I’ve had my current laptop (dell g5 15, 9th gen i7, 1660ti, 16gb RAM) for 6 years now, and its great for running every game aside from cp2077 at med-high graphics, 60fps smoothly. its on its on its way out though (mostly the issue is cp2077, brings it to its knees, 50fps on low at best)
either way, looking to build something that can do the same as this thing did but at 1440p 120+ fps. what sort of budget will I need for that?
tldr: how much would it cost to build a PC that can run 1440p 120+ fps high settings for the next 5 or so years. ty all :)
don’t need max, just high. rt doesn’t matter. are you saying that a cheaper card like a 7800xt couldn’t do 1440p 120? or is the issue more with longevity, that it won’t be able to maintain this kind of performance for the next 5 years due to games being more demanding
Longevity, you said you want ~5 years out of it or so at that performance.
But a 7800 XT already can’t hold 1440p 120 fps in a lot of games, it’s pretty high to aim for GPU wise depending on the type of games you like. For what you’re asking a 4090 is pretty much the only option. Or a lesser card now and then an earlier upgrade with the saved money (But even a 4080 is way too expensive, might as well go higher then). 4070 is again too slow, I have a 3080 right now at 1440p and in GPU heavy games reaching 120 fps can be tough.
guess imma just have to lower my expectations then. don’t have 1500 to spend on a GPU. thats the max I’d wanna spend on the whole thing. guess I was just aiming too high. thanks for ur help :)
1500 would get you 1440p/120FPS capability right now with no issues, my 3070 // Ryzen 5 3600XT get that performance and the build is just about $1500.
These people are asking you to blow a huge fucking amount on overkill CPU’s that won’t even break a sweat and GPU’s that could give you 4k/140FPS for the next decade. They’re building their dream machines, not giving you an accurate build price.
alright that’s a far more reasonable amount to spend
yeah, I’m gonna disagree with this guy. that’s definitely not going to get you that performance for 5 years. that will get you that now on most, but not all games at Max. if you want 120 high 1440 for 5 years you need close to the highest end offered now.
that said, this community is probably the most amd focused place I’ve ever seen. the debate between amd and Nvidia isn’t nearly as cut and died as they want to make it seem. even if they are mad at nvidia for real reasons. right now nvidia is not chasing traditional rendering at all. so amd is winning when it comes to that, but that’s not where nvidia says the future is. nvidia is building their cards around their objectively superior, even if proprietary, upscaling technology (dlss). so for the next 5 years at least, nvidia will be pushing it’s massive anti competitive weight into making dlss the way of the future. into making sure games are made with performance targets exprecting the use of dlss.
so honestly, a big part of this decision that no one here will tell you is whether you want to fight for what you believe should be the future of gaming, or you accept that nvidia will just do whatever regardless of how many foss heads scream about it.