Advice with graphics and cpu

[Aaron9546]

Bought this new computer and built it last year how long do you think these two parts would last for gaming and if I upgraded one would I need to upgrade the other?

CPU: Intel i7-4770k CPU @ 3.50ghz

Graphics: Palit Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 Jetstream 4GB GDDR5

Would these two parts gradually get worse over time? So far there's no degrading

 

[sarfrazk638]

as for your cpu , it will run for at least 3,4 years but your graphics card can not last more than 2 years and actually it will play game on medium settings at 1080p after 2 years . but for now it's good . Why take tension about making it last for several years , pc gaming is continuously evolving and i think you will upgrade 2 years from now

 

[Kenneth Barker]

CPU should last quite a long time for gaming. GPU is going to depend on what games you play and what comes out really. I would only upgrade when a game comes out that you cannot run. Some times, a game like Crysis hits the market out of nowhere and essentially forces everyone to upgarde their hardware to the absolute best in multiples to play it. the 770 is very solid for 1080P. that CPU will last quite a long time really. even old core 2 duo or dual core Pentiums will game decently still.

 

[Aaron9546]

CPU should last quite a long time for gaming. GPU is going to depend on what games you play and what comes out really. I would only upgrade when a game comes out that you cannot run. Some times, a game like Crysis hits the market out of nowhere and essentially forces everyone to upgarde their hardware to the absolute best in multiples to play it. the 770 is very solid for 1080P. that CPU will last quite a long time really. even old core 2 duo or dual core Pentiums will game decently still.

Not sure how these gpu's work I had a white 15gb xbox 360 first one out obviously used the same graphics card put in by microsoft until the xbox one came out but used that old white thing from 2005 to 2013 and the games I played on that had no difference on the machine or quality that I noticed not sure what quality graphics settings xbox's use for games either though

 

[teambronze5]

I have a 4790K and a 770 Sli. I can say that one 770 is enough for most games at 1080p, while it was very beneficial to have two 770's in Sli for games like GTA V, where certain in game features can make frame-rates unbearable at times. 4770K is a very solid processor, and definitely not a bottleneck for you, you should keep that for as long as you can, get a couple years out of it at the very least.

As for the 770, you can upgrade this independently, and easily. And I would upgrade this when you start to notice performance hindrances. A solitary 770 will prevent you from playing some games (like GTA V) on max settings. However if you are a casual League player for example, this card won't hold you back for a long time. It really comes down to what kind of games you intend to play, and at what settings.

I would not worry about your parts degrading, the main factor is that some software will advance beyond your computer's capabilities eventually, but you have some time. Software will most likely convince you to upgrade, and not your current part's lack of performance.

 

[Kenneth Barker]

CPU should last quite a long time for gaming. GPU is going to depend on what games you play and what comes out really. I would only upgrade when a game comes out that you cannot run. Some times, a game like Crysis hits the market out of nowhere and essentially forces everyone to upgarde their hardware to the absolute best in multiples to play it. the 770 is very solid for 1080P. that CPU will last quite a long time really. even old core 2 duo or dual core Pentiums will game decently still.

Not sure how these gpu's work I had a white 15gb xbox 360 first one out obviously used the same graphics card put in by microsoft until the xbox one came out but used that old white thing from 2005 to 2013 and the games I played on that had no difference on the machine or quality that I noticed not sure what quality graphics settings xbox's use for games either though

The Xbox was developed specifically for, and did not advance in graphics quality like the PC does. As the years roll by, you may have to use lower quality settngs to keep up performance, but even that is not as bad as you might think. Newer games even with low quality settings look pretty darn good. To give you an example, the console graphics we see today with modern games, are only pushing low-med settings for their games and their quality. It all comes down to what you want to do with it and what settings you try and push, resolution is also HUGE. the 770 should do 1080P pretty solid for quite some time. your PC is significantly more powerful than both the PS4 and XBox, and will always be that way.

 

[Aaron9546]

I have a 4790K and a 770 Sli. I can say that one 770 is enough for most games at 1080p, while it was very beneficial to have two 770's in Sli for games like GTA V, where certain in game features can make frame-rates unbearable at times. 4770K is a very solid processor, and definitely not a bottleneck for you, you should keep that for as long as you can, get a couple years out of it at the very least.

As for the 770, you can upgrade this independently, and easily. And I would upgrade this when you start to notice performance hindrances. A solitary 770 will prevent you from playing some games (like GTA V) on max settings. However if you are a casual League player for example, this card won't hold you back for a long time. It really comes down to what kind of games you intend to play, and at what settings.

I would not worry about your parts degrading, the main factor is that some software will advance beyond your computer's capabilities eventually, but you have some time. Software will most likely convince you to upgrade, and not your current part's lack of performance.

Do you mean putting two graphics cards on your motherboard? Didn't know you could do this or if you needed a special motherboard, still can't work out how a 2005 360 can play gta v surely my comnputer would play it better than that?

 

[Kenneth Barker]

I have a 4790K and a 770 Sli. I can say that one 770 is enough for most games at 1080p, while it was very beneficial to have two 770's in Sli for games like GTA V, where certain in game features can make frame-rates unbearable at times. 4770K is a very solid processor, and definitely not a bottleneck for you, you should keep that for as long as you can, get a couple years out of it at the very least.

As for the 770, you can upgrade this independently, and easily. And I would upgrade this when you start to notice performance hindrances. A solitary 770 will prevent you from playing some games (like GTA V) on max settings. However if you are a casual League player for example, this card won't hold you back for a long time. It really comes down to what kind of games you intend to play, and at what settings.

I would not worry about your parts degrading, the main factor is that some software will advance beyond your computer's capabilities eventually, but you have some time. Software will most likely convince you to upgrade, and not your current part's lack of performance.

Do you mean putting two graphics cards on your motherboard? Didn't know you could do this or if you needed a special motherboard, still can't work out how a 2005 360 can play gta v surely my comnputer would play it better than that?

Keep in mind that 2005 Xbox is playing a very very low quality version of GTAV. The PC version is actually significantly improved even over the PS4 version. The last gen version was not capable of many things, including First Person view, because the hardware was pushed to its limits. The texture and graphics quality is significantly worse. The side by side of what a good 1080P high settings version of GTAV vs the xbox 360 version makes the 360 version look like GTA3

 

[teambronze5]

I have a 4790K and a 770 Sli. I can say that one 770 is enough for most games at 1080p, while it was very beneficial to have two 770's in Sli for games like GTA V, where certain in game features can make frame-rates unbearable at times. 4770K is a very solid processor, and definitely not a bottleneck for you, you should keep that for as long as you can, get a couple years out of it at the very least.

As for the 770, you can upgrade this independently, and easily. And I would upgrade this when you start to notice performance hindrances. A solitary 770 will prevent you from playing some games (like GTA V) on max settings. However if you are a casual League player for example, this card won't hold you back for a long time. It really comes down to what kind of games you intend to play, and at what settings.

I would not worry about your parts degrading, the main factor is that some software will advance beyond your computer's capabilities eventually, but you have some time. Software will most likely convince you to upgrade, and not your current part's lack of performance.

Do you mean putting two graphics cards on your motherboard? Didn't know you could do this or if you needed a special motherboard, still can't work out how a 2005 360 can play gta v surely my comnputer would play it better than that?

Keep in mind that 2005 Xbox is playing a very very low quality version of GTAV. The PC version is actually significantly improved even over the PS4 version. The last gen version was not capable of many things, including First Person view, because the hardware was pushed to its limits. The texture and graphics quality is significantly worse. The side by side of what a good 1080P high settings version of GTAV vs the xbox 360 version makes the 360 version look like GTA3

You do need a motherboard capable of 2-way Sli, an Sli bridge, and plenty of overhead room on your PSU too.

The version of GTA V on a console is blatantly, a severely decreased graphical version of the PC game. Your 770 and 4770k would make a 360 look like an AMD, oh wait...

 

[Aaron9546]

I have a 4790K and a 770 Sli. I can say that one 770 is enough for most games at 1080p, while it was very beneficial to have two 770's in Sli for games like GTA V, where certain in game features can make frame-rates unbearable at times. 4770K is a very solid processor, and definitely not a bottleneck for you, you should keep that for as long as you can, get a couple years out of it at the very least.

As for the 770, you can upgrade this independently, and easily. And I would upgrade this when you start to notice performance hindrances. A solitary 770 will prevent you from playing some games (like GTA V) on max settings. However if you are a casual League player for example, this card won't hold you back for a long time. It really comes down to what kind of games you intend to play, and at what settings.

I would not worry about your parts degrading, the main factor is that some software will advance beyond your computer's capabilities eventually, but you have some time. Software will most likely convince you to upgrade, and not your current part's lack of performance.

Do you mean putting two graphics cards on your motherboard? Didn't know you could do this or if you needed a special motherboard, still can't work out how a 2005 360 can play gta v surely my comnputer would play it better than that?

Keep in mind that 2005 Xbox is playing a very very low quality version of GTAV. The PC version is actually significantly improved even over the PS4 version. The last gen version was not capable of many things, including First Person view, because the hardware was pushed to its limits. The texture and graphics quality is significantly worse. The side by side of what a good 1080P high settings version of GTAV vs the xbox 360 version makes the 360 version look like GTA3

So on a gtx 770 jetstream you should be able to play xbox one type games on settings similar to xbox one until a new generation comes out? I would upgrade far sooner just curious on it

 

[teambronze5]

Yeah I would even dare to say that a singular 770 would be better than an Xbox One at 1080p resolution, especially if your hardware allows your 4770k and 770 to overclock.
I think that games on your machine will always look better than consoles.

 

[Aaron9546]

Yeah I would even dare to say that a singular 770 would be better than an Xbox One at 1080p resolution, especially if your hardware allows your 4770k and 770 to overclock.
I think that games on your machine will always look better than consoles.

Know of any way to compare these things?

 

[teambronze5]

Yeah I would even dare to say that a singular 770 would be better than an Xbox One at 1080p resolution, especially if your hardware allows your 4770k and 770 to overclock.
I think that games on your machine will always look better than consoles.

Know of any way to compare these things?

I'd say look at the numbers.

XbOne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_One

But the Xbox One has an APU. This means that the CPU and GPU are the same processor. You have a CPU and a GPU. Since you have a dedicated GPU, and a real nice processor on top of that, your machine is not even playing the same sport.

If we pretended these two things played the same sport... Your hyper-threaded 4-core 4770k @ 3.5Ghz is as or more powerful than the APU inside of the Xbox One."Custom 1.75 GHz AMD 8-core APU (2 quad-core Jaguar modules)" So if you add the 770 on top of that, and the fact that it has it's own dedicated VRM, your computer is Serena Williams, and the Xbox is playing table tennis.