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/Historical-Win2999 Aug 11 '26

5090 its not the problem, the problem its the medium and low settings, no one care about ultra max settings.

Have to use a 7900x to hit 60fps at native 1080p its crazy

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u/ShinBernstein Aug 11 '26

Exactly, I hate being the “optimization problem” guy, but the visuals in this game are pretty mediocre. Personally, I can’t really see any advanced lighting techniques or ray tracing. We’re talking about 1080p on High settings, so it seems more like a case of Unreal Engine 5 combined with a lack of effort when it comes to optimization

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u/Virtual_Bug_723 Aug 11 '26

"personally I can't see advanced lighting techniques or ray tracing" lmfao this subreddit is a clown show

It is absolutely using ray tracing and advanced lighting, it's literally made in UE5

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u/ShinBernstein Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 11 '26

UE5 doesn’t require you to use lumen or ray tracing. You can use dynamic/baked lighting just like in UE4; Epic itself even keeps this approach in Fortnite to deliver higher FPS. It’s also possible to mix different techniques (Arc raiders did this). We’ll only know for sure when the game launches or if this is eventually mentioned

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u/Virtual_Bug_723 Aug 11 '26

Take a step back.

Do you think a game recommending a 5090 is not using ray tracing? Forget this game. Any game.

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u/ShinBernstein Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 11 '26

Honestly? I have no idea. It’s difficult to infer from the requirements alone. We don’t know what’s included in the “Ultra” or “High” presets. Since they didn’t mention ray tracing in the technical specifications, it could be lumen, or even dynamic lights as I mentioned before. So yes, I think it’s fair to assume that there’s some kind of advanced lighting rendering technique being used, but until they actually disclose it, it’s just speculation

Edit: Also, think about it... why didn’t they include an “RT: ON / OFF”? That would help justify the requirement for high-end GPUs