How long will a gtx 980 ti last me? 1 year?

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If I buy a 980 ti now, how long would it be until I would be due for an upgrade? Or would you recommend I just go sli? Will an sli 980 ti last me one more year? Or will Nvidia's new Pascal gpus make the 980 ti look very weak?
 
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On a 1080P expect to be able to max out every AAA title with excellent frame rates for minimally 2.5 ~ 3 years.

If you are on a 1440P monitor it will last 2 years with excellent frames as long as you decrease your filters here and there.

As you can see the GTX 780 Ti still completely destroys all 1080P gaming and will continue to do so for the next year or two.

I'm talking about next to max graphics here. Honestly if you were on 1080P 4 years could be easy as long as you don't mind going on high ~ very...
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On a 1080P expect to be able to max out every AAA title with excellent frame rates for minimally 2.5 ~ 3 years.

If you are on a 1440P monitor it will last 2 years with excellent frames as long as you decrease your filters here and there.

As you can see the GTX 780 Ti still completely destroys all 1080P gaming and will continue to do so for the next year or two.

I'm talking about next to max graphics here. Honestly if you were on 1080P 4 years could be easy as long as you don't mind going on high ~ very high with filters lowered.

As you can see from the increase in performance from the 700 series to the 900 series the gap is noticeable but it won't be a leap big enough to make it look very weak. It may make it look relatively weaker but a GTX 980 Ti is one of the best single gpu gaming GPU available on the market.
 
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Well if you run at 4k or on a 144Hz - 1440p Monitor, even actual titles can't be run on a single GTX980Ti. Witcher 3 for example sits at about 65fps with everthing maxed out on a 1440p Monitor. That may be good fluent gameplay, but if you buy a 144Hz Monitor, you would at least want some graphics card that can make passable framerates for it.

On the other side, if you game on a 1080p Monitor with 60Hz and you want to reach 60fps it should probably last about 3-4 years. You can't say that for certain, because the next big invention could be already around the corner. If we consider recent development of games, then 3 years should be possible, but if by some kind of miracle the GPU performance increases by 400% within the next chip generation and games make use of that then it's not even one year.

The third category could be the console type quality of 720p up to 1080p depending on the game with 30 to 60fps and reduced details. If that's your goal then the card should last for about 5 to 10 years. Even a 5 year old gtx480 can destroy a ps4 right now.
 
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