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/Think_Speaker_6060 Aug 11 '26

Wow the jump from the minimum to recommended cpu at 1080p is ridiculous.

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u/E3FxGaming Aug 11 '26

Also the recommended 1080p 60 FPS specs say 12 GB VRAM, but the RTX 5060 from the same column only has 8 GB GDDR7?

An RTX 5060 12 GB model pops up in the RTX 5000 series Super rumors, but no such card currently exists, nor will it be released before Blood of Dawnwalker releases in less than a month.

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u/bigpunk157 Aug 11 '26

I always ask if I even need to upgrade my card from my 11 GB 3080 Ti, and the answer is always no. Worst case, I downscale the textures because the visual difference from max settings and medium textures these days are sometimes not even visible when you're actually playing the game. Could have saved us 30 GB in storage and these stupid spec lists by just compressing the textures down reasonably.

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u/shadowstar36 Aug 11 '26

Or give us options. With storage space costing a ton too, we need every last drop. If I am playing at 1080p do I need 4k textures? Better compression like you said as well.

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u/tired_activist Aug 13 '26

Yes this exactly! 4K is still kind of niche for gaming, there should be a 4K texture pack DLC option for those wanting it seeing textures take up a massive amound of space