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 :)

  • R0cket_M00se@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    To get that FPS for the next five years you’d need something slightly beefier, assuming you purchase brand new games and want them on max settings.

    If you’re like me and ok with turning shadows to medium and ambient occlusion, etc. Off entirely, then you could probably squeeze a 3070ti for five years but a 3080 would be a good choice too. I prefer Nvidia graphics because they’re more established and AMD is still catching up on certain technologies, but AMD CPU’s have come a long way and are absolutely the best bang for your buck, and while I’ll get downvoted again for speaking the truth, you don’t need an AM5 socket for gaming performance and IMO it’s all overpriced still. Stick with AM4 and snag a last gen Ryzen 7, that’ll help keep your other components lower in price. Unless you’re doing video rendering you simply don’t need a very robust CPU. Almost every model in this thread would be three to four times as powerful as you need and would massively overload your budget.

    Don’t skimp on PSU but you can get a good one for 80-100USD from a reputable brand like Corsair that would fit your needs (850-950 watt.)

    So far I haven’t seen anyone actually pitch you a build that does what you need at the most reasonable price, they’re just overloading you and then claiming you can’t get the performance you’re asking for at the price you want.

    I have a PC at home that says otherwise, your downvotes mean nothing to me.

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      1 year ago

      lol yea some of these ppl are saying to drop like 3k on my PC. I make 10k a year. I can’t afford to drop that much on some sand. on my car? sure. not a fuckin PC tho lol

      anyways ty for your input :)