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How often do you get a new GPU?

As soon as I can get a 50%+ performance improvement for £300 or less, for the most part.

Though right now, I'm unsure whether to upgrade my GTX970 unless I get a 1440p monitor.
 
currently still rocking twin 670's

They are watercooled and tbh I cant be bothered to change them, some of the 970s were compatible with the 670 blocks so if the price comes down on them in the next few months I might swap out. At 1080 144hz though there isnt much even the 670s cant run though
 
Normally i wait until i get 2x the performance of my current card for a reasonable price.
This means waiting about 3 or 4 years. Although i am look at getting a new higher res monitor, so this may need to change as i will have a real reason to upgrade the GPU more often
 
smsmasters said:
If you can't run the games you want to play at the settings/resolutions you prefer with acceptable frame rates to you, then that's the time to upgrade.

I suppose if you have money to blow then upgrade every new release.
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This with the added caveat of the new GPU being both a significant performance upgrade (+25% or better) and reasonable value for money.
 
My 2 yr card history:

Saphire toxic 280x
Saphire toxic 280x + MSI 280x
Saphire toxic 280x + MSI 280x + Gigabye 280x
NVIDIA GTX 780 TI
EVGA GTX 970
EVGA GTX 970 + MSI 970
EVGA SC ACX 2.0 980 Ti
MSI 970 Armor x2
Intel HD 4600 :D
 
On average every two years, will be waiting for some proper benchmarks @ 3440x1440 to decide whether to stick another cheap 980ti in for SLI or jump to a 1080
 
Not as often as i would like, basically when i can afford it and i see a bargain. On average just less than every two years as off the top of my head i can remember upgrading GPUs 12 times over the last 20 years of PC gaming. I guess i could be forgetting a few of the minor ones but ya get the idea.
 
I've had more cards than I care to count over the past couple of years, but in terms of stuff I've had for at least a few months...

HD 4870 (2009-2013)
HD 7850 (2013-2014)
GTX 980 (Dec 2014-May 2015)
GTX 980 Ti (Jul 2015-Oct 2015)
GTX 780 (Oct 2015-present)

Between faults and just being dissatisfied there have been many more jetisoned after days or a couple of weeks, plus a cheap GTX 570 filling any gaps between cards since late 2014.
 
About every 3 years I change my card.

My last few cards have been a 3870x2 > 4850x2 > 6970 > 7990 >????

My 7990 has broken, so now I'm looking for a new card, not sure what to get? I was thinking of a 1080 but they could be silly money, so may be a 1070.
 
It's been getting longer each time as progress slows down and prices rise (anyone remember when the sweet spot card cost £150 not over £250):

2007 - 8800GTS(320)
2008 - 4870
2010 - 460
2012 - 7870
2015 - 970

The 28nm stagnation definitely made it hard to move on from the excellent 7870 so the next upgrade may be quicker.

Really for me it's all about there being good progress without paying more.
 
Too often, the times I've bought the latest and greatest only to find the games still look and play the same as before, still it's only money
 
When I feel my current GPU doesn't meet my requirements any more.

Late 2009 - 4870 (Grabbed at a bargain price under £150)
Mid 2010 - 5770 (Wanted to try Eyefinity on the cheap + VRAM limited by the 4870)
Early 2011 - 6850 (Won from an AMD giveaway, yay free upgrade :p)
Early 2012 - 7950 (Started playing high end games)

And been stuck with the 7950 for 4 years, AMD's support for it has been amazing, Mantle, DX12 and Vulkan is squeezing extra out of it. But I want to try 4K + freesync/gsync, so looking at either Pascal or Polaris, depending on what performs well for a fair price.
 
Very infrequently these days. My last card was a 5850, essentially obsolete but it did manage to run Fallout 4 surprising well. The lack of VRAM crippled it. Had it for 5 years but I finally decided to retire it and get a 290x.
 
soon as my resolution screws me up

when i was 1080p every 3 years
when i was on 1440p every 2 years
4K now every Year i think :(
 
As soon as I need one or as soon as I can afford an upgrade with significant performance increase. I.e. not very frequent at all.
History over several years is only HD6770 -> GTX970 (using a GTX670M laptop in between).
Next upgrade is any card that can do 1440p at over 90fps well. Likely the 1080ti or AMD Vega.
 
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