Hardware keeps moving faster....

[Bleedblue12345]

It seems in the past couple years hardware has been moving a lot faster.... before a processor would last you lets say 2-3 years, now ure lucky to get 1 1/2. Same with gpu's, look at the ti4600... you got a good 2 years outa that... now it seems you have to upgrade every year...... with a bunch of new stuff on the horizon... and prices for stuff getting a lot higher (ram anyone?) i just think companys need to slow down and optimize make stuff quality and get the best possible experience out of a single chip, not throw out a new gpu and some unoptimized game every week, same with cpu's, 99% of games cant even use dual cores.. much less quad cores.... i think hardware and game companys need to slow down and think things through, and i think they need to work together more to optimize the games.... and before they release it test it... not just say o well we can patch it.. and dont just add more gigahertz or more pixel shaders.... make some hardware that people will really appreciate, psne dsome time on the drivers, and people will be much happier....

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[Tutelary]

The pace of hardware is not just for games, thats where your logic is flawed. While I do agree that the pace of GPUs is fueled by game development (even though they have practical uses outside games), and that this pace is currently far too fast, its just "one of those things". If you dont want to buy $500+ GPUs every 9 months or whatever, dont.