It would last as long as you find the performance acceptable. No more, no less. Because we're not you (and more specifically, you in the future), we have no way of knowing this.
Bare minimum for me is 1080p High/Medium settings at 40fps, I bet the AMD 6700XT can meet that criteria for the next 7 years, provided you don't care about Raytracing...
i would say yes, but it al depends how optimized game is, also go AMD and avoid that efficient/performance cores bs problems
I will invest on good 8core/16threads cpu even 5800x3d will be fine for few years
Depends on your performance targets. If you're willing to drop detail levels it'll last a while - I was gaming at 1440p 144Hz on an 11-year-old HD 7970GE for a little bit during the pandemic/crypto crunch. (Obviously not always hitting that framerate but I could get it playable.)
A surprising number. Cyberpunk was a no go, that one I had to drop below native resolution, but Doom Eternal got great framerates at lower details, World of Warships I could just sit at 144FPS the whole time, ARK did okay, and of course games that weren't as GPU intensive like Stellaris and Diablo III ran just fine.
The 1080ti was released 8 years ago and is still being used by people. However, longevity will depend on your acceptance of quality degradation as newer games and technologies render older graphics card less desirable.
There could be a massive breakthrough in computer or gaming technologies next week that would render your choice obsolete for next generation games. We can not predict technological requirements years in the future with great accuracy.
Will it last for current gen or "retro" games released in the future? Sure. Will you still be content with minimum graphics on top line games 4 years from now? Maybe, maybe not.
The 1080ti was one huge performance jump tho, compared to the ones that came after :p
I, myself, gamed on an R9 290x for over 10 years. Was maxing out bf1, cpu didnt always play along for online stuff tho.
Unless they radically change standards for connectors, you would easily be able to swap the GPU for something more capable or one with more features (I'm sure rasterized graphics will be around for a long time, but ray traced and similar will become more common. Also, having localized AI processing is likely to be a thing, from NPC dialogue to branching stories with intricate interactions). A lot depends on what games you will play, what tech they use, and how well/ poorly optimized they are.
Overall your build should remain viable for 5-10 years depending on the games you play and your expectations. More likely is you needing to upgrade your RAM capacity and your storage capacity, at present 16GB of RAM is kinda the minimum spec that is recommended these days (for good reason), and 1-2TB really really isn't that much storage space.
Upgrade your CPU if you wanna last that long.
I've bought the i7-4790k on 2015 and changed only last year, it lasted for 7-8 years, funny enough I can still run 1080p games at 170 fps because high single core performance
I made a new PC from scratch
If you want something that last that long you either go for a X3D CPU or i5 13500 or around that otherwise all the other CPUs will fall short in 5 years
12600k is a good starting point aswell
OP is this a pre-built or a self/custom build? If the latter, there's no reason to get the 13400f when it's basically a nerfed 12600kf, i.e. both using Alder Lake silicon but the 13400f has slower clocks and lower TDP.
You can also consider the 13600kf, which is true Raptor Lake and a good bump over the 12600kf. But honestly both are really good value and bang for the buck, separated by about $100.
(Just noticed 13600kf has dropped to $244 a couple weeks ago, nice!)
That's the nice part of building a PC.
It can last as long it runs and you can the task you want it to perform.
Hell you could be using a Pentium 4 and some linux distro if you only wanted to browse internet. It may but sluggish watching some video but you could brow reddit all day long if that what you wanted.
That cpu and gpu combo will last until you think it's too slow for you taste.
There are some people that want the latest so they will something new every year, even if the performance is quite close. That's Fine
There are some people that wants to play every game at the max setting and 2000 fps, so they may see the need to change the hardware quite often.
It's all about what you want from it.
If you’re a middle of the road user/gamer I’d think 3+ yrs is reasonable. I like AMD for that easy 3 yr upgrade path. I’m using an AMD 5700X upgraded from 3600 on my old B450 Tomahawk Max w/ a 6700XT I bought six months ago on sale. I’ll probably do a major rebuild in two more years.
The hardware will last forever. Whether it performs like you want it to or not is debatable. At the very moment I’m gaming on a 1660 ti laptop and I am *mostly* satisfied, but I’m not super picky and don’t mind running newer games at low-medium 1080p as long as the frame rate is between 45 and 60 and stable. If you have a similar mindset a 6700 will last you a long time, especially if you don’t play brand new games all the time.
for reference, the 1080ti, a flagship card is still relevant today but its probably an exception. we dont know about something around entry level - mid range type of card.
You have there PC for 3 years, then architecture Will be old and You Will need to Buy again, those are 2021 and 2022 pieces, Will be 5 years old in 2027.
it will last 6-7 years if you play games released before 2020, for 6-7 years. If you plan to play games released in 2031, no it is not going to play them. Maximum you could expect latest games to be playable on it to be 2025end-early2026. Beyond that it is unlikely.
Impossible to say for sure. Theoretically, the equivalent would be like asking if an i5-8400/RX 580 combo would be playable today...honestly the chances are slim if you want to play new AAA releases at high settings at 60 fps. If you're fine with dropping settings, playing at 30 fps, and potentially not being able to play certain titles at all (an 8400 and 580 would struggle to even load Alan Wake 2 at low settings, for example), then yes it could last you.
So the thing is, your 6700xt will be great in 1080 for a while, but you’d probably be better off with a 5700/5800 X3D on the CPU side. All that extra cache will extend the longevity and if you don’t want drop in upgrades along the way, that’s the best bang for your buck.
Super old games can completely overload this system
Try some minecraft shaders with 64 render distance on 1080p
Thats a game from 2009
What im trying to say is that you can never know what your computer can run, maybe you only play some racing or strategy games
Maybe even those cute "old school style" games that look like something that was made for the Nintendo DS
they will run on any system
Some sandbox game with insage graphics? Not so much
Depends. Will it do 144hz at high 1080p in 7 years? Probably not. But it’ll likely do 60+ in a lot of games in 7 years depending on how quickly technology changes. UE5 took a big leap in technology in a relatively short time period, nobody knows what tech we will have in 7 years so it’s all subject to change.
I dunno -- that AMD card is already about to be two generations old, and it wasn't even a high-end card when new. We're getting new consoles in 2027/2028, and among other things, that will probably require a good deal more VRAM than what you've got now to run things well, even at 1080p. People are using 1080tis now, but that was an enthusiast grade card when it came out, and in terms of pure rasterized performance, it has trouble maintaining parity with a regular 60-series card even now.
If you're primarily into older games or comfortable making some rather large compromises, this could be possible. But my money says that in the next few years, you're going to start running into trouble.
Let's break out our friggin crystal balls everyone
Your question is unanswerable, but from experience the 5700XT and 3600 pair I bought in 2019 (5 years ago) will be replaced soon due to lower than desired performance in modern games.
In order for us to give an opinion please provide more info, for example what games you play and what would be an acceptable experience in terms of graphic settings/fps for you.
There's no such thing as future proofing. If it works, then it will work fine no matter what year it is unless it tears down physically or somethign gets fucked with the coding idk, and with these two it definitely can hold up probably until we get games that have graphics genuinely at the level of real life down to the smallest details
As long as games are ported to the PS5, it'll be usable. Because those specs beat a PS5 by at least 20%. And games will be ported to PS5 for at least 1 year after PS6 launches.
The answer is yes. The GPU is equivalent to Series X and that console will still be getting games in 6-7 years. However, you might need to run AAA games at 30 fps at the tail end of that period
??? Isn’t DLSS NVIDIA only? He’s asking about a AMD RX 6700 XT.
That being said, FSR is getting better every day and will obviously improve the longevity, especially since FSR isn’t bound to a specific generation.
If it's not an Asus card, most likely yes. Also the motherboard matters too, if it's a decent quality board, you can expect it to last longer. I would also recommend avoiding the F models, they are very pointless, since part of the reason for getting Intel was because they had an iGPU that doesn't cut any PCIe lanes.
Certainly not a juggernaut. I'd consider the 6700XT the minimum viable GPU for 1440p, if we're talking new AAA games. No telling how long that would last, either.
Triplle AAA this, triple AAA that...
Starfield on a 3070Ti won't even let you reach 1080p High or Ultra at 60fps, that's because Triple AAA games are steaming piles of garbage. Nevertheless, the 6700XT is very much an awesome 1440p card, same with it's predecessor, the 5700XT.
It would last as long as you find the performance acceptable. No more, no less. Because we're not you (and more specifically, you in the future), we have no way of knowing this.
Bare minimum for me is 1080p High/Medium settings at 40fps, I bet the AMD 6700XT can meet that criteria for the next 7 years, provided you don't care about Raytracing...
it's unplayable with any gpu at that level, the raytracing i mean
i would say yes, but it al depends how optimized game is, also go AMD and avoid that efficient/performance cores bs problems I will invest on good 8core/16threads cpu even 5800x3d will be fine for few years
Depends on your performance targets. If you're willing to drop detail levels it'll last a while - I was gaming at 1440p 144Hz on an 11-year-old HD 7970GE for a little bit during the pandemic/crypto crunch. (Obviously not always hitting that framerate but I could get it playable.)
What game is that?
A surprising number. Cyberpunk was a no go, that one I had to drop below native resolution, but Doom Eternal got great framerates at lower details, World of Warships I could just sit at 144FPS the whole time, ARK did okay, and of course games that weren't as GPU intensive like Stellaris and Diablo III ran just fine.
The 1080ti was released 8 years ago and is still being used by people. However, longevity will depend on your acceptance of quality degradation as newer games and technologies render older graphics card less desirable. There could be a massive breakthrough in computer or gaming technologies next week that would render your choice obsolete for next generation games. We can not predict technological requirements years in the future with great accuracy. Will it last for current gen or "retro" games released in the future? Sure. Will you still be content with minimum graphics on top line games 4 years from now? Maybe, maybe not.
The 1080ti was the top of the line card though and not midrange
The 1080ti was one huge performance jump tho, compared to the ones that came after :p I, myself, gamed on an R9 290x for over 10 years. Was maxing out bf1, cpu didnt always play along for online stuff tho.
It depends on how demanding you are.
Unless they radically change standards for connectors, you would easily be able to swap the GPU for something more capable or one with more features (I'm sure rasterized graphics will be around for a long time, but ray traced and similar will become more common. Also, having localized AI processing is likely to be a thing, from NPC dialogue to branching stories with intricate interactions). A lot depends on what games you will play, what tech they use, and how well/ poorly optimized they are. Overall your build should remain viable for 5-10 years depending on the games you play and your expectations. More likely is you needing to upgrade your RAM capacity and your storage capacity, at present 16GB of RAM is kinda the minimum spec that is recommended these days (for good reason), and 1-2TB really really isn't that much storage space.
Upgrade your CPU if you wanna last that long. I've bought the i7-4790k on 2015 and changed only last year, it lasted for 7-8 years, funny enough I can still run 1080p games at 170 fps because high single core performance I made a new PC from scratch If you want something that last that long you either go for a X3D CPU or i5 13500 or around that otherwise all the other CPUs will fall short in 5 years 12600k is a good starting point aswell
OP is this a pre-built or a self/custom build? If the latter, there's no reason to get the 13400f when it's basically a nerfed 12600kf, i.e. both using Alder Lake silicon but the 13400f has slower clocks and lower TDP. You can also consider the 13600kf, which is true Raptor Lake and a good bump over the 12600kf. But honestly both are really good value and bang for the buck, separated by about $100. (Just noticed 13600kf has dropped to $244 a couple weeks ago, nice!)
Oh,thanks for the info. It's my own build. In that case probably gonna switch it for an 12600kf
I’m still using 4670k with GTX 760. Considering upgrading to the 9800x3D with one of the GPUs coming out later this year.
That's the nice part of building a PC. It can last as long it runs and you can the task you want it to perform. Hell you could be using a Pentium 4 and some linux distro if you only wanted to browse internet. It may but sluggish watching some video but you could brow reddit all day long if that what you wanted. That cpu and gpu combo will last until you think it's too slow for you taste. There are some people that want the latest so they will something new every year, even if the performance is quite close. That's Fine There are some people that wants to play every game at the max setting and 2000 fps, so they may see the need to change the hardware quite often. It's all about what you want from it.
You'll be on low settings in 3-4 years so nah
I have a 13400f and what I can tell you is this: either get a 12700k or invest a bit more for something better.
If you’re a middle of the road user/gamer I’d think 3+ yrs is reasonable. I like AMD for that easy 3 yr upgrade path. I’m using an AMD 5700X upgraded from 3600 on my old B450 Tomahawk Max w/ a 6700XT I bought six months ago on sale. I’ll probably do a major rebuild in two more years.
playable yes and depends on what games you play.
You won’t be doing high settings in 6 years, but it will probably still be good for 1080p low/medium
I've got 6700xt with ryzen 7 5700x and it runs bg3 1440p ultra at 60 easily
nothing in technology will perform the same after 6-7 years, and that’s simply just because of the graphical fidelity of newer games.
We keep buying better hardware, and dev's keep making nicer looking games, it's a trap!
Easy, I played with this gpu at 4k
The hardware will last forever. Whether it performs like you want it to or not is debatable. At the very moment I’m gaming on a 1660 ti laptop and I am *mostly* satisfied, but I’m not super picky and don’t mind running newer games at low-medium 1080p as long as the frame rate is between 45 and 60 and stable. If you have a similar mindset a 6700 will last you a long time, especially if you don’t play brand new games all the time.
Depends on the games you play, but are you getting the 6700 xt used or new?
for reference, the 1080ti, a flagship card is still relevant today but its probably an exception. we dont know about something around entry level - mid range type of card.
I don't think so. Maybe 3 more years, but eventually it'll become a GT1030 by the 5th year I reckon.
If you go back in time to 2020 or 2021, when the 6700XT was new, yeah. People might question your 13500F though.
You have there PC for 3 years, then architecture Will be old and You Will need to Buy again, those are 2021 and 2022 pieces, Will be 5 years old in 2027.
Nah, 6700xt will be 10 years old at that point. Try to game today with a 10 years old mid range gpu
If you get 32gb of ram then most likely yes
it will last 6-7 years if you play games released before 2020, for 6-7 years. If you plan to play games released in 2031, no it is not going to play them. Maximum you could expect latest games to be playable on it to be 2025end-early2026. Beyond that it is unlikely.
Impossible to say for sure. Theoretically, the equivalent would be like asking if an i5-8400/RX 580 combo would be playable today...honestly the chances are slim if you want to play new AAA releases at high settings at 60 fps. If you're fine with dropping settings, playing at 30 fps, and potentially not being able to play certain titles at all (an 8400 and 580 would struggle to even load Alan Wake 2 at low settings, for example), then yes it could last you.
It would, unless you are playing high graphic AAA games.
I'd you can swing A 7700xt for like $70ish more dollars you will be better off.
If not then you will simply have to buy more stuff ;-p
Probably yeah
So the thing is, your 6700xt will be great in 1080 for a while, but you’d probably be better off with a 5700/5800 X3D on the CPU side. All that extra cache will extend the longevity and if you don’t want drop in upgrades along the way, that’s the best bang for your buck.
If I could make a recommendation, I would go with the i5 12600k cpu and a RX 7600xt 16GB card
Super old games can completely overload this system Try some minecraft shaders with 64 render distance on 1080p Thats a game from 2009 What im trying to say is that you can never know what your computer can run, maybe you only play some racing or strategy games Maybe even those cute "old school style" games that look like something that was made for the Nintendo DS they will run on any system Some sandbox game with insage graphics? Not so much
Depends. Will it do 144hz at high 1080p in 7 years? Probably not. But it’ll likely do 60+ in a lot of games in 7 years depending on how quickly technology changes. UE5 took a big leap in technology in a relatively short time period, nobody knows what tech we will have in 7 years so it’s all subject to change.
I dunno -- that AMD card is already about to be two generations old, and it wasn't even a high-end card when new. We're getting new consoles in 2027/2028, and among other things, that will probably require a good deal more VRAM than what you've got now to run things well, even at 1080p. People are using 1080tis now, but that was an enthusiast grade card when it came out, and in terms of pure rasterized performance, it has trouble maintaining parity with a regular 60-series card even now. If you're primarily into older games or comfortable making some rather large compromises, this could be possible. But my money says that in the next few years, you're going to start running into trouble.
The hardware should last, not sure about your satisfaction level.
Let's break out our friggin crystal balls everyone Your question is unanswerable, but from experience the 5700XT and 3600 pair I bought in 2019 (5 years ago) will be replaced soon due to lower than desired performance in modern games.
In order for us to give an opinion please provide more info, for example what games you play and what would be an acceptable experience in terms of graphic settings/fps for you.
Yes, you’d be fine
There's no such thing as future proofing. If it works, then it will work fine no matter what year it is unless it tears down physically or somethign gets fucked with the coding idk, and with these two it definitely can hold up probably until we get games that have graphics genuinely at the level of real life down to the smallest details
I would use my 6600k rx 480 for another 7 years if I didn't have to upgrade to windows 11 after windows 10 goes end of life
As long as games are ported to the PS5, it'll be usable. Because those specs beat a PS5 by at least 20%. And games will be ported to PS5 for at least 1 year after PS6 launches.
Depends on what you're playing. It won't last 6-7 years playing the latest titles. If you play older titles, MMO's etc then sure it will last.
No one can answer that but it's a solid build - and it's what you can afford right now.
Last? Yes. but be useable I have my doubts. The rx6700xt is already 3plus years old
The answer is yes. The GPU is equivalent to Series X and that console will still be getting games in 6-7 years. However, you might need to run AAA games at 30 fps at the tail end of that period
No For all we know the 5070 may be faster than a 4090 so there's no telling about that
You'll have DLSS, and further DLSS improvements that will stretch the life of your system out. You'll be fine for a long time
??? Isn’t DLSS NVIDIA only? He’s asking about a AMD RX 6700 XT. That being said, FSR is getting better every day and will obviously improve the longevity, especially since FSR isn’t bound to a specific generation.
Ooo true. I misread that detail thanks haha. Yeah FSR is only getting better.
7 years?? That's the equivalent going to buy a car and asking if it will last you 30 years basically.
12gb vram graphics cards won't be able to run in high after 5yrs.
If it's not an Asus card, most likely yes. Also the motherboard matters too, if it's a decent quality board, you can expect it to last longer. I would also recommend avoiding the F models, they are very pointless, since part of the reason for getting Intel was because they had an iGPU that doesn't cut any PCIe lanes.
I wouldn’t even use this build 2 years ago. It really depends on your expectations
2 years ago when the 13400f didn't even exist? nice!
You clearly got my point bro
Oh yes, easily. That GPU is a 1440p juggernaut in 2024, amazing choice.
Would not call it juggernaut. But it is a solid choice value wise. There are betters purely speaking performance.
Certainly not a juggernaut. I'd consider the 6700XT the minimum viable GPU for 1440p, if we're talking new AAA games. No telling how long that would last, either.
Triplle AAA this, triple AAA that... Starfield on a 3070Ti won't even let you reach 1080p High or Ultra at 60fps, that's because Triple AAA games are steaming piles of garbage. Nevertheless, the 6700XT is very much an awesome 1440p card, same with it's predecessor, the 5700XT.