"Life" of video card on 1920x1200 vs. 1680x1050

[asintu]

How long would the latest and greatest video card last on highest settings for these two resolutions and getting good framerates playing newly developed games?

 

[angry hampster]

Years and years as long as it stays cool. Resolution has absolutely jack squat to do with lifespan. Keep it under 75-80*C and it'll last a helluva long time.

 

[Cheex]

I think he meant in terms of maintain decent framerates.

In that regard:

@ 1920x1200 - About 1 - 1.5 years
@ 1680x1050 - About 1.5 - 2 years


...just my 2 cents...

 

[asintu]

Originally posted by: Cheex
I think he meant in terms of maintain decent framerates.

In that regard:

@ 1920x1200 - About 1 - 1.5 years
@ 1680x1050 - About 1.5 - 2 years


...just my 2 cents...

yeah that's what i meant...thanx.

 

[AnotherGuy]

I wasnt aware resolution has anything to do with time to keep the same framerates... and how do u come up with those timeframes cheex? And then whats the difference in framerates u will see after those 2 yers have passeD? 2 fps less?

 

[firewolfsm]

My 7900GT(X) can't play crysis at anything higher than 1280x720 with medium-high settings, but it's been about two years right? This was the first game, I can play Bioshock at 1680 with high settings.

 

[sutahz]

Resolution has a lot to do w/ how long a video card will keep up. You can play crysis on all low at 800x600 or whatever w/ a pretty junky video card (X800 is the example in my head). While if you were to bump that up to 1680x1050, that X800 would choke.
As far as Cheex answer, those are his opinion. This is a forum, and those are his guesses as no one can (probably) give an accurate answer, asintu is here looking for others opinions. An accurate answer would take either lots and lots of research or years of accurate memories just to form a hypothesis. The 8800GTX is the best of the best and it cant play Crysis at either resolution and highest setting (in DX10 esp) w/ acceptable frame rates, correct?
Of course we cant really base things on crysis, it was built for hardware not yet availible to the retail market. My 8800GT played CoD4 and Gears of War happily at 1920x1080 highest settings (except during the first part on the boat, outside, rain, waves, wind, my video card couldn't handle it perfectly), and I'd be willing to guess that it'll play games well for the next year or two (unless the crysis engine sells well, and I hope it does).
So my guess is, for about another year (those resolutions, maxed out settings).

 

[asintu]

Originally posted by: AnotherGuy
I wasnt aware resolution has anything to do with time to keep the same framerates... and how do u come up with those timeframes cheex? And then whats the difference in framerates u will see after those 2 yers have passeD? 2 fps less?

the question is how long it will last playing the latest games at any certain time, not playing the same game..cause yes, in that case the frame rate should stay the same.

 

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: AnotherGuy
I wasnt aware resolution has anything to do with time to keep the same framerates... and how do u come up with those timeframes cheex? And then whats the difference in framerates u will see after those 2 yers have passeD? 2 fps less?

He doesn't mean in terms of degredation of the card. He merely means that at the same resolution, how will the current top card handle the next flagship graphics game at the same resolution. ie Crysis now at 1920x1200 and Crysis 3 in 5 years at 1920x1200 on the same card. Obviously it will be worse in the future because games will get more intensive.

 

[AnotherGuy]

I guess i misread it then... in that case then yes i'd agree with that.

 

[Munky]

That also depends on how often we get newer games like Crysis that eat video cards for lunch. If you want to start there, then I would say that no card exists right now that would play future games at 1900x1200 smoothly.

 

[nitromullet]

I don't think that any of the current high end parts will play any truely "next-gen" titles at 1920x1200 smoothly. My take on this type of thing is that as soon as a game like Crysis comes out that brings everything to its collective knees, it's time for the hardware tech to catch up with software tech. Is that to say that if you buy a high end card now that you won't be able to enjoy a whole bunch of games at 1920x1200? No... Most current games will run great on an 8800GTS 512MB at 1920x1200. As far as the future goes: the bar has been raised, and thus far no hardware manufacturer has met the challenge.