When do YOU decide you have to change your GPU?

[Juan Carlos Gonzalez]

When the graphics are low, or you cant handle FPS., etc.

 

[Gam3r01]

It depends largely on the type of games, but its like you said. When settings get too low to achieve (or not) acceptable framerates.
My old GPU and CPU couldnt handle fallout 4 on anything but all low settings, however the game still looked and ran fine with those settings, so I didnt need to upgrade. I could still run other games fine.

For me, one or two games not running properly is not enough to warrant an upgrade, it has to be a large portion.

 

[ss202sl]

When I can't play the games I want to play at the resolution and frame rates I want to play them at, then it's time to look at upgrading.

 

[csangste23]

It depends theirs a lot to consider. Running VR is a great reason to upgrade. If you have a 1080ti and have a 1080p monitor that might be a bit overkill. If your CPU is terrible you might wanna think twice about upgrading your GPU to something extreme. Definitely the easiest upgrade you can make though. I recently went from an R9-390 to a 1070ti FTW2 and i'm happy with the upgrade, i'm now in the market for a 1440p monitor.

 

[dontlistentome]

Framerate for me. I can alter settings, I can alter resolution, but there's nothing you can do to framerate. 15fps is 15fps.

 

[Karadjgne]

I'm in the habit of playing the same games for years, especially the online multi-player games where building characters takes time. So 4-6 years is not unheard of for me. Since the game hasn't changed, the fps hasn't changed, the gpu doesn't need changing. I'll also be gaming on 1080p until they are as obsolete as CRT monitors, so upgrades to giant gpus are also unnecessary.

So when do I change gpus? When they die, when they can't handle the game I want to play or when 4k becomes the 'new' norm.

 

[Alyus]

When the graphics are low, or you cant handle FPS., etc.

It's simple. If you ain't happy with the fps, you get a new GPU; if you're happy with low settings and playing games at 30 fps; you'll never have to upgrade.

 

[norcalsc]

when LINUS AND JAY tell me to

 

[Phazoner]

I guess it will depend in the economic situation of each one and his personal requirements. Right now I haven't economic stability and my salary is pretty shitty lol so if I had to stay with my salary for years I will probably use my 1070 until it dies or I can't get >45FPS at 720p with low settings.

Anyway it depends in more things, like having a Freesync/GSync monitor which disimulates a dancing framerate. I'm happy right now with a 1080p/60Hz right now but I'd love a Gsync monitor to avoid frameskipping, stuttering, tearing and all shit, but I'm kinda worried about how will it feel if I get used to play competitive games at 144Hz and then I go playing battlefield and am around 100FPS. Will I notice and feel frames around 100FPS bad? Will I hate lowering the settings?

Ultimately my main conviction about PC upgrading is that I need to have my components and monitor upgraded at once or I could feel uncomfortable with the lower end part and who knows when I could have the chance to upgrade it.