After lots of research the answer to this question still eludes me. Generally speaking, if you’re running an older gaming system and looking to upgrade to better run newer, more demanding titles, when it comes to the GPU would it be better to buy another of whatever you’re already running and run them with SLI/Crossfire, or to switch the current GPU for a newer one? Or is that something that can only realistically be answered on a case by case basis?
Note that by “better” I’m largely referring to getting higher performance for less money - the idea being that an additional cheaper GPU should, in my mind at least, give much of the performance increases that a single brand new top of the line one would. Obviously that would depend on the age of the original card, but for argument’s sake let’s assume it’s something that’s just about able to cope with current AAA titles on normal settings at around 30-40fps (I’ve been out of the loop with PC gaming for about 5-10 years, so I don’t really know what that would equate to).
In case anyone’s wondering, the reason for the question is that I’m looking at getting back into PC gaming, and I’m trying to work out how much I might need to spend in the future after buying a complete rig to meet my needs, before I’d need to build a totally new one again.
Note that by “better” I’m largely referring to getting higher performance for less money - the idea being that an additional cheaper GPU should, in my mind at least, give much of the performance increases that a single brand new top of the line one would. Obviously that would depend on the age of the original card, but for argument’s sake let’s assume it’s something that’s just about able to cope with current AAA titles on normal settings at around 30-40fps (I’ve been out of the loop with PC gaming for about 5-10 years, so I don’t really know what that would equate to).
In case anyone’s wondering, the reason for the question is that I’m looking at getting back into PC gaming, and I’m trying to work out how much I might need to spend in the future after buying a complete rig to meet my needs, before I’d need to build a totally new one again.