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Gamers Are Reportedly Skipping GPU Upgrades Due to Soaring Prices — Paying Bills Takes Priority Over Chasing NVIDIA’s RTX 5090 (wccftech.com)
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Well I am shocked, SHOCKED I say! Well, not that shocked.

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[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Yes its pointless, most noticable is the low frame rate and lowered graphics to make the game playable. High fps is more noticable and useful. Blind tests confirmed that, even the one ltt did.

2k could be argued is solid but even then the ppi is so dense already it does not really matter.

Edit: then again there is some research showing people preceive fps and ppindifferently so it may be 4k makes sense for some while for others its really overpriced 2k that no pc can run.

[–] CybranM@feddit.nu 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Not arguing FPS here lol. Arguing 4k, which you can run in 144hz in a lot of games even without a 5090, you failed to mention if you had tried 4k which I assume you haven't based on the switch to FPS instead of resolution

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I play in 1080p so can't comment on 4k but I can confirm fps doesn't seem to affect me after 30fps. I don't perceive a noticeable difference between 30, 60, 120fps. Haven't played higher than that. I suspect 4k would probably look better to me than a higher fps though. But I'm happy with 30-60fps and 1080p so...

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago

I went to 2k 100hz uw from 1080p 144hz. I stopped noticing the increased framerate pretty quickly as the "mouse so smooth" effects wear off fast. But the ultrawide huge fov is a massive plus. I don't notice the resolution increase at all beyond lower frames and more text on screen in docs.

Laptops 4k is just 1080p with extra battery drain and worse performance.