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Absolutely it totally depends on what you got originally if you only got an okay ish PC in 2018 then it definitely still won’t be fit for purpose in 2025 but if you got a good gaming PC in 2018 it probably will still work in another 5 years although at that point you’ll probably be on minimum settings for most new releases.

I would say 5 to 10 years is probably the lifespan of a gaming PC without an upgrade.

However my crappy work laptop needs replacing after just 3 years because it was rubbish to start with.

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Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
It depends on what gaming you do. My 10 year old PC with 6 year old GPU plays Minecraft fine.

My other “new PC” is a mini PC with Nvidia 1080 level graphics and it plays half life Alyx fine.

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corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
We replaced my mom’s warcraft machine 3 years ago. It replaced an athlonII from 2k7 at 14 years old. Your tank may be a 74yo grandmother so be nice.

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- hazeebabee@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I want to talk about writing 2k7 instead of 2007. It does save a character, but I also had to read it 3 times to understand lol but that might be a me problem
  
  Also: do you only do that for 2000-2009, or do you write 2k25?
  
  Also, Also: hope this doesn’t come across as rude. Ive never seen it written that way & find it interesting and a little funny.
  
  Also, also, also: I think it’s sweet you helped your mom upgrade her computer so she could play WoW more effectively.
  
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  - echodot@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Oh yeah that’s what it means, I thought 2k7 was a company I’d never heard of.
    
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- dufkm@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  my mom’s warcraft machine
  
  We truly are living in the future
  
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jonne@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
And even then, a few strategic upgrades of key components could boost things again. New gfx card, a better SSD, more/faster RAM, any of those will do a lot.

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RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
High end gaming laptops are about a 5 year cycle, presuming you want everything ultra or high settings.

If you don’t care, my old laptop with a 7700k and a 1070 still runs almost anything, just not as well as brand new top end.

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