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Yeah, I wanted to make a birthday thread for my rig, but I forgot. I got all the parts for my birthday on the 14th last year, and I had it all built on the 15th.
But on to the point of the thread. I now have year old hardware and it hasn't aged really. The gpu is still Nvidia's best single-gpu solution. The processor is still the best that is worth buying, and the ram is what you still get. A year on, I haven't had to adjust settings in games whatsoever unless the games get poorly optimized (BFBC2) and that is just the game developer's fault.
How much longer do you guys think the rig is going to live for before an upgrade is needed? I see myself being able to max games for at least 2 more years do to everything being held back by consoles. Then maybe have turn start turning settings down a little bit for 2 years until new consoles come out. Yeah, I don't expect all the new consoles will be out for 4 more years. After that, I will probably need a new rig.
A 5 year life for a rig I think is good, granted I am going to sli as soon as I can get another gtx 285 for $100 or less. I also plan on adding an ssd in like 2 years or something when they are affordable.
But on to the point of the thread. I now have year old hardware and it hasn't aged really. The gpu is still Nvidia's best single-gpu solution. The processor is still the best that is worth buying, and the ram is what you still get. A year on, I haven't had to adjust settings in games whatsoever unless the games get poorly optimized (BFBC2) and that is just the game developer's fault.
How much longer do you guys think the rig is going to live for before an upgrade is needed? I see myself being able to max games for at least 2 more years do to everything being held back by consoles. Then maybe have turn start turning settings down a little bit for 2 years until new consoles come out. Yeah, I don't expect all the new consoles will be out for 4 more years. After that, I will probably need a new rig.
A 5 year life for a rig I think is good, granted I am going to sli as soon as I can get another gtx 285 for $100 or less. I also plan on adding an ssd in like 2 years or something when they are affordable.