How long will gtx 1080 last me (estimate)

[FoxAxe]

So for peace of mind and for planning

 

How long will gtx 1080 last me with 1080p monitor with medium to high settings 

Im looking for 4-5 or more years

 

Rig 

Gtx 1080 

Intel i7 7700k

 

 

 

 

[Lurick]

Depends on the type of games.

If you want modern AAA titles at 60 FPS, then probably 3 to 5 years.

If you're less concerned with AAA titles and just play whatever, then 5 to 7 years is definitely possible.

[typographie]

It's likely to seem quite elderly in 5+ years if history is any guide, but I don't think 2–3 years is too much to expect.

 

Normally this is where I'd suggest buying a cheaper card instead (as long as it still fits your immediate needs) because then you would have money left over to upgrade it sooner which may leave you in a better spot in the long-term. A 1070 now and an 1170 (?) later is probably a better situation than a 1080 for the same period of time. But the pricing on cards below the 1080 is still pretty bad.

[Princess Luna]

Just take how long the 480,580,680,780,880,980 last as reference [:

 

I say it'll be a very good card for another 3 years.

[FoxAxe]

But if i upgrade later am i able to use the same motherboard and other parts or will my cpu bottleneck next? 

My power supply has 10 years of warranty

[PCGuy_5960]

Depends. Do you want a stable 60FPS in Ubisoft games? You should have gotten 2 Titan Xps. Do you want a stable 60FPS in all other games, probably 2-4 years

[JHY]

I guess 4 years or more, but it really differs how game engine and optimization develops in future.

1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Depends. Do you want a stable 60FPS in Ubisoft games? You should have gotten 2 Titan Xps. Do you want a stable 60FPS in all other games, probably 2-4 years

Ubisoft for example...

[FoxAxe]

But if i upgrade later am i able to use the same motherboard and other parts or will my cpu bottleneck next? 

My power supply has 10 years of warranty

20 minutes ago, PCNoobie said:

I guess 4 years or more, but it really differs how game engine and optimization develops in future.

Ubisoft for example...

 

22 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Depends. Do you want a stable 60FPS in Ubisoft games? You should have gotten 2 Titan Xps. Do you want a stable 60FPS in all other games, probably 2-4 years

 

24 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Just take how long the 480,580,680,780,880,980 last as reference [:

 

I say it'll be a very good card for another 3 years.

 

28 minutes ago, typographie said:

It's likely to seem quite elderly in 5+ years if history is any guide, but I don't think 2–3 years is too much to expect.

 

Normally this is where I'd suggest buying a cheaper card instead (as long as it still fits your immediate needs) because then you would have money left over to upgrade it sooner which may leave you in a better spot in the long-term. A 1070 now and an 1170 (?) later is probably a better situation than a 1080 for the same period of time. But the pricing on cards below the 1080 is still pretty bad.

 

29 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Depends on the type of games.

If you want modern AAA titles at 60 FPS, then probably 3 to 5 years.

If you're less concerned with AAA titles and just play whatever, then 5 to 7 years is definitely possible.

 

[typographie]

47 minutes ago, FoxAxe said:

But if i upgrade later am i able to use the same motherboard and other parts or will my cpu bottleneck next? 

CPU bottlenecks are entirely dependent on the game you're playing and what that game asks of your hardware. It even shifts moment-to-moment based on what's happening in said game. We can't predict that because the games I assume you're talking about don't exist yet. If I had to guess, I'd say your i7-7700K is highly unlikely to be a real "bottleneck" problem in any games anytime soon at a sensible framerate.

[System Error Message]

many decades, likely the capacitors or vrms fail first.

[treeroy]

60fps on medium settings at 1080p, yeah probably the best part of 5 years for new games. My 780 Ti was 3 years old and could still play most new games at 1080p60 on high.

[ZenMonkey]

People are still playing modern titles on low settings with 780s. If you're running 1080p at 60Hz, the GTX 1080 should last another 2 or so years on high or better settings before you need to start reducing your graphics, then another 1-3 years until an upgrade is necessary.

[aakopa]

2 minutes ago, ZenMonkey said:

People are still playing modern titles on low settings with 780s. If you're running 1080p at 60Hz, the GTX 1080 should last another 2 or so years on high or better settings before you need to start reducing your graphics, then another 1-3 years until an upgrade is necessary.

I can still run modern games with high settings with my 7970, I think 780 should do better than that.

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, ZenMonkey said:

People are still playing modern titles on low settings with 780s. If you're running 1080p at 60Hz, the GTX 1080 should last another 2 or so years on high or better settings before you need to start reducing your graphics, then another 1-3 years until an upgrade is necessary.

Way more than low considering my 660 can play at medium+ just fine...

[Hunter-97-G]

The 780 Ti is almost 4 years old at this point and it still plays most games at 60fps high settings. You'll be fine for a long while.

[maartendc]

7 hours ago, FoxAxe said:

So for peace of mind and for planning

 

How long will gtx 1080 last me with 1080p monitor with medium to high settings 

Im looking for 4-5 or more years

 

Rig 

Gtx 1080 

Intel i7 7700k

 

 

 

 

Probably about 3-5 years, depending on what fps you want and what game.

 

In 3 years you can probably still run everything on high at 60fps, in 5 years you will probably have to turn things to medium and get between 30-60fps.

 

Just my gut feeling based on experience, there is no way to know for sure.

 

Depends on how big of a jump game development makes. If games start really utilizing the power of PS4pro and xbox one x, pc games might start getting much more demanding as a result.

[SlaughterSmurf]

7 hours ago, FoxAxe said:

So for peace of mind and for planning

 

How long will gtx 1080 last me with 1080p monitor with medium to high settings 

Im looking for 4-5 or more years

 

Rig 

Gtx 1080 

Intel i7 7700k

 

 

 

 

You can probably get 5 years out of it. My 780ti was a 3 and a half year old card and it still ran newer games at 1080p high settings. Plus the 1080 is more overkill for 1080p than the 780ti was at the time. There were still a handful of games that the 780ti couldn't run at 60fps ultra when it came out. There's only one that the 1080 can't do, which is Ghost Recon Wildlands. 

[SlaughterSmurf]

Keep in mind as games grow more demanding it's because they look better. If you ran a game on a 1080 at low settings 60fps in say 6 years, you're probably getting visual fidelity equal to about high or ultra today. Games tend to scale really well with lower detail settings these days. 

[-rascal-]

10 hours ago, FoxAxe said:

But if i upgrade later am i able to use the same motherboard and other parts or will my cpu bottleneck next? 

My power supply has 10 years of warranty

 

 

This depends on YOUR expectations, an how often you upgrade your PC.

 

Newer games that comes up in the future will typically get more demanding compared to presently available games.

That is a nature as computer technology improves, and gets faster.

BF1 now will be more or less the same as BF1 5 years from now.

BF9 .... will naturally require a more powerful system to run compared to BF1.

A GTX 1080 now could play BF1 with basically zero issues, but we can't say much for .... BF9.

 

If you plan to upgrade your system (e.g. CPU, motherboard, and RAM) 5 years from now, your existing motherboard and CPU would probably not work. As of present, we are on 7th generation Intel CPU. 5 years from now...we could be on the 10th generation or something. By that time, the CPU would be on a different socket (LGA 1151 now...could be like LGA 1015), and using...DDR5 or DDR6 RAM. In that case, motherboards and RAM from present time won't be compatible. It would be like trying to fit a square block into a triangle shaped hole.

 

Simply put, we can't give you a 100% guaranteed answer for your question.

There is no way, as ordinary consumers, to predict what the PC will be like 3 ~ 5 years (or more) from now...

If you ask us what is to come 1 ~ 2 years from now, we could probably answer that.

Companies (like AMD, Intel, nVidia) won't be like "in the year 2025 we will use DDR6 RAM, and LGA 2025 socket for the i7-9770K."

[Emberstone]

I got my GTX 770 shortly after it released in 2013, and I didn't replace it until the 1070 launched last year, and that wasn't even a flagship GPU. It can still run Doom on Ultra without dipping too hard below 60 fps, and runs Overwatch on maxed settings above 60 fps at 1080p.

 

That 1080 will do just as well if not better than my 770 did for its day in terms of effective lifespan.

[IceCold008]

Do what i did if you have the patience. Pick a game you want to play and if you cant play it at the specs and fps you are happy with. Either refund it if its on steam or leave it until you upgrade. I had games which i was not happy playing on with my 2 670 in SLI i had them for years before i got my 1080ti and now im playing them at the specs and FPS i like. Yes its going to tax your patience BUT there is plenty of games out there which you can play which is less demanding. Its all about WILLPOWER. I waited 5 years to upgrade my GPU to a 1080ti. I waited that long becuase it wanted value for money. It was a massive upgrade over my old 670's in SLI. I am glad i waited now. Ive got years worth of games to play but UNLUCKY for me not much time to play them, but at least it will keep my busy for a few more years LOL.

[myspeakersaremuffled]

How long would an EVGA 1080ti FTW3 last

[DarkSmith2]

close to every game gets CPU bottlenecked using a 1080ti at 1080p...  obviously.

Buying a graphics card right now is wasting money for a few different reasons.

 

1. Prices are higher then they should be 

2. We expect Volta's line up early next year, never buy a card thats already 1+ years old.

 

other then that, buying GPU's in a ~4-5year cycle is probably the best you can do.

 

F.e.:

If you have bought a GTX970 (2014) your next sweetspot for buying a new Card is Volta (2018).

If you Bought a 780ti (2013) you could either choose to buy a 1080ti (2017) or wait until Volta (2018). (you paid twice as much for a much more powerhungry GPU for "maybe" using it 1year longer)

 

You could still use your GPU as long as it lives, but you would have to play on mostly low settings, maybe stuttering, low fps or game crashing because you run out of VRAM and stuff. My GTX460 still works with its 1GB VRAM .. but i wont ever use it anymore because it sucks and its performance is not worth its powerdraw.

[Saddy]

13 hours ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Depends. Do you want a stable 60FPS in Ubisoft games? You should have gotten 2 Titan Xps. Do you want a stable 60FPS in all other games, probably 2-4 years

You can get 60 FPS in ubisoft games? I thought it was locked to 15 FPS

[FoxAxe]

7 hours ago, IceCold008 said:

Do what i did if you have the patience. Pick a game you want to play and if you cant play it at the specs and fps you are happy with. Either refund it if its on steam or leave it until you upgrade. I had games which i was not happy playing on with my 2 670 in SLI i had them for years before i got my 1080ti and now im playing them at the specs and FPS i like. Yes its going to tax your patience BUT there is plenty of games out there which you can play which is less demanding. Its all about WILLPOWER. I waited 5 years to upgrade my GPU to a 1080ti. I waited that long becuase it wanted value for money. It was a massive upgrade over my old 670's in SLI. I am glad i waited now. Ive got years worth of games to play but UNLUCKY for me not much time to play them, but at least it will keep my busy for a few more years LOL.

The thing is that i have waited 8years my current pc has reached over 8 years and i can't play the new games even st lowest settings and if i wait for volta (tempting) i dont have xmas vacation to play and also im going to lukio ''which is much more demanding than primary scool so i have less time to play.