How long will the GTX 780TI last me?

not for full three years on high end games like bf4 . but for other it will last . expect 2 years min for the settings you want to play on

resolution? depend on how fast the technology change.

I think you will have to wait 3 years to answer that but im sure its possible maybe not on ultra.

I wouldn't count on it... The gaming industry evolves surprisingly fast. It will be enough to play every game quite well, but not on Ultra 60 FPS.

My 780 ti at 1080p on Ultra currently doesn't play everything at 60 fps.

Metro: Last Light will dip even with SSAA off, and it always is below 60 with SSAA on low

Crysis 3 will never even get to 60 fps with everything maxed out. I can do 60 but things have to come down.

That's just the nature of playing the latest graphically intensive games. To actually max everything for a few years, you still need to SLI the highest-end cards. It's just out of reach for most people, and all you really get is AA. Not to downplay that, since really good AA can make things look really nice, but is it worth an EXTRA $700? No to me. I personally can't tell the difference after playing for a bit, especially when not sitting too close.



Your best bet is still to go with the 780 ti. No matter what you do, things will develop around you. When you buy in, you buy into a specific moment in time, and your purchase is stuck there. That's just the way it is, man. Don't let that bother you too much, though. The 780 ti kicks ass! Just make everything look as good as you need, ad try not to worry about trying to always max settings for the sake of maxing them.

I mean, the 780 ti will let you use fully-maxed settings as a starting point. You'll be able to safely assume that you can run anything maxed. But from there, you'll have to occasionally make minor adjustments down in order to preserve smooth play. The adjustments will be minor, and you'll likely have to switch back and forth multiple times before you notice a difference at all. You really can't go wrong with the 780 ti right now if you have the money.

Another option is to wait until the new 800-series cards come out at the middle or end of the year, but I wouldn't suggest it. Cards come out with locked down chips. The 780 has the same gpu as the 780 ti but is still 20%-30% slower. It just because the 780 ti is the unlocked version. That took over a year and a half. If you wait for the fully-unlocked Maxwell, you'll likely wait for more than a year. Right now, the 780 ti is the fastest single-processor gaming card in the world. There's no arguing with that, and you won't be sorry you got it. The card performs pretty well.

It doesn't matter if you buy a $10,000 computer today, there will be a game in a few years that you won't be able to max at 60 fps at a decent resolution.

None there is no way to know if any graphics cards out right now will run any future games 3 years from now if you want the best for right now get a titan black for 2 780's but thats i bit more pricey.

Absolutely! a 870TI will have zero issues getting 200FPS on games released in three years... at 640x480 (though likely much higher) resolution.

For a real answer: No. I say no because I expect multi-monitor or 1440P/4K/other resolution to really hit the mainstream within next few years and historically no GPU has ever been able to run ultra settings at the new resolutions a couple years after launch. Crysis is case in point - it had been out over a year before any GPU could get close to decent framerates at ultra settings.

No GPU will accomplish what you're looking for. A 780 Ti will last 3+ years if you're willing to play on lower graphics settings. If you're looking to play at Ultra 60+ FPS @ 1080P, look to upgrade every year or so.

Unless you are willing to spend 1500 dollars on a gaming pc the ps4 and xbox one are better since companys design the games specifically to work with there crap gpu's.

By "specifcally to work" I think you mean just lowering the resolution and turning settings to low with AA off. It's the same thing you can do with any PC game on your own. A 780ti will be more powerful now, tomorrow, and 4 years from now than any current console.

yes i mean specifically to work how do you think they get bf4 to work on a xbox 360 witch has half the computing power of my cell phone and a puny 512mb of ram they dont get games like bf4 and gta 5 to run on a 360 by just turning down the AA.

Yeah, the 780 ti will make things look good for a long time. It just won't max everything.

Just get a GTX780 non ti for 500$ you get 12/14th the performance of a ti for much less money and overclock it, as stated before metrol LL and crysis won't even run maxed out on any single gpu card ATM and im sure some other games will come out that will demand just as much, all you have to do is set to highest settings and turn down aa a bit to like 2xMSAA and you get good image quality an very goor framerates, to think about the future PC gaming is not meant to think like that, otherwise buy a PS4..and enjoy low settings, 30 fps, and awful motion blur..

Well every call of duty game since 4 has run at 60fps on last gen consoles and bf4 runs at 60fps on the ps4 and xbox one and me and my friend compared bf4 side by side one maxed out on pc 1080p the other xbox one which runs at 720p and if i sat you down and asked you to tell me which one is pc and which one is the xbox one i gurantee you couldent tell the diffrence so maybe you should really sit down and think about what a 700 dollar graphics card really gets you.

HAHAHA come on man you're so funny, BF4 runs at low/medium settings on PS4, i have it running at 80fps on all ultra settings with 4xMSAA and supersampling to 115%, if you would sat in front of this you wold shit on your pants and never believed what you just said...they are 2 different games from a quality stand point

I know its hard for the pc gamers who spend 1000+ on a gaming pc to admit that they just dont look that much better then they do on consoles.

BF4 PC vs XO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpLAv_msLB4

BF4 PC vs PS4

http://n4g.com/news/1383133/battlefield-4-pc-vs-ps4-graphics-comparison

From playing less graphically intensive games like Borderlands 2, I can say for sure that the YouTube version of the gameplay is by far worse than what you see on a nice monitor plugged directly into a high-end video card. The console's a little closer to the video, but even the console would have better quality seen at the source.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-battlefield-4-next-gen-vs-pc-face-off-preview

Check that out

The pc looks better but it sure aint 500 dollars better.

Unless of course you use your PC for things other than just gaming AND you want pretty graphics.

Also, 30 FPS is WAY different! YouTube doesn't display higher than that. Try putting your Vsyc down to 30, and compare it to what you had at 60 or higher. It's a major difference.