Will it be worth buying a 1060 GPU 2 years from now?

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alphastrike2401

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Well right now the 1060 GPU are enough to play latest titles from atleast 40-60 fps at medium to high settings. But will it be worth buying a 1060 2 years from now if my aim is just playing the latest titles with absolutely no video editing or for rendering purpose?

Also if the 1060s do not suffice, which GPUs will be sufficient to play all the latest titles?

Also by how much % do you think the prices of the 1070s and 1080s will fall in the coming two years?
 
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I would happily buy a 960 right now for $50-75 but would certainly not use it to play the latest games. It works in XP and has analog VGA so is well suited for a retrogaming setup.

nVidia's GameWorks program is the reason you have to buy new cards every generation or two, if you must play the latest AAA titles. It's the reason why, right now, a 980 is only about as fast as a 1060 for such games. I think you will agree that the 980 is a more powerful card than the 1060 in older games as it should be, but it's definitely not in the latest ones thanks to this "optimization." And this is at a time when actual improvements per generation are at an all-time low because AMD has not been competitive.

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boosted1g

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Right now the 1060 will max out any game running 1080p@60hz.

What things will be like in 2 years is anyone's guess.

I would assume that you would need a 1070 to still max out 2019 games at 1080p@60hz.
In regards to pricing that is completely in the air, even more so when a new mining craze can completely trash any logical guess.
 
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I would happily buy a 960 right now for $50-75 but would certainly not use it to play the latest games. It works in XP and has analog VGA so is well suited for a retrogaming setup.

nVidia's GameWorks program is the reason you have to buy new cards every generation or two, if you must play the latest AAA titles. It's the reason why, right now, a 980 is only about as fast as a 1060 for such games. I think you will agree that the 980 is a more powerful card than the 1060 in older games as it should be, but it's definitely not in the latest ones thanks to this "optimization." And this is at a time when actual improvements per generation are at an all-time low because AMD has not been competitive.

So you could either buy a midrange card like the 1060 every generation, or buy a higher-end card like the 1080 and expect it will be no faster than a 1160 or 1250 when those come out. Personally, I prefer to play two year old games instead, which is why buying a 1060 2 years from now would be OK.
 
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