Thread: Life Span of Graphic Cards

How long does a usual graphic card lasts? Like for how many years?

Well, mine nVidia TNT/TNT Riva 2 Pro lasted 5 years, and it was in great condition.

Originally Posted by dravenSt0rM

Well, mine nVidia TNT/TNT Riva 2 Pro lasted 5 years, and it was in great condition.

5 years?! That's quite long.
What's he most graphics heavy game you played during those times?

hmmmmmmm maybe Harry Potter 5.

Guess it's pretty much long lasting.I asked because someone told me that graphic cards only lasts for at least a year...

I bought mine 9500GT 2 years ago, and it still works perfect.

Originally Posted by GekiDan

How long does a usual graphic card lasts? Like for how many years?

It depends a lot, some have a very short life, like 2 years, some outlive their production life. For example, my desktop haves a 8 year old graphic card.

And what GC is that that lasts 8 years?

Originally Posted by dravenSt0rM

Well, mine nVidia TNT/TNT Riva 2 Pro lasted 5 years, and it was in great condition.

Both my desktop computers have a GC that is at least 5 years old. I bought one of the computers new back in 2007, so nearly five years on that one. And, the other computer was bought the same year and it was at least two years old by then. The graphics are fine though not right for any kind of serious MMO gaming.

Originally Posted by Rancid

It depends a lot, some have a very short life, like 2 years, some outlive their production life. For example, my desktop haves a 8 year old graphic card.

Originally Posted by dravenSt0rM

And what GC is that that lasts 8 years?

I was going to express doubt over a GC that could last for eight years but then remembered how my first internet capable computer was a Windows 98 computer (upgraded from Windows 95) that i bought in 2004. And the graphics on that computer were just fine. I'm not saying you could game on that either but i was able to watch online movies. So a fairly decent quality. I used that computer till two years ago when i had to leave it while moving. So it was easily a decade old by then.

really old stuff eh? Well, Riva is very bad graphics card.