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Mummelmann on 20 June 2022
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Conina said:
Conina said:

Okay, i waited almost another five years. The software rot didn't happen.

My last clean install of Windows was in October 2013 (so even before launch of the PS4 and XBO), when I bought my still current CPU (i5 4670K for less than €200), mainboard and RAM. I upgraded to Windows 10 in 2015, but that wasn't a clean install, all settings and installations were brought over to the newer OS.

Since then I installed thousands of PC games and it didn't matter either. The system didn't get slower, benchmarks still give the expected results.

The hardware obsolence also didn't happen. The GTX 980 ist still well above the minimum specs of any existing PC game. Slower performance due to newer graphic drivers has also been disproven over and over again from various tech sites comparing results of different drivers.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/6u4cpw/is_nvidia_ruining_your_performance_linus_tech_tips/

Driver optimization efforts are of course focused to the newest GPU generation, but old hardware doesn't get slower with new drivers. It stays the same or even gets a bit better.

I waited another 2.5 years. I gifted my old PC to my brother and he is happy with it. The software rot still didn't happen. The system didn't get slower, benchmarks still give the expected results.

The hardware obsolence also still didn't happen. The 7.5 year old GTX 980 and GTX 970 and the 8.5 year old R9 290X and R9 290 GPUs are still running (almost?) every new game with 30+ fps, often even with 40+ fps:

And that's even without the boost of AMD FSR 1.0 + 2.0 / RSR or Nvidia Image Scaling.

So PCs can also run a "console generation" of 6 - 8 years without problems or big compromises.

Yeah, I'm still on my rig that I bought in July of 2015, so that's 7 years now. No reformatting or clean installs. Running a 980 Ti and it still kicks ass, my CPU has never been a bottleneck and I play at 1440p, there is also, as of yet, overall little grounds for more than 16GB or RAM (which is my current amount). My nephews got my previous rig and the youngest one still games on it, it's now around 13 years old and still works well, it's limitation is mainly the HDD being slow and GPU lagging, but even that CPU is hanging in there and it still has enough RAM for most minimum requirements.

All that said, I am actually making the jump next year and going all in on a fully 4k 60fps+ capable rig. I'll be jumping 4 chip generations ahead, but this is my choice, I could easily keep this rig viable for a decade. Can't wait for my new beast, and I still consider the PC to easily be the platform of my choice!

Last edited by Mummelmann - on 20 June 2022