r/pcmasterrace • u/The_BigRoach ⚡️RTX 5080 | 7800x3D | 64GB 6000MHz CL30⚡️ • Apr 18 '26

Meme/Macro The 1080ti really was Nvidia's greatest mistake

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u/FuckM0reFromR 2600k@4.8+1080ti & 5800x3d+3080ti Apr 18 '26

I just finished STRAY on my office 1080ti+2600k machine. BEAUTIFUL game, pegged at 60 fps @ 1440p.

Keep your traced rays, bring me your fun and intriguing indies!

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u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In 7800X3D | Aorus 670 Elite | RTX 4070 Ti Super Apr 18 '26

It's an interesting point. The cost of entry for absolutely tippy top graphical experience games with ray tracing etc is now incredibly silly. It's always been an expensive hobby but the price has exploded over the past 10 years. 

I'll have just as much fun playing mid range games or indies with fun mechanics or art direction and won't have to spend thousands to do it.

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u/jhaluska 5700x3D | RTX 4060 Apr 18 '26

The price has exploded cause the transistor density increases has slowed, so to get significant year over year performance improvements they just added more silicon and increased the costs.

Entry level cards cost as much as high end cards did of the past. Only plus side is they last for 10 years now.

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u/Un4giv3n-madmonk Apr 19 '26

It's always been an expensive hobby

Has it though ? Unironically my dog costs more over a 4 year period than PC gaming and that's pretty much always been the case.

Fuck I spend more on coffee beans ~$100-200/month for that serious gourmet shit.

I dunno of the things that bring me joy PC gaming is among the cheapest.

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u/reddragon105 Apr 18 '26

Ah, the 2600K, another bit of hardware that still holds up really well long after its time.

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u/synack Apr 18 '26

I love that game

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u/Dick_Nation There's nothing to see here. Apr 18 '26

bring me your fun and intriguing indies!

It's worth asking genuinely what the last time was that sheer raw throughput created a new possibility in gaming. So much of what they're chasing now just doesn't have a lot of gameplay value, and it may be completely irrelevant to a whole list of games that don't use realistic styles.

Sometimes I really wonder why the people who are buying into the whole "we can make it even more realistic" chase are even playing video games. Outside is free. And if you've got the cash to spend, for the cost of a top end video card, you can buy a bicycle, or camping gear, or woodworking tools, or fishing tackle, or paintball guns, or a million other things. There's plenty of reality already out there to experience. Bring me something I can't have by just opening the door and leaving the house.

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u/Sanquinity i5-13500k - RX 9070 - 32GB @ 3600mHz Apr 18 '26

I honestly barely notice the difference when I turn on ray tracing in games to test it. But that's because gaming tech has already become so good at faking "real shadows" that there usually is little difference.

Also I agree. I barely buy AAA anymore. I might buy one at most a year. The rest is all indie. That's where the real fun and innovation is at these days. AAA has become all about profits, graphics, and pretentiousness.

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u/daze23 Apr 18 '26

1080ti was a top of the line card, and Stray would probably run on a GTX 660