# How well can one of the best gaming PCs from 2017 cope in 2026?

> I was fourteen or so when I went to the Gadget Show Live (once a big tech event in the UK which showed off the latest technology) in 2016 as a punter and overheard someone on a stand I'd visited mention they'd spent…

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/computing/gaming-pcs/i-pitted-my-dream-pc-from-2017-against-an-rtx-5090-monster-in-2026-in-a-fight-to-the-death-heres-what-happened?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a789876855718f50c10ddb6)
- **Published:** 2026-08-09
- **Category:** Computers & IT
- **Tags:** #asus #nvidia #geforce #rtx #intel
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