Sad to say, replacing it. Or stay on an earlier release of Premiere Pro. We first started with computers in our business about 1988. I don't know how many we've been through.
For stills, we could start with a slightly above middle Pro quality, and then get about six years before replacing.
When I switched to Pro video that changed. I get about a medium high spec rig for Pro use, and hope for 3-4 years.
My old desktop is my backup rig now. It's an 8 core unit with 32GB of RAM, and a 1060 GPU.
My work desktop is a 32 core Ryzen 3960x w 128GB of RAM, and a 2080Ti. One on-board mounted Nvme SSD for OS and programs, a second for all cache files. And 8 internal SSD drives for media, projects, exports and such. A couple 16TB spinner drives.
I'm about a year and a half into use. I knew the GPU would need updating at some point and that's gonna be this spring. I work for, with, and teach pro colorists who are mostly based in Resolve. I've been tasked with more training production and Resolve eats GPU vRAM for snacks. Probably a 4000 series card this time.
It's all part of the cost of doing business. But still, ouch.
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