How long will 6850/6870 last ?

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I'm wondering how long will ati radeon 6850 will last in the gaming years . I did my research that this graphics card was out in 2010 and I'm planning to upgrade to 6850. Is it too late ? because it is already into 2013. I'm using 3850 now. Been using it for 5 years and it is the best game graphics card in terms of lasting to play latest game.

So here is my question. Can 6850 keep up with games latest in 2-3 years from now ? because imagine there are a lot of new games engine nowadays and I'm worried that if I upgrade to this graphics card I only can use it for a few years .

Here my pc specs :
AMD Athlon X3 455
MSI 770 - C45
DDR3 8GB RAM
ATI Radeon 3850

Note : I did a little upgrade on my pc last june . I changed my old motherboard / ram and processor with the above specs. As you can see I'm in tight budget and I'm using my brother old motherboard. I ask this community few months ago some of the said if I go with higher gpu than 6850 my pc will having a bottleneck.

Help me answer the question. Thanks guy. :)

EDIT: because I'm planning to upgrade to 6850/6870 1GB the end of this year
 
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luiscesjr
Well, I have a Saphire 6850, with a Phenom II X4, and to be honest with you,
in most games I play maxed out it's the CPU that is holding back the FPS and not the GPU.
I can easily play most games with graphics maxed out and at 1920x1080, but of course it not only depends on how powerful your machinery is, but how well the code of the games was written for their respective PCs ports ( Since nowadays we are getting many console/PC games ).

You WILL run games even in 5 years from now, the question is, how good? With the next generation of console coming, I highly doubt you will play games on MAX performance and graphics very soon, and that is for everyone, since PC games are always a rip-off when it comes to their respective coding part...
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I have 6850 at the moment (with X6 at 3.5GHz) and it is already too weak for the higher end games when playing at 1920x1200 on high settings (even without AA, which I never use anyways).

Keep in mind that the new consoles will be coming out next year or a bit later, so game engines will need a lot more juice compared to current ones. If you want to keep the new GPU for next 3 years, I would not suggest getting anything lower than 7850.
 
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Well, I have a Saphire 6850, with a Phenom II X4, and to be honest with you,
in most games I play maxed out it's the CPU that is holding back the FPS and not the GPU.
I can easily play most games with graphics maxed out and at 1920x1080, but of course it not only depends on how powerful your machinery is, but how well the code of the games was written for their respective PCs ports ( Since nowadays we are getting many console/PC games ).

You WILL run games even in 5 years from now, the question is, how good? With the next generation of console coming, I highly doubt you will play games on MAX performance and graphics very soon, and that is for everyone, since PC games are always a rip-off when it comes to their respective coding part.

For example, when GTA V gets released on PC, even if it runs flawlessly on Xbox/PS3 you will still need a beast to run that one, even if it's current gen.

Hope it helps! I have one, and I am happy with it =)
 
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Thanks man ! This the answer I'm looking for ! :D Thumbs up to you .
 
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