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There has been no need to upgrade yearly for games since about the Wolfdale era, so those types of people are getting more and more rare, and are motivated most
by serf 10y ago
There has been no need to upgrade yearly for games since about the Wolfdale era, so those types of people are getting more and more rare, and are motivated mostly by spec sheets rather than real-world performance.
Many data centers go through a process of constant expansion and renewal, as they are competing with others and there is a larger financial incentive for them to do so.
- kemayo 10y agoVR has been causing a small resurgence in upgrades this year, since you need a fairly high-end graphics card for it. I.e. you need to have spent the price of a cheap computer on your GPU if you bought it last-gen, or somewhere above $250 if you're buying right now. Similarly, 4k displays require a lot of GPU power, though I think it's viewed as even more frivolous / excessive than building for VR.