Back when I got my current PC I posted a retrospective of systems wot I owned since 1988, and how the rate of change had slowed from every couple of years for the first 20-odd years. The previous PC had done eight years, with a few graphics cards updates in that time. This one is on track to match the lifespan, and I hadn't even had to open the case (except for dusting) until a couple of years back when I popped a new SSD drive in. On more recent games I've had to start turning down the graphics settings a notch or two, so I figured it was time for a new graphics card.
Prices have gone a bit silly thanks to one or more of covid, crypto mining and AI, but I managed to snag a 5060 Ti with 16GB of RAM without needing to take out a second mortgage, which should be enough to handle anything the CPU can cope with.
I should probably now find a game released within the last five years to actually give it a bit of a test, as my gaming is still ticking along without much change from the start of the year...
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As someone who is regularly about 5 years behind the times, there is a certain thrill in - having upgraded my PC - being able to crank all the settings up to ULTRA! without the machine keeling over.
Bought Cyberpunk 2077 in a sale earlier this year; several years of bug fixes and improvement in hardware mean that it looks and feels fantastic. Control and Deathloop also ran very smoothly (other pretty games are available).
This perennial delay also meant that I was able to pick up Civ 6 + all its DLCs at a hefty discount in the same week that Civ 7 launched. I continue to party like it's 2020 (and what a year for partying THAT was...).
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