Don't want to spoil the party, but 5 years - the rate at which hardware performance increases yearly, there is no way any system built today can last that long. Even if you had a quad SLI config, in 5 years time (that's 2017!) I seriously doubt the horsepower of the quad SLI will be equal to a single highest end GPU in 2017. Having said that, even CPU performance would be beyond what is at the highest end available for consumers today. I would say 2 to 3 years it can last but definitely not 5 years. Game titles in 5 years time would be astronomically more advanced and thus even on "High" rather than "Max" settings it is just not going to cut it (high-end titles).

but aren't the technology getting a little bit slower now???

as the processing technology gets smaller, the heat dissipation has to be improved.....
or else you can only save power consumption....

Ivy Bridge already having such problems after they use the 22nm technology....
wonder what will happen to next gen GCs after the 680....

Generally the smaller the process, the cooler it should run. This is usually the by-product of a lower power draw from the smaller die. It was determined that the heat issue that the Ivy Bridge processors have isn't related to the TIM used to "connect" the IHS to the processor, but instead could possibly be caused by its revised manufacturing process****.

***-Reference : TweakTown.

This post has been edited by TDUEnthusiast: May 10 2012, 09:09 PM

Probably a bit slower until the Official launch of the Windows 8, then all hell breaks loose over.

But i still feel that windows 8 is more catered towards touchscreen users...