Is there a way to ensure your PC can run FPS + strategy games for at least the next 5 years (on at least medium graphics)

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casshyr

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I am hoping to buy a gaming PC on a budget of around $1500. If I push for the money on say GTX 770 graphics card, how long can I expect that to last before becoming obsolete? I dont' want to spend all that money buying a gaming desktop only for the desktop to be unable to run the newer games 4-5 years down the road...

Is it possible, or am I asking too much?
 
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Well the problem here is we have absolutely no idea what will be out in 5 years or what resolution you want to play at in the future. If you are that worried about the cost I'd recommend buying a $750 computer now and another $750 computer in 5 years. That new computer in 5 years will be much more powerful than a $1500 computer today.
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Well the problem here is we have absolutely no idea what will be out in 5 years or what resolution you want to play at in the future. If you are that worried about the cost I'd recommend buying a $750 computer now and another $750 computer in 5 years. That new computer in 5 years will be much more powerful than a $1500 computer today.
 
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But it or build it yourself and upgrade/update hardware/software as time goes on and they don't meet your performance requirements. If you buy close to top of the line today you should be ok for 3 years at least.
 
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Most likely you should build your desktop currently based on R9 280X or GTX770. Depending on changes in SW, you should be able to run stuff at pretty high settings for the next 2-3 years. Then possibly you should be looking into upgrading your GPU, depending on what is available at the time.

As for the computer otherwise. Not much else that you can do but get the latest platform available with higher end CPU so that the platform won't hold you back. Keeping in mind that games are starting to use more and more cores all the time. With this in mind a FX 8320 ( 990FX AM3+) or i7 4770K ( LGA1150 )might be a good choice at this time, even if currently the i5 4670K is sufficient.
 
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One of the thing i'm afraid of when upgrading GPU is what if it doesn't fit to my motherboard? What if 3 years down the road I wish to buy a newer GPU but it doesn't fit? How can I go about avoiding that problem? Are there specific brands of motherboard that I should be going for to minimize this risk?
 
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Most games are now frozen in time for the next 6 years due to the consoles. So for the most part you can make an educated guess that the 7870 will become the pc minimum over the next year or so.

As for the PC only titles, and the odd game that receives special treatment for the pc release, we cant really say. Expect to need a new gfx card at least to keep up with medium spec gfx in a few years.
 
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Well so far the PCI express standard has been the predominant way to connect graphics cards and it has been backwards compatible so the new PCIe 3.0 GPU's can be installed on PCIe 1.0 motherboards. As long as that trend remains you should be ok with the GPU upgrades.

At least i haven't seen any indications that it would change.
 
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As others have mentioned buying a pc now for 750 and another PC a few years down the road for 750 will get you way more bang for your buck. a 750 dollar computer 3-4 years from now would own whatever 1500 dollars would buy you today. Ive pretty much built a New PC about every 4 years with a graphics card upgrade in between.
 
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I'm gonna go ahead and ditto this guy
 
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