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Edgar R. Zakarian
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As long as it's not overheated, surged, etc - indefinately. 

 

 

Its usually blown caps or bad solder joints (from overheating). 

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How long do graphics cards last?

 

ASUS 8500 GT 512Mbyte

This card is my daily driver, anything from light-gaming, browsing, movies, etc.

 

It just won't give up xD.
How long do graphics cards last without overclock and in good temps, (max 70)

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They really last until they just straight up don't support the OS anymore. As long as it does DirectX 9c I think it can run windows 8.1/10

For example my old ATI rage 128 ultra does just Dx7, so I'm not sure if it even suppports windows xp.

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Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

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As long as it's not overheated, surged, etc - indefinately. 

 

 

Its usually blown caps or bad solder joints (from overheating). 

So at this rate, this card will never die? And will forever act as my intergrated graphics? (more powerfulz!!) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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They really last until they just straight up don't support the OS anymore. As long as it does DirectX 9c I think it can run windows 8.1/10

For example my old ATI rage 128 ultra does just Dx7, so I'm not sure if it even suppports windows xp.

But that's also an AGP Card, right ?not pci-e.

So your estimate is that my Card in given situation won't die any time soon (2+ years)?

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But that's also an AGP Card, right ?not pci-e.

So your estimate is that my Card in given situation won't die any time soon (2+ years)?

Well yes it's AGP, so good luck finding a board that supports it and any sort of a modern CPU/RAM among other things. But yeah I own a GeForce 4mx4000 128mb (i think thats the VRAM amount), anywho it still works. Also my 8600 gts 256mb actually does alright in indie/older titles.

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Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

---QUOTE ME OR I WILL LIKELY NOT REPLY---

 

 

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Well yes it's AGP, so good luck finding a board that supports it and any sort of a modern CPU/RAM among other things. But yeah I own a GeForce 4mx4000 128mb (i think thats the VRAM amount), anywho it still works. Also my 8600 gts 256mb actually does alright in indie/older titles.

Which indie/older games would you recommend ? lol

 

How long have you had the 8600?

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Which indie/older games would you recommend ? lol

 

How long have you had the 8600?

Well I've had my 8600 since like 2009. Replaced the thermal paste a few times and the thermal pads once. Runs cool, still overclocks a bit. I made a review on it: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/446602-nvidia-8600-gts-review/

 

The only indie I REALLY LIKE that it runs ok is Robocraft. It also runs one of my favorite (non indie games) War Thunder. It runs Arma 2 on like low 720p fine actually, same applies for DayZ mod. MW2 is fine, as well as Runescape, and Minecraft. Hope I helped :D

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Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

---QUOTE ME OR I WILL LIKELY NOT REPLY---

 

 

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