How long will the GTX 780TI last me?

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It depends how much you want to spend/what resolution,etc....I spent 300 on my hd7950 and am quite content, I play everything on 1080p ultra, and no it's probably not constantly 60fps but I'm very satisfied with it. I think a 780ti will be overkill for 1080p for some time to come as long as you don't care about maxing every little thing out on Crysis 3/Metro....

Maybe it's just me but I consider those to be redbox style games anyway, where you'd either rent them if you had a console for a day or 2 and beat them or catch them dirt cheap on steam/origin sales and play through them once and be done with it

just no replay value to me, but I guess that's all subjective >_>

And I don't think the consoles look like PC on ultra......the...
It depends how much you want to spend/what resolution,etc....I spent 300 on my hd7950 and am quite content, I play everything on 1080p ultra, and no it's probably not constantly 60fps but I'm very satisfied with it. I think a 780ti will be overkill for 1080p for some time to come as long as you don't care about maxing every little thing out on Crysis 3/Metro....

Maybe it's just me but I consider those to be redbox style games anyway, where you'd either rent them if you had a console for a day or 2 and beat them or catch them dirt cheap on steam/origin sales and play through them once and be done with it

just no replay value to me, but I guess that's all subjective >_>

And I don't think the consoles look like PC on ultra......the consoles are on 720p or 900p on lowered settings with other tricks. A gaming pc will pay for itself pretty quickly, I know mine has more than paid for itself due to all the cheap pc games on various sites for sale I watch and snag one I like on sale.
 
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