AMD GPU Life Expectancy?
From a simple "lifetime of hardware" point of view, I'd like to point you to the many and varied YouTube tech channels showing off their vintage 2000 (if not earlier) GPUs. RandomGamingInHD and Socket Sanctuary are two channels I've come to like for their focus on older equipment, and how it holds up to modern software. Long story short: a 3dfx Voodoo 2 that is damn near old enough to drink in the US, if properly maintained, would most likely fire right up today.
I think you're talking about driver support, in which case, yes, for a long time AMD has been regarded as doing a better job of releasing drivers that improve the performance of older parts, and NVIDIA has a reputation for releasing drivers that gimp performance of older-gen GPUs, supposedly to make you go out and buy a 1050 Ti to replace your 660. I'd say both counts there are true, although given how absolutely crap NVIDIA's drivers have been lately, I'm not sure it's intentional on their part.
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