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If the games you play stop working (or become laggy/unplayable) then that is when you upgrade.
All credit for this list goes to @kanal412 on TikTok.
This is what a real upgrade list should look like...
immunity
Still rocking a GTX 1080 from 2016. Works just fine at 1080p resolution, so long as you utilize AMD FSR 2/3 and are smart about your settings (no lazy presets). NVIDIA can get fooked with their bullshit "pricing" ever since the 20 series rolled out in 2019 - they're extortionate. I'm pissed that people keep buying at such ridiculous prices and validating their decision.
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-1 tiktok.
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flacoloco
I just upgraded to a 4090. my old computer was from 2011, and I bought it used..... this new one was my xmas present to myself
colopctech
wiat.. When do I get good at my favorite games though?
RoboUnicornFishBalls
I was running 980gtx sli until a year ago.
My partners laptop gfx card finally hit the hay, it had been out once before and we got 18 months extra out of it.
Grabbed her a 2019 i7, 32g, m2 and a lovely white case. Needed a gfx card so px'd one of mine to get a 1060 as that's all we could afford.
Been fine at 1200p for everything she plays, mostly indy stuff but sims and some gamepass stuff as well.
I run a 6800xt/5800x3d up from an amd 8590 black or something which was awful.
Kablooeeey
You should never buy Nvidia. We need competition and people just keep buying their shit even when AMD out performs them per dollar easily. It's insane
absoluttalent
There are situations where Nvidia is better than AMD, just like there's situations where AMD is better than Nvidia. You buy what's best for your use case. I will agree people need to stop buying Nvidia blindly and based on marketing. But in the end people will buy the newest, just because.
TheJomsborgViking
A lot of newer games have nasty lag spikes and stuttering. On my barely 3 year old computer that cost 2k.
Nvidia has some option in these games to smooth the rendering process to cut down on these frame stutters.
They are fantastic games, but part of the issue is they are all badly optimized because devs want early access money.
I have also been playing a Minecraft like game, which those have always had issues just because of the amount that gets loaded in, but Vintage story has zero stutters
badgermans
I just upgraded to a 4080 super only because the new monster hunter wont work on my 1070
Ivain
It's honestly surprising how effective the 1060 still is, tbh, if you aren't super-anal about NEEDING 60+fps or a 4K screen. I have 2 fullHD screens, and can still run most games from before 2022 at High to Ultra. Only thing I'm noticeably missing are things like RTX-style raytracing and the frame-gen support of the RTX-3000 series and later.
un1matr1x
My GPU isn’t on the list, so when should I upgrade? Any useful suggestions?
conniecpu
I got a 2080Ti a few years back and that's pretty much felt like "I don't need anything better than this". Unless I upgrade to 4K 144Hz monitors or something lol.
Filolial
Same, my RTX 2080 Ti has been serving me well all these years (Even underclcked due to issues). And in my opinion the last good series Nvidia made, AMD is just way better value... will see what the upcoming 50 series brings.
PileOfWalthers
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ricpaul
My son had a trial for Satisfactory in 2020 and it wouldn't run on his 2010 laptop... So within a few days I found an Asus TURBO-GTX970-OC-4GD5 and an HP desktop with 16GB & an i5-4590s from two sellers on a tweakers forum. Ripped a 550W powersupply (literally found at the city dump) from my intended NAS and got a 1TB SSD. Was less than 300$ and serves its purpose to this day as a gamingcomputer. But it's not even mentioned in the list anymore ;)
StackMySwitchUp
This.
Dazaster
When PC's started to become mainstream(IBM 286 onward), I had a friend who insisted the graphics were better on his C64. I had a 286 with a VGA card. But his 16 colour 320x200 display was "better".
CardboardEmpress
This machine has a GTX940. I have no intention of upgrading until the entire thing no longer functions.
InboxMeYourHDGIFs
I've got a 1660 Super, and it's been able to run every game I've tried to run on it.
Conz
Accurate.
Hatsodoom
When I saw the thumbnail I was gonna chew you out, but then I read it. Well played.
scuba7jb
Pardon my ignorance... I have a GTX1060 [near bottom of list] does it make any sense to upgrade just the graphics card without upgrading the rest of the system too?
Yeeeeaaahbuuuoooyyyyy
Depends. Modern games with ray tracing are pretty taxing on the cpu as well. If you only play older games (3-4 years old) that don’t use the CPU that much (Like CIV or TW Warhammer) or just Indie Games with low poly count I would not bother to Upgrade. If youre into Games with raytracing or Blockbuster games that use UE5 I would recommend a mid class CPU and 32 Gigs of ram as well as a NVMe SSD if your Budget allows it.
SomeDetroitGuy
Do your favorite games still work on it? If so then NO.
Outraider
Like most things, it depends. Upgrade would let you up the visual details, like resolution, in games you currently play. Newer games tend to have more wobbly bits and moving things and denuvo and shittier optimization which eat more cpu and ram. Pick a game or 2 or a genre you play the most, figure out the resolution (720,1080,1440,4k) and level of detail you want and performance required. Aim for a minimum to reach that. Or blow 10k a year on new components, im not your mom.
GussDeBlod
Depends on the system but there's a big chance the new graphic card will be bottlenecked by the rest of the system.3 years ago I upgraded my GC to a 3080ti (found a really good deal and I knew I was going to upgrade the rest soon) , I still had a 2014 computer ( 16gb DDR3 ram and an old i7 from the time), the GC NEVER worked above 50% I think because the computer was struggling to send it data fast enough XD That said, I still felt a boost in every game. And you can always change the rest later
Outraider
Was same for me. Upgraded Rtx 3070 to 7900 xtx. 4k Ray tracing now works "fine" in most games but can have occasional stuttering or a game might require frame generation tech for smooth framerate. I have a feeling upgrading my ryzen5 5600x would help
GussDeBlod
Now I have a system on par with the 3080ti ( new ryzen and DDR5 ) and it works wonderfully well.
scuba7jb
I appreciate the advice!!
Outraider
wait, its not "does it run crysis?"
iamthemanwithnoname
It is if your fav game is crysis.
yikesaroni
now its more like "does it run stalker 2"
zertmaster
Around the time that crysis was being made. Intel said 10ghz CPUs were the future. We don't have 10ghz CPUs yet.
Qrader
I'm not up to date, but I'm pretty sure none of these will run Morrowind smoothly
evilcoffeechick
Aren't we still ten years away from that being a possibility?
MetaSomma
Always 10 years away
Like2Fox
If your favorite game Is working on your existing video card, then why would it stop?
DurendaI
New favorite game. Like Monster Hunter Wilds.
psuedon
game patches and updates can break things
Ivain
Can you give me an example? Because I've not had this problem yet, though I will admit whatever the hell they did to Witcher III in one of those patches made it a lot slower until I rolled a few things back.
Like2Fox
Yeah I've never seen this happen either. I had untested patches released with some awkward flaws, but nothing that wasn't corrected in the short order