I’d also add that I’ve changed some of my PC-buying behavior in response.
I always avoided getting a higher-end processor, because they’d become obsolete so quickly, but it’s less of an issue now (though the performance difference between the low and high end may not be very large for most applications).
I used to just get a new GPU when I got a new desktop, but GPU performance increases – the GPU is a parallel-computing piece of hardware – have dramatically outrun CPU performance increases. Upgrading the GPU separately from the rest of the computer has started to make more sense.
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I’d also add that I’ve changed some of my PC-buying behavior in response.
I always avoided getting a higher-end processor, because they’d become obsolete so quickly, but it’s less of an issue now (though the performance difference between the low and high end may not be very large for most applications).
I used to just get a new GPU when I got a new desktop, but GPU performance increases – the GPU is a parallel-computing piece of hardware – have dramatically outrun CPU performance increases. Upgrading the GPU separately from the rest of the computer has started to make more sense.
I actually have the highest-end first generation Ryzen processor (the 1700X).
My i7 920 could run anything I threw at it up until a few years ago when the mobo started dying.
But yeah, my last major upgrade was from an R9 390 to a GTX 2060 (12GB).