I've been gaming a long time and have not upgraded my i6700K since it came out in early 2016. I've upgraded my card a few times and am now with a 1080Ti but i remember upgrading every 2 years max back in the day. Even at 1440p gaming it feels like faster CPUs just aren't that important anymore?
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What's the current state of hardware and gaming in terms of hardware?
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pendragon1
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1440p and up is more dependent on the gpu. if you have a 4/8 cpu and up that can do 4GHz your good.
I remember back around the SKT939 Single core to dual core Athlon days I was upgrading my CPU every 6 months or so. Went from a single core Athlon64 3500+ through several others to a Opteron 180 in no time at all it seemed. GPUs were upgraded maybe every 18 months.
Since 2009 however, I upgrade a CPU every 6-7 year maybe? GPU upgrades maybe every 3-4 years unless they fail. Yeah the hardware mostly has outstripped the software by a large margin.
Since 2009 however, I upgrade a CPU every 6-7 year maybe? GPU upgrades maybe every 3-4 years unless they fail. Yeah the hardware mostly has outstripped the software by a large margin.
Same boat but 1080 GTX. I'm going to get a 3XXX Ti when they drop, and I WANT to upgrade the motherboard/CPU, but I can't see a huge reason to. I've got the urge to build an uber gaming system, but 1440p and VR... everything still runs fine?
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Last leap was 1080ti, we are waiting for a gpu that shifts what's considered a cpu bottleneck bc 4c has been and still is fine. 160fps @ 1440p or 240fps @ 1080p with low graphics settings in an fps is easy to build from multiple routes. Maintaining dead flat frametime is boring as an exercise.