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This is some Ship of Theseus territory we're getting into here, but I think most people would say that if you replace the GPU in your rig, it's not the same rig

This is some Ship of Theseus territory we're getting into here, but I think most people would say that if you replace the GPU in your rig, it's not the same rig.

DiabloD3 8y ago
Yup, but this is the "problem" with computing now adays. For 90% of computers, merely putting an SSD in it (no matter how old it is, as long as it has, or can fit, at least 2GB of RAM, as to deal with piggy "modern" Electron/CEF/etc apps and similar idiocy in webapps in browsers) can make it seem sometimes a decade newer. For those who game, more often than not, just upgrading the GPU helps. I have a i7-4771 @ 3.9ghz /w 32GB of DDR3-2133. This is not a new system, but no one has made anything newer that really would improve actual performance for me... what holds me back is a similarly old GPU that I've finally decided to swap out with a GTX 1180 when they come out next month. My 7970 served me for many many years and games are finally starting to punish it at 1080p. Still won't need to update my CPU, however.
Dylan16807 8y ago
Ship of Theseus? That's quite an exaggeration. Motherboard is often considered the core, and same motherboard and CPU is definitely the same rig. It's just an add-on card that has changed.
- ReverseCold 8y ago
  Sometimes that "add on card" can eclipse the cost of the "rig" itself. If the purpose of the device is to play games, and it it incapable of doing so without this component, I'd think of it as a bit more than an "add on card"
taneq 8y ago
If it's still in the same case with the same CPU and motherboard, you could make a decent case for it being the same computer. Graphics cards are meant to be upgradeable, that's why they're sold separately. I think for the purposes of OEM software licensing, they use CPU + motherboard as the defining hardware but I'm not sure.

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This is some Ship of Theseus territory we're getting into here, but I think most people would say that if you replace the GPU in your rig, it's not the same rig

by txcwpalpha 8y ago

This is some Ship of Theseus territory we're getting into here, but I think most people would say that if you replace the GPU in your rig, it's not the same rig.

DiabloD3 8y ago
Yup, but this is the "problem" with computing now adays. For 90% of computers, merely putting an SSD in it (no matter how old it is, as long as it has, or can fit, at least 2GB of RAM, as to deal with piggy "modern" Electron/CEF/etc apps and similar idiocy in webapps in browsers) can make it seem sometimes a decade newer. For those who game, more often than not, just upgrading the GPU helps. I have a i7-4771 @ 3.9ghz /w 32GB of DDR3-2133. This is not a new system, but no one has made anything newer that really would improve actual performance for me... what holds me back is a similarly old GPU that I've finally decided to swap out with a GTX 1180 when they come out next month. My 7970 served me for many many years and games are finally starting to punish it at 1080p. Still won't need to update my CPU, however.
Dylan16807 8y ago
Ship of Theseus? That's quite an exaggeration. Motherboard is often considered the core, and same motherboard and CPU is definitely the same rig. It's just an add-on card that has changed.
- ReverseCold 8y ago
  Sometimes that "add on card" can eclipse the cost of the "rig" itself. If the purpose of the device is to play games, and it it incapable of doing so without this component, I'd think of it as a bit more than an "add on card"
taneq 8y ago
If it's still in the same case with the same CPU and motherboard, you could make a decent case for it being the same computer. Graphics cards are meant to be upgradeable, that's why they're sold separately. I think for the purposes of OEM software licensing, they use CPU + motherboard as the defining hardware but I'm not sure.