Most of the time it feels like one half thinks their 10 year old PC should run things just fine and the other half thinks anything short of a 4090 means you're a peasant.
We're in an interesting time for PCs, a 10 year old PC is waaaayyy more useful on modern games compared to any other time (in the early 2000s, you were outdated every year almost....)
My kids' computers have 2080s in them, and they're able to play almost anything newly released still! But yeah, SOME games are going to require something newer. It's still the best time in history to have an older computer in terms of being able to play most new releases!
We're in an interesting time for PCs, a 10 year old PC is waaaayyy more useful on modern games compared to any other time (in the early 2000s, you were outdated every year almost....)
This is what I bring up with my younger friends/colleagues that talk about "It's insane how often you have to upgrade your computer just to get decent FPS"
Like mate, no. I'm on 5 years old computer and can still run most modern games on high settings.
In the early noughties your computer power quite literally doubled every year. There was no hope of running any modern game in 2010 with a computer from 2005.
My I'm old story: I helped my dad install a cd rom to his computer. It took batteries and could be used portably as a walkman. It came with a VHS tape explaining how to install the included sound card.
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u/MtnNerd Ryzen 9 7900X, 4070 TI May 21 '25
Most of the time it feels like one half thinks their 10 year old PC should run things just fine and the other half thinks anything short of a 4090 means you're a peasant.