How many years a very high end PC before it will play at low settings?

[wefty]

i just came on this idea.

How many years a very high end PC (for this year) before it will play at low settings. (without upgrading)

example for now the best CPU and GPU i think is 4960x and Titan Z or the R9-295x, and some 64GB RAM

how many years before it will run on low settings?

 

lol im bored now

 

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[Wtalk2]

IMO I would give that PC 6-7 years before it is playing at low settings but no one can really guess how future proof something is

[BlackMamba]

i think whenever they develope an graphic library that the card won't support, i dunno maybe directx13 or mantle 2 (?) so you're going to turn down a lot of settings, also when a game will have a more complicated AI the 4960x will not be good enough... talking 10 years maybe even more

[Sauron]

If by low you mean the lowest settings available at 30fps, more than 10 years.

[simtransporter]

It's hard to say, you have to consider the current rate of progress for computer hardware as well as how much more demanding games will be in the future, and we don't know exactly what will happen.  I would say that a computer like the one you mentioned should be still be relevant as a gaming pc for a long time, at least several years, but It is difficult to accurately predict these things.

[Katsu-K1L]

A long long long time before that pc plays on LOW!

[SpyRosL]

If the games are from ubisoft, 50 years.

[Internet Swag]

8-12 years

[-iSynthesis]

I had a 6-7 year old athlon x2 and hd 4350 pc. It played every cod maxed out until ghosts came along. AAA Titles, id guess around 6-7 years for the config you gave

[Maslofski]

depends, ive there is a big performance jump, it might last less, but ive performance goes up slower with a lot of refreshes but less new cards, then it might last longer.

[Bloodyvalley]

meh, I think that if game publishers like Ubisoft continue publishing games like Watch Dogs, the PC would last until the next-gen consoles are released.

[Simmytu]

It will last for quite a bit especially when having a higher end system in the beginning. The last 3 years didn't deliver huge improvements in the CPU department but there were when it comes to the GPU market. My guess is around the 7 to 10 years.

[Kiwiandapple]

It mostly depends on the games they will release, some games might not run very well (unplayable frames) at all in perhaps 5-7 years. While other games that come out in 8 years time might just run perfectly fine. 

I would say you are fine for at least 3-5 years. After that it will very much depend on what you want and will do. As well, in 5 years, 1080p will be a low resolution. 

 

And when you buy a system like that, you honestly make a big mistake if you can't upgrade it in 3 years time. 

[Randomacts]

I have my build from 2011 that is still holding up well.. i5 2500k gtx 560ti 8gb of ram...

[Tech_Dreamer]

Well, remember back when they released High end graphics that can handle monstrous 3D tasks with ease & now on 2014  they are cheap & forgotten, The graphics horsepower in games is always going to be pushed forward for realism, the GPU at any given time is going to be kneel down as they won't be able to handle this ,

 

There is no such thing as future proofing with consumer grade products, they are made to function for 3 years max! there won't be a time unless they come up with a server grade processing power on a single chip, which wil take atleast 12-20 years, maybe then they will reach the pinacle where they cannot push it further , Until then, there will always be flagship release every year , & they get richer, while We invest on Cut Flowers thinking they will last an eternity..

[GloriousPain]

I'ma say 5~7 it'll be normal powered/average  ~10 years it'll be under powered ~12-13 years and it'll be barely playing games... but also depends on resolution as in year ahead I don't think any current cards gonna handle 4220p >.<

[Syntaxvgm]

I built a mid-low range pc in 2010 and it still plays most games on medium settings.

[Swndlr]

when the games and graphic development becomes too much for the hardware to handle. for example, when the drivers and whatnot become too far advanced and beyond for the cpu and gpu to keep up with. 

[Syntaxvgm]

This is why most people invest in a good system with top notch CPU and stick a mid range GPU in it. The GPU usually falls behind fastest, as CPUs no longer really keep up with more's law, and haven't for years. If you replace your GPU every few years with a mid range one, you'll be good for quite a while.

Once you get above a certain price/performance area, it's not worth it as you would save money by just upgrading in a couple of years. A top not really expensive system doesn't carry much benefit in the long run over a high end system. Multiple GPUs help though for plain lasting longest without upgrading, but price wise no. Upgrading is cheaper. 

[nreldir]

What everyone above is saying, around 7-12ish years, but that depends on what monitors we'll be using.  As GloriousPain said above: 

 

 

I don't think any current cards gonna handle 4220p >.<

[That Norwegian Guy]

Before going all the way down to low? Multiple components in the computer will fail before that happens. Usually the motherboard and graphics card are the first to go.

 

Though indulging you, my GTX 470 still runs modern games somewhere between high and ultra with 40+ FPS (my playability threshold) in my system. Still upgraded it. I would guess the 470 would have to play Star Citizen and The Witcher 3 on medium settings. So I guess it will take around 5 more years to be forced all the way down to low settings, so: 10 years lifetime.

[Mildphil]

i just came on this idea.

How many years a very high end PC (for this year) before it will play at low settings. (without upgrading)

example for now the best CPU and GPU i think is 4960x and Titan Z or the R9-295x, and some 64GB RAM

how many years before it will run on low settings?

 

lol im bored now

 

Sorry for my BAD Engish 

Thank you! and God Bless!!!!

             

Good question. Only problem is nobody can ever answer that accurately as there are just too many variables. The rate of progression, new technology (DDR4 for example and other tyhings along that line, or chips made of other substances, like graphene), how good and optimized the hardware is from the get-go, and it's life span. another factor is how you game. You may have a 295x as of now, but maybe you decide on getting three 4k displays...performance will suffer. Games in the future may gradually go up in graphics, shoot up in graphics quality, or maybe stay stagnant and even go down *cough ubisoft cough*. So there really is no good answer to this, best solution is to buy what you NEED now, and upgrade when you feel you could get more performance from newer hardware to suite your needs. It will be much cheaper this way as you will always be at a hardware level that suites you, instead of starting crazy high (and expensive) and ending low. 

[79wjd]

It really depends on resolutions. If you stick to 1080p, then a long long time. If you want 4k then much less time.

[Misanthrope]

You should take resolution into account: I can still play even 2014 games on my hardware, when "low" detail is not enough I bump down the resolution from 1360*768 to 1024*768 for example and it helps a lot. 

But yeah if you just scale back on visual fidelity over the years you wouldn't need updates almost at all: of course is impossible to predict the future but a good, realistic estimate for me would be that a very high end system right now (top of the line GPU and CPU, possibly SLI set ups) would be able to handle games by scaling down for at least 7 years if not 8 or more.

[The_Destroyer04]

10 years unless there are stunning new innovations like what HP is planning. the project they called the machine, and its a computing monster as for what they've said )