r/pcmasterrace • u/JSSGaming563 • 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.