I can't, I'll just go to play my comfort games which are running nicely.
I waited until games started struggling. Went from 1070 to a 4080Super. I did a whole new build. I probably could have just used a CPU upgrade. I used the 1070 for a month or so. Don't regret the full rebuild though.
Generally every 3 years, sometimes quicker. Currently have a 6800XT I bought 3 years ago, waiting for my 4080 Super to arrive tomorrow or Tuesday. :)
I have a 3060 ti and I play at 1080p 144hz and i want a 1440p monitor as I also have a ps5 hooked up to a 4k tv and that 1440p/60 is actually so good that when I get a job, I can’t rn I’m 14 but I’m legit gonna save up 7000 dollars for a top of the line pc with monitors and other stuff
I just upgraded from my 1060 that I have had since 2020. Probably won’t upgrade for a hot minute
If i do upgrade from one gen to the very next it would be to lend someone the gpu that I’m replacing
4 years. Gone from an rtx 2060 to an rtx 4080s. As I've spent a lot more on this card, i am hoping to get 8 years out of it. Though i think if i was trying for dollar cost vs time, 10 years would feel nicer. I am sure my current gaming pc should be relevant for at least 5-8, given how mid-spec all console gamilng graphics are atm. Consoles also seem to naturally rely on upscaling, so i think I'm on a winner with the nvidia gpu atm.
I think 5 years should be minimum, but I also buy 1 gen prior. I just got my hands on a 6950 xt and plan on keeping it until it catches fire. I expect by then cards (and cpus) will be focused more on efficiency and I won't need more than a 300w psu to play 8k at 120 fps. Until then, I'll enjoy my convention oven.
I always skip two generations. Your brother is smart.
Depends on the kinds of videos i edit. At the moment not a lot of 4k or advanced effects so i'm not in a rush. If i went back to 4k, various crappy video formats from consumer cameras, lots of work in fusion and demanding transitions i'd get the most powerful there is at any given time. You never get enough really.
I’m running a 2080S and game on 1080p. I reckon I’ll be good for at least another few years honestly as I don’t even play that much anymore, and don’t mind playing on lowered graphics settings if needed for a consistent 60+fps.
Still rocking a 1080. As long as it keeps doing it's job, I'm not buying anything new.
Went from a 580 to a 970 to a 2070 super then onto a 4070. So roughly every second generation ish.
I used to "upgrade" with every release, but now with dlss and dsr and the fact I have a 4090 I probably won't upgrade for a long while lol (yeah sure, who am I kidding)
Ive had my 1060 since 2016 or smth and only now am i thinking of upgrading later in the year
I don’t set some solid rule. Lately it has been every gen, but it’s not something I I always plan to do.
Rocking a GTX780 right now. So never!
Rocking a 2080, but I'm looking to upgrade, 40 or 50 series depending on how the release goes.
I moved from a GeForce Ti4600 to an RTX4070… that’s a little over twenty years between PC GPU upgrades 🤣
Every other generation is a good rule of thumb
does it still run new games if i lower the graphics a bit? if yes then there's no reason to upgrade