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How long will the 970m last?

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For 3 or so years, given that you're fine playing on low settings at 1080p.

lol are you crazzy ? a 970m will last like 6-7 maybe 8 years decently

5-10 years

at 10 years it will still work, but obviously you wont be able to play at high

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If i play games like TF2, Tera, Shadow of Mordor, GTA V, Skyrim, and most of the AAA releases, how long do you think I could make use of a 970m?

3-5 years I'd say.  but don't quote me on that.

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long time. hell my 16 years old laptop still holds good to play old games.

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For 3 or so years, given that you're fine playing on low settings at 1080p.

lol are you crazzy ? a 970m will last like 6-7 maybe 8 years decently

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If you only ever played those games, as long as the GPU lasts. If you were to play all the latest triple A titles, I'd say 5 years at max.

If you're wondering how long the GPU itself will last, it depends on the temps and how often you have it under load, though, I'd say 7+ years with lowish-moderate use.

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For AAA Games at ultra high 2/3 years (At 1080p)

For Tera, until tera 2 is realease  :P

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lol are you crazzy ? a 970m will last like 6-7 maybe 8 years decently

For AAA games, yeah. Basic games will run forever. It's = a GTX 960, so it isnt bad but it already wont play everything on max.

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