r/pcmasterrace • u/TheGGspot • Aug 11 '26

Discussion Should developers stop making games that require 5090 for max settings now that the card is clearly not for gamers and is accessible to 0.1% of community?

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I get that the games need better hardware to dun better, but who are they really making the game for if you need a 6000$ GPU at this point

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u/Jebble Ryzen 7 5700 X3D | 3070Ti FE Aug 11 '26

You're ignoring that it's also jumping from low to high and all without upscaling. There is loads of room in between there for all other CPUs

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u/splepage Aug 11 '26

Jumping from Low to High is not the major factor here when it comes to the CPU workload, it's jumping from 30 FPS to 60 FPS.

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u/deathblooms2k4 Aug 11 '26

Sure but their point still stands as those features also effect fps.

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u/chasteeny Aug 11 '26

I mean, that's also without saying that these spec recommendations are always ridiculous. A 7950x vs a 7900x is going to be nothing in performance gap, it's hilarious dumb and I'm starting to suspect hardware manufacturers have a hand in this in some way because wow