I've finally got enough disposable income to spend on a mid-high PC but graphics cards at that tier are just ludicrously priced, especially from Nvidia. I remember building my first computer in 2013 and being flabbergasted that people were paying $1000 for a GTX Titan, the best card in existence back then, at launch—that was probably twice the price of my entire build back then (Radeon 7770/FX-8350... simpler times). Now this generation's equivalent, the 4090, is $1599 at MSRP, and often pushed up to $2000 by resellers and scalpers. The next rungs down aren't far behind either, with the 4080 at $1200 and the new 4070ti at $799. AMD isn't as bad, but their software game is so far behind and DLSS is very appealing for extending the life of my card as long as I can.
I was excited to make a new build and leap to 1440p/144hz but the expense has sucked a lot of the appeal out of it. I might just bite the bullet and shoot for a 4070ti deal to see if I can mitigate the tax at least. I know I'm part of the problem for buying new but I just want to be done with all this and have something I can keep for the next like 6-8 years.
I will say once in a blue moon I play a AAA game and am reminded how nice modern games can look. With that said I agree that its the least important part of the game, some of the best games I played in 2022 were Dwarf Fortess and Vampire Survivors which would be considered ugly by many people. While I get your point A LOT of people care about graphics...so its not suprising that its a selling point for more mainstream gamers. Not everyone is going to enjoy games that look like Dominions5 or Aurora 4x.
People say this a lot, but I don't think it's necessarily true. If you change the subject and ask them their all time favorite games they always list stuff with shit graphics. Anecdotally, I was talking to a friend who was bashing the shit out of 7 Days To Die graphics, but then I asked him his favorite games and he said shit like Ultima Online, Railroad Tycoon, Tropico 4.
dominions5 isn't that bad tbh. graphics should be utility based not eye candy based. i mean for anything we play there's always a certain threshold, right? but in reality that threshold never require a $500+ GPU.
Sure their fave games might be older but that doesnt mean many of them wouldnt turn their nose at a modern game that uses graphics likes dominions5. Im ready for dominions 6 to use the same artstyle and I wont care (as long as the game is good)
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