temps 2020 年 12 月 4 日 上午 3:44
Futureproof Motherboards
I have heard some people claim this is a bad time to build a PC because the current PC motherboards will no longer be supported by future graphics cards or CPUs people may want to upgrade to because people say motherboard technology will likely go to AM5 and dump AM4 when DDR5 RAM becomes available, or something like that. (Meaning that a motherboard upgrade will soon be required to upgrade important PC components).

What do you guys think?

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EDIT: To clarify, when I talked about future-proofing a PC build, I am referring to the attempt to ensure I get a CPU/motherboard combination that will last for several years into the future by means of being compatible with future CPU/GPU upgrades.

Ideally I am hoping to simply upgrade the GPU in several years, and not need to upgrade anything else to prolong the gaming life of the PC. If needed, I hope to be ABLE to upgrade the CPU without having to upgrade the entire motherboard and reconnect everything. (This is what I was talking about when I mentioned future-proofing).

The GPU doesn't need to be "future-proof" for purposes of this discussion because imo GPUs are relatively easy to upgrade compared to the motherboard.

EDIT 2: Some seem upset over the use of the word "futureproof." To clarify -- what I mean by that is essentially simply a prolonged (but not indefinite) state of motherboard compatibility with future CPU/GPU upgrades, not the idea that some particular PC component can last forever if you spend more.
最後修改者:temps; 2020 年 12 月 6 日 上午 12:35
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r.linder 2020 年 12 月 7 日 上午 11:11 
引用自 Yamantaka
引用自 vadim
I've been hearing this for 7 years now. And each time the authors of the prediction explain why it did not come true.

Maybe I miss your point, but 7 years ago there was no need for 8 cores in gaming nor it's really beneficial at the moment. What I predict is that 8 cores will be good for gaming within few years as games start utilize 8 cores. PS5 was mentioned because it has 8 cores and it's possible that PC ports from PS5 could benefit from having 8 core CPU as well. Of course, that's something we'll see only later on.

But that's just my bet based on experience with previous gens. I've always bought a bit extra in terms of CPU and it has lasted way longer than buying just what I'd currently need. i7 6700k was a good bet in the past and still is okay. Now my bet is with i7 10700k and hopefully that will last too.
The PS4 had an eight-core processor and it's been 7 years, that's what he was alluding to. Cores didn't budge whatsoever until after 2017 when Ryzen released, because AMD released 6 and 8 core processors for the mainstream user while Intel had held back on it the entire time as they didn't need to.

The moral of the story is, console gaming has extremely little impact on how PC gaming hardware is developed. You can't really directly compare them either because they're fairly different, and console games are made to a specific hardware set while PCs can have anything. The fact of the matter is, most users still have ~4 cores. 6+ cores are only becoming more common now because people are deciding now to upgrade.
最後修改者:r.linder; 2020 年 12 月 7 日 上午 11:15
Yamantaka 2020 年 12 月 7 日 上午 11:21 
引用自 Escorve
引用自 Yamantaka

Maybe I miss your point, but 7 years ago there was no need for 8 cores in gaming nor it's really beneficial at the moment. What I predict is that 8 cores will be good for gaming within few years as games start utilize 8 cores. PS5 was mentioned because it has 8 cores and it's possible that PC ports from PS5 could benefit from having 8 core CPU as well. Of course, that's something we'll see only later on.

But that's just my bet based on experience with previous gens. I've always bought a bit extra in terms of CPU and it has lasted way longer than buying just what I'd currently need. i7 6700k was a good bet in the past and still is okay. Now my bet is with i7 10700k and hopefully that will last too.
The PS4 had an eight-core processor and it's been 7 years, that's what he was alluding to. Cores didn't budge whatsoever until after 2017 when Ryzen released, because AMD released 6 and 8 core processors for the mainstream user while Intel had held back on it the entire time as they didn't need to.

Ahh, I see. That makes sense, yes. Never looked up for PS4 specs. Somehow assumed that core count would be lower for it. No need to hold breath for PS5 ports for PC speculation then either I guess.
r.linder 2020 年 12 月 7 日 上午 11:23 
引用自 Yamantaka
引用自 Escorve
The PS4 had an eight-core processor and it's been 7 years, that's what he was alluding to. Cores didn't budge whatsoever until after 2017 when Ryzen released, because AMD released 6 and 8 core processors for the mainstream user while Intel had held back on it the entire time as they didn't need to.

Ahh, I see. That makes sense, yes. Never looked up for PS4 specs. Somehow assumed that core count would be lower for it. No need to hold breath for PS5 ports for PC speculation then either I guess.
If anything, the latest consoles would help push the standard for FPS up from 60Hz to 120Hz at least, because both new consoles are aiming for 120 and not 60. It's not something forced though as 120Hz TVs still cost a fair bit more and you won't notice it on a 60Hz TV. So it's still very much a situation of the poorer users settling for substandard, and developers don't want them to be left behind. It's less customers which is less profit, so they need to cover as many people as they can to make the most money.
最後修改者:r.linder; 2020 年 12 月 7 日 上午 11:25
Jamebonds1 2020 年 12 月 7 日 下午 2:00 
引用自 🌈Cloud Boy🌈
Future-proof does not mean that someone has to stay always top-end. No hardware can stay top-end more than 1 or 2 years max, It does not make their future-proofing over (or gone away). Future-proofing means securing the future-usage of the owner. So that the owner don't have to buy it again (or spend money again) on the same hardware (CPU, GPU, etc.). As long as the hardware is satisfying the owners need (fully), it is future-proof.

That's exactly what we are seeing here, happening now. Those who have bought the GPU or CPU like GTX 1080 Ti or i7 8700k, are still totally satisfied by the performance, still fulfilling their needs, many years after purchase. That's why they are future-proof. That's what the OP (or other users who come to seek advice) are looking for, or they meant by ''Future-proofing''. it exists. And it's happening in front of your eyes.
Trust me, future proof does not exist. I have had been here for far long time, and GTX 480 does not provided future proof is true as claimed. Even I didn't believe in future proof when I saw it first time, never was I.

Yes, that is what everyone believed a while back, but it is no longer true.
最後修改者:Jamebonds1; 2020 年 12 月 7 日 下午 2:02
Illusion of Progress 2020 年 12 月 7 日 下午 2:47 
引用自 Escorve
The PS4 had an eight-core processor and it's been 7 years, that's what he was alluding to.
Counterargument though; people keep using that as reasoning to say it won't happen, when only time will tell (and, in general, with time, "build it and they will come" applies, so as averages trend upwards, so will what more and more things leverage).

Personally, I never heard this "eight cores will be needed soon" seven years ago. The only 8 core CPUs the mainstream even had was, what, some AMD CPUs which were loosely defined as eight cores but weren't eight full, traditional cores? All I heard seven years ago was, and even this wasn't common, was that four core, eight THREAD CPUs (ala, Core i7s) had some justifications over four core, four thread CPUs in some situations (such as Battlefield multiplayer), but not that they were by and large needed.

The "PlayStation 3/4 had eight cores and we didn't need it then" is false dismissal IMO because, the PlayStation 3 had it but it was so ahead of its time and the Xbox 360 only had a tri core or quad core if I'm remembering right, and as for both consoles having it last generation, yes that is true, but those were low clocked AND low IPC (Jaguar) cores, compared to the rather speedy quad cores or better on the PC side. Both consoles pretty much have nearly fully fledged Ryzen 7 3700Xs now. This doesn't mean I'm saying you'll need 8 cores and 16 threads in X amount of years, just that using the "they existed X years ago and it didn't cause Y change then" isn't necessarily DIRECTLY applicable.
最後修改者:Illusion of Progress; 2020 年 12 月 7 日 下午 2:47
vadim 2020 年 12 月 7 日 下午 5:19 
Personally, I never heard this "eight cores will be needed soon" seven years ago.
It was common point that time. Owners of AMD FX-8xxx/9xxx CPUs told "wait for the new consoles, our chips will become much better than Intel in games" nearly every day.
Jelly Donut 2020 年 12 月 7 日 下午 5:44 
引用自 🌈Cloud Boy🌈
Future-proof does not mean that someone has to stay always top-end. No hardware can stay top-end more than 1 or 2 years max, It does not make their future-proofing over (or gone away). Future-proofing means securing the future-usage of the owner. So that the owner don't have to buy it again (or spend money again) on the same hardware (CPU, GPU, etc.). As long as the hardware is satisfying the owners need (fully), it is future-proof.

That's exactly what we are seeing here, happening now. Those who have bought the GPU or CPU like GTX 1080 Ti or i7 8700k, are still totally satisfied by the performance, still fulfilling their needs, many years after purchase. That's why they are future-proof. That's what the OP (or other users who come to seek advice) are looking for, or they meant by ''Future-proofing''. it exists. And it's happening in front of your eyes.

That's your opinion.

But will you say the same for every one who bought a RTX 2080 Ti to "future proof" themselves, only for Nvidia to release 3000 series 2 years later with way better performance, considering how much money they paid to "future proof" themselves? Nobody could predict whether Nvidia would release a new product sooner or later that's substantially better than it's previous generation considering their still large market share in the GPU market. Don't come and say that every RTX 2080 Ti owner is stupid for spending that extra money if you support the idea of future proofing with a GTX 1080 Ti.

And as I mentioned, the same money spent for people to "future proof", can instead be saved for the future, because that same extra money can be used for upgrades which will likely tie with the initial cost of a "future proof system", but brand new components with renewed warranty, better efficiency, versus buying "future proof" components.

There is no such thing as Future Proofing because technology moves so fast and any tech giant can choose to release a product that can alter the spec requirement or set a new standard for gaming performance or whatever industry they are in.

Funny too because you said you had unlimited supply of arguments to back up your say but I have seen none of them.
最後修改者:Jelly Donut; 2020 年 12 月 7 日 下午 5:45
InfinityJosh 2020 年 12 月 7 日 下午 6:03 
If you build a gaming PC is to play games.
”Future-proof” is something able to let you play games at the resolution/settings/frame rates you are fine with.
The more you spend now the more years you will be fine in gaming performances.
Anyway the components I would consider more important are CPU and PSU while RAM can be added later.
The component to save a bit might be GPU since after 4/5 years you could replace with a better one.

If you are fine with 1080p gaming 60 fps you might want to buy a good i7 non K (F for example) and a mid end GPU like GTX2060.
While a mid end GPU is easily repleceable after 5 years a CPU will be more expensive since you will need to replace both CPU+MB+RAM.

I myself bought a strong CPU 7 years ago (4771) now I’m still able to play at 1080p high 60 FPS with any game with a mid end GPU if I would like to upgrade but since there are none new gen games I like I keep my RX580 4GB which is still able to run all my games as I want.
🦜Cloud Boy🦜 2020 年 12 月 7 日 下午 10:31 
Okay, you are saying that Future-proofing does not exist. Very good.

Then answer me this, How come those those who bought GPUs like GTX 1080Ti (as commented above) 5 years ago, are still gaming totally fine 1440p 100+fps, still totally satisfied by the performance. I can see it easily lasting 7+ years (5 years + 2 years in the future), if not more.
How is that happening?

Thanks.
vadim 2020 年 12 月 7 日 下午 10:37 
引用自 🌈Cloud Boy🌈
How is that happening?
If there was a trend in the past, this does not guarantee that the situation will repeat in the future.
🦜Cloud Boy🦜 2020 年 12 月 7 日 下午 10:42 
^ Continuation from comment # 100.

Same goes to people those who bought i7 8700k, 3 years ago. I can see it easily lasting for at least 6+ years (3 years + 3 years in the future), if not more.

How is that happening?
vadim 2020 年 12 月 7 日 下午 10:48 
引用自 🌈Cloud Boy🌈
How is that happening?
You seems prefer to ignore answers
iceman1980 2020 年 12 月 7 日 下午 11:58 
Don't spend super "top $$$" for your device only to have it outmoded in 1 year. Decide where you want to spend your money future proofing is about whether your motherboard has at least the latest standards.

These would be the latest ATX power standard
Latest USB standard.
A CPU socket that seldom changes (Intel changes these often because they can't be bothered to build a long term socket design with unused pins unlike AMD has for a long time) realistically it's better to buy midish-high rather than ultra high or high because of electronics rapid depreciation rate.
最後修改者:iceman1980; 2020 年 12 月 8 日 上午 12:05
🦜Cloud Boy🦜 2020 年 12 月 8 日 上午 12:56 
引用自 vadim
If there was a trend in the past, this does not guarantee that the situation will repeat in the future.

Yes, i agree that there is no guarantee. But there is a possibility that it will happens again. And the possibility that it will happen again, is greater than Not happening. Because i see no reason why the game developers will raise their game's system requirements all of a sudden. It happens slowly and gradually over time in a steady pace. Like we have seen in the past 20+ years of gaming records. So, if that is true, than, for example, the flagship RTX 3080 will get the same lifespan as GTX 1080 Ti (or close to it). Same formula applies to CPU side of things.
r.linder 2020 年 12 月 8 日 上午 1:00 
引用自 🌈Cloud Boy🌈
引用自 vadim
If there was a trend in the past, this does not guarantee that the situation will repeat in the future.

Yes, i agree that there is no guarantee. But there is a possibility that it will happens again. And the possibility that it will happen again, is greater than Not happening. Because i see no reason why the game developers will raise their game's system requirements all of a sudden. It happens slowly and gradually over time in a steady pace. Like we have seen in the past 20+ years of gaming records. So, if that is true, than, for example, the flagship RTX 3080 will get the same lifespan as GTX 1080 Ti (or close to it). Same formula applies to CPU side of things.
Sorry to break it to you, but there's something the 1080 Ti can't do at all that is already becoming more popular because of Ampere (and somewhat RDNA2): raytracing.

NVIDIA literally aims to replace rasterisation (the current rendering standard) with real-time raytracing, that's their end goal with RTX. You can't say it isn't, because it is, they can keep AMD at an arm's length because AMD will likely never catch up in RT performance at this rate, since their first attempt ended up being worse than Turing's RT performance.

As GPUs become more powerful, you need a faster CPU to handle it. The 3080 and 3090 will get bottlenecked to hell by the majority of processors, you literally already need an overclocked Intel K (8th gen or newer) or Ryzen 5000 to make proper use of those 2 GPUs. Anything less and you're not getting the full performance metric you paid for.
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