how long till i would be forced to upgrade my computer?

[Far]

The thing i hate about technology is when you buy something you really like, in a year or two it becomes out dated and are forced to buy a new one again.

Iv been quite fortunate with technology, in that because i take care of it, ive never had anything break on me (apart from the few hard drives going corrupt, touch wood)

Anyway, back to my post.

My computer case has a motherboard stuck to it, it supports up to quad core, and a single slot for graphics card.

The components i can update are the processor, graphics card, and hard drive.

Excluding all those components, how long do you think it will be until i have to buy a whole new case because my motherboard becomes outdated? (for example a new 12 core processor comes out, or all graphics card turn SLI)

Obviously you can't give an exact estimate, but I'm just wondering how long it would probably be.

Random question.

 

[Ragnar]

To keep up with new graphic intensive games probably 2-3 years as I doubt SLI or Crossfire will be mandatory for a while.

 

[RedDragonX]

SLI/Crossfire will never be mandatory, Dual GPU's yea (requires one slot)

I'd imagine about 2-4 years aswell.

 

[Silent]

Why is the board stuck on the case....?

my estimate about 2-3 years, bit baffled though as to why you just cant unmount it.

 

[Liandrin2]

If my computers anything to go by you'll be pised off with it within a year

 

[Far]

Why is the board stuck on the case....?

my estimate about 2-3 years, bit baffled though as to why you just cant unmount it.

its a shuttle computer, so the motherboard is specially fitted and made for the case. i probably could unmount it if i tried, but i dont think they sell the mb's on their own anyway.

 

[Elijah]

SLI/Crossfire will never be mandatory, Dual GPU's yea (requires one slot)

I'd imagine about 2-4 years aswell.

I Agree with this.

With a Dual GPU Graphics card you'll be fine for quite some time, unless something BIG comes along.

Quad Core doesn't get touched by half the programs out there so far, so i'm sure they'll be fine for along time too.

It all depends what type of things you run though. If your wanting to play the most intensive games out there like Crysis, then yes your computer will get outdated very fast.

But if your happy with games like Red Alert 3 etc then your PC will be okay for quite some time, with small upgrades here and there.

/Ash

 

[Far]

yeah u c i play all the latest games, such as crysis. not much, but i do atleast try them out to look at the graphics. iv tried crysis on my computer and it runs perfectly atm. havnt tried farcry 2 or anything yet tho.