Are high end graphics cards on the verge of becoming too powerful to justifiably purchase? within the next few years...

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David_24

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4k 100hz monitors will come out and that market will push graphic cards that are the highest end.
But once people get the highest game settings and a 144hz 4k experience with 3 monitors going I just don't see why people would ever upgrade again?
Will video games actually manage to use enough power to bring down the frames back to where people will upgrade high end?

I think the way it is, videogames just aren't going to be designed to use incredible power. The'll always be ported over to pc from cheap consoles.
I predict within the next 3-5 years video games will fall so far behind graphics cards that it'll take years for them to catch up to graphic card power if they ever do.

Then I guess the market would become just a cheaper version of itself every generation except for quadro type cards.
 
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aquielisunari

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And we once used 5.5 inch floppy disks. I used them. Remember the movie War Games? They used those size floppies. We now have 1/2" x 1/2" micro flash drives that can hold much more information than their ancestors. The A: drive could handle a 3.4MB? disk. Then we moved to Zip drives. When I got into PCs they had AGP graphic cards. Think I had one with 16 or 32MB. MEGABYTES! We noW have games that are utilizing 6 and 7GB of VRAM. Vega is said to be a game changer in that area. Are the GFX cards in the lead? Not really. There's always something better or smaller being made for those with money to burn.
 
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You do realize no GPU built can handle 4k 60hz constantly today. Assuming we'll have more than double performance of a Titan in 3 years isn't a good bet. Also they make games tougher and tougher constantly. Also within 3 years in bet the cinsoles do or are close to a new generation. You have to remember consoles are a bit less powerful but they only run the game for the most part and the games are made for exactly their hardware. This gives them an advantage vs a PC with "matching" specs. Also don't let the pricetag on a console fool you. They lose money on them. And gain it back by charging a pesant tax on games.
 
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For gaming I would say no but for more professional applications I would vehemently say no.

As GPU rendering starts to slowly phase out most (BUT NOT ALL) CPU rendering they will always find a place in the hands of professionals where the price to performance ratio is fully justified as you can leverage 100% of the card all of the time. Quadros are nice but are too damn expensive for smaller operations like Rooster Teeth which rely on like 50+ highend gaming cards to render out RWBY.
 
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No we are far mote then ,3 years away from running 3 4k monitors for gaming
We are only just getting to the stage of gaming on 1 4k monitor reliably 3 will likely be another 4-5- 6 years as we won't have a die shrink for a couple of years mote then likely
 
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A few years ago I purchased a 32" $4,500 4k monitor for gaming, last year I purchased a 40" 4K Samsung TV for gaming at a cost of $1,200. I wish I had purchased the 50" . I run both well from one water-cooled Titan. I am very pleased with the setup and have zero regrets.

4k makes a lot of sense for both office use and gaming. Slap a big 4k display on your desk, (or two or three) and you will never go back to a small display. I could drive one 4K display with my one titan at 60fpm (as opposed to 30fpm refresh rate) but I don't want to give up my second 4k display. I just wish Samsung TV's had display port.
 
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when our single gpu can do that the next big thing in that generation will be playing games on six 32k monitor 280hz.

i still remember by the end of last gen console cycle even mid range gpu becoming quite capable handling most new title at 1080p. back then it is the first time a single gpu can get 60FPS with the original crysis on very high setting. so how do gpu maker create demands for more high end gpu? they introduce triple monitor gaming into the equation.
 
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There will never be a plateau, a point where "Once we have X we'll never need more". That's not how human psychology works. 4k will seem like nothing compared to 8k, etc. Even when humanity reaches the point where computer graphics are indistinguishable from real life(and I believe that will happen) then people are going to want hyperreality.
 
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And then quantum computers will be the norm. One's and zeros(think registry values for yes or no) will be a thing of the past. It's only 2017 and VR is still in its infancy but so very cool at the same time. Spend 8 hours "inside" of a Vive or a Rift and then come back to this world. The change can be quite disturbing. Less than 100 years ago computers could fill a room and now ones much more powerful can fit in our pockets. Did you already take the blue pill?
 
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