When is it appropriate to upgrade a PC?

new games aren't worth playing so anyone with a gtx 1060 or whatever still will never need to upgrade desu

>>713774768 (OP)
When there's a game you want to play that requires it.

>>713774902
What if the game in question turns out shit?
MH Wilds

When you start upgrading your standards
If you don't give a shit about 1080p a 2060 could still be used to play every game out there on medium/high settings

>>713774768 (OP)
When a component dies.

>>713774768 (OP)
When the games you want to play don't run at the desired graphics settings with an acceptable frame rate anymore

>>713776186
>with an acceptable frame rate anymore
What is the threshold?

>>713776542
60 fps

>>713774768 (OP)
Holy fuck I'm old.

>>713774768 (OP)
>upgrade your PC to the fastest model on the market every two years for $99
sounds pretty good.

>>713774768 (OP)
far less than reddit and nvidia would have you believe.

It used to be something would come out that had an amazing graphical improvement that justified a newer card.

Now performance is poorer for marginal visual fidelity.
I last upgraded because darktide ran like shit on my 580. I don't see the need to upgrade for another 3 years unless i want to move up from 1080

>>713774956
That's why you wait until there's at least 5-6 games you want to play

>>713774768 (OP)
emachines was for peasants

>>713774902
Don't do this, I upgraded my PC for Cyberpunk 2077 and I didn't even beat it because a bug perma-softlocked my game and I lost interest by the time they released a patch. What a piece of shit that game is.

>>713774768 (OP)
>Desktop
5 years
>Laptop
3 years

>>713777171
I didn't do it specifically for Cyberpunk, but I did just recently upgrade and decided to try Cyberpunk and it really genuinely is a piece of shit I'm having to force myself to play.

>>713774768 (OP)
Classic pc thread?

>>713777171
Play the Switch 2 version

>>713774768 (OP)
Around 4-6 years and just small upgrades rather than replace whole thing.

>>713774768 (OP)
>never obsolete
never apparently

>>713774768 (OP)
When the games you like keep getting gradual updates and eventually you cant run them at high/medium settings anymore.
I played Eve Online on a shit early 2010's gaming laptop for like 10 years until I finally bit the bullet and bought a new machine during covid when they were cheap.
Still using that machine, might just upgrade its gfx card in the next year or two and itll be good another 5 years

>>713774768 (OP)
Desktop ever 5-8 years.

>>713774768 (OP)
Upgrade why it literally says Never Obsolete.
How can one improve upon perfection?

>>713778667
>Eve Online
Holy shit Eve has her own online game?

>>713774768 (OP)
I change it all ever 7 years or so. Current setup is from late 2019 or early 2020 though, and honestly it seems like it might last longer than that this time.

>>713776895
what if the 6 games you want to play is shit?

>>713774768 (OP)
never

>>713774768 (OP)
new mb

>>713774768 (OP)
When it catches fire and you need a new one.

>>713774768 (OP)
it's better to upgrade often because it spreads the cost. otherwise you end up like me and have to replace everything except the case

>"This computer is NEVER OBSOLETE"
>"upgrade your PC to the fastest model on the market every 2 years for only $99!"

>>713781819
Well at that point your ability to judge what games will be good or at least worth giving a chance is likely very poor and you'll need to reflect on that.

>>713774768 (OP)
>AGP slot
I forgot it existed

>>713776693
This was definitely a business plan put together by someone who knew nothing about computers, especially in that era where 2 years showed such insane progress.

>>713774768 (OP)
when you feel like you need to

>>713774768 (OP)
When a new LLM is released.

>>713790623
>Have agp 4x slot
>Buy new agp 8x Nvidia GPU that says it's backwards compatible
>it didn't work
worst Christmas ever
I spent all night playing the cart racer in Warcraft 3 at 10fps waiting for Christmas morning.
It would be another few months for me playing NWN at 2fps before I would get a newer motherboard.

>>713774768 (OP)
How come it's okay when eMachines did that?

>>713774768 (OP)
Every new console gen but that doesn't really apply anymore with optimization varying wildly nowadays, shitty overpriced hardware, DLSS/FSR upscaling fuckery and goy tracing niggery.
>sapphire 290
Lasted me the entire PS4 gen.
>5700XT
Got this pos for cheap right before crypto/covid price hike.
>RX 9070
Got it a few months ago for a decent price and happy with it. Time will tell how long it will last.

>>713774768 (OP)
Creative's logo has not aged a day.

>>713790795
Different versions of agp had different voltages required from motherboard and maybe something else besides speed.
My first gpu upgrade (from omnipresent gf440mx to gf6600gt) was fine without me even knowing about different agp slots.

Never, just buy a console.

>>713777956
lmao

>>713774768 (OP)
>AOL 5.0 included
damn, just got flashbacks of being a kid in the ghetto and niggas throwing AOL cd's at eachother outside like ninja stars because they constantly filled everyones mailbox

Locally run AI slop. Finally justifies the upgrade from a GTX 1080 to a 3090.

>"upgrade your PC to the fastest model on the market every 2 years for only $99!"
sounds like a good deal desu