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crazy359   11-08-2009 at 06:53:41 PM

I have a 3780 and i think it will hold another 2 years MAX.......Right now i run Crysis on Hight 2xAA 30fps

What about you ? How long will your card hold up?


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jaguarskx wrote :

A video card will last you a long time as you can live with medium graphics quality in the long run.



That pretty much sums it up. Some people are happy just being able to play the game, and a card will last them 4 or 5 years. Some people are out to be the next benchmark king and have to spend $400 on a new card every 6 months, and then crossfire it.

Personally, I am more in the first set. My "second" computer was still chugging along with an AGP Radeon 9550 until a few weeks ago, when it finally became clear that more new-release games these days are NOT going to work with it than are. Tropico 3 was the last straw that made me go to a 4650.

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Silver Graphics badge TheGreatGrapeApe   11-08-2009 at 07:00:05 PM

There is no such thing as 'Future Proof', nor a 3780 for that matter. :kaola:

Cards will last many years past other people's 'acceptable' level if you're willing to live with lower settings/resolution.

The best one can hope for is what we call 'future-looking' video cards.

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crazy359   11-08-2009 at 07:04:12 PM

Comon 3870 is still a great card. I run everything on max right now. And what i mean is for how long will your video card run games on medium to high graphics?

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ridic23   11-08-2009 at 07:05:35 PM

My card is future proof as long as im not tempted to buy the next iteration.....

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Bluescreendeath   11-08-2009 at 07:05:37 PM

As ape said, there's no such thing is future proof...you can spend $500 on a graphics card and there'll be another graphics card out next year that's 2x as good.

My 4830 will hold up for 1-2 years in my 2ndary computer that's used for light gaming...
My 4870 will hold up for 6 months since I plan to upgrade to dx11 when the prices go down...


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crazy359   11-08-2009 at 07:07:34 PM

I KnOW THAT.......they update all the time.........im saying will your CURRENT card run upcoming games on decent settings?

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crazy359   11-08-2009 at 07:08:04 PM

ridic23 wrote :

My card is future proof as long as im not tempted to buy the next iteration.....



wats ur card?

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Silver Graphics badge TheGreatGrapeApe   11-08-2009 at 07:19:29 PM

crazy359 wrote :

Comon 3870 is still a great card...



But you said you had a 3780. :kaola: :whistle: :kaola:

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ridic23   11-08-2009 at 07:22:49 PM

@crazy359.....ur validation of the card's performance is based on Crysis....what will happen when Crysis2 releases next year....that may(will) be another GPU hog.....would u then say ur card is future proof.....Its all upto the next big thing.....


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crazy359   11-11-2009 at 11:40:13 PM

TheGreatGrapeApe wrote :

But you said you had a 3780. :kaola: :whistle: :kaola:




i do have a 3870 look at my specs lol

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capt_taco   11-12-2009 at 12:22:23 AM

I've got a 4870 and will probably be plenty happy with it for the next couple years.

But as soon as they start coming out with games that REQUIRE DirectX 11, that thing's going out the window. That's always been what causes me to throw out old cards.

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cjl   11-12-2009 at 12:54:15 AM

I have a pair of 4870x2s, and they should hold on for a while to come. They'll likely be replaced when a good DX11 game (and I mean one that requires DX11) comes out though.

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Bronze Graphics badge jaguarskx   11-12-2009 at 01:17:50 AM

A video card will last you a long time as you can live with medium graphics quality in the long run.

I only recently replaced my X1900XT for a HD 5850 because the old video card died.

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capt_taco   11-12-2009 at 01:22:57 AM
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jaguarskx wrote :

A video card will last you a long time as you can live with medium graphics quality in the long run.



That pretty much sums it up. Some people are happy just being able to play the game, and a card will last them 4 or 5 years. Some people are out to be the next benchmark king and have to spend $400 on a new card every 6 months, and then crossfire it.

Personally, I am more in the first set. My "second" computer was still chugging along with an AGP Radeon 9550 until a few weeks ago, when it finally became clear that more new-release games these days are NOT going to work with it than are. Tropico 3 was the last straw that made me go to a 4650.


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crazy359   11-14-2009 at 01:19:11 AM

i agree with what capt taco is saying.......some people want dx 11 so they will buy new card for that and some will be happy they are running the game....

THANK YOU ALL FOR REPLYING

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