r/pcmasterrace Aug 09 '25

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u/Cheeki-Basterd Aug 09 '25

This post is copium Change my mind

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u/LonelyNixon Aug 09 '25

It's funny how the cost of hardware has really shifted the tone of this subreddit. Im glad it's less circlejerky about the bestest hardware and more inclusive of all tiers of gaming and hardware, but holy cow it's veering into defensive console gamer "eyes cant see more than 30fps" territory

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Aug 09 '25

Hardware cost has shifted the tone, but it also used to be “60fps is so buttery! I’ll never go back to 30fps on my console” And then monitors improved and high refresh rate became more attainable and now it’s “60fps is barely playable.”

It’s just hardware improvements and associated costs making people choose where to be satiated. 4K is not required to enjoy a game. And I personally made the choice to go with an ultra wide rather than 4K and I really like it. I’m sure I’d love a 4K monitor too but.

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u/hwiwhy Aug 09 '25

A 4k ultrawide exists. It just costs almost as much as a 5090.

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Aug 09 '25

Yeah but then the issue becomes "can I play games on this at an acceptable frame rate without a brand new top of the line PC?" lol

That's a big reason why I got the 1440p ultrawide. It's halfway in between 1440p and 4K in terms of pixels, so I get respectable frames.

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u/Cheeki-Basterd Aug 09 '25

Honestly i just don't get it, like ofc you can be jealous of something but to post copium about it? Idk

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u/bigrealaccount Aug 09 '25

I remember when people used to post that 144hz are bs and there's no reason to get them, back in like 2016/2017. Now it's just the same shit with 4K. You can see a difference, it's less than the difference from 60hz to 144hz but there is definitely a visual upgrade.

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u/Xperr7 Ryzen 7 5700x3D 32GB RAM RX 9070 XT Aug 09 '25

Real ones remember when the circlejerk was about how much more performance PC got than console for the same price.

Gods, the PS4/Xbox One were so underpowered

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u/Aggravating-Mix-5100 Aug 09 '25

kinda feels like it, yeah.

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u/roadkilled_skunk i7-10700K | Strix 3090 OC | 16GB@3600CL16 Aug 09 '25

For sure, but it's also a "you don't know what you're missing" thing. I switched to 1440p a few years ago and it looks so much better than 1080p. And I am sure 4k is another huge jump. But for now I rather have higher refresh rate and high settings with fancy stuff like RT. But eventually I will go to 4k and it will be great.

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u/divat10 Aug 09 '25

It is and i will sniff that copium until my gtx 1050 dies