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/BioshockEnthusiast 5800X3D | 32GB 3200CL14 | 6950 XT Aug 11 '26

12 Gen was a massive leap though. That is still a huge performance gap.

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u/2Critical7-Stein1 285K 96GB 8800 RTX5070 Aug 11 '26

12th gen was massive, 13th gen too, 14th gen was okaish

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u/NathanScott94 Ryzen 9 5950X | 64gb 16 CL 3600mhz | 7900 XTX Aug 11 '26

14th gen was not okayish. It was quite literally just an overclock and rebrand. The only meaningful gain was the change to the 14700 chip to give it 4 more E cores over the previous 13700. The chips were literally killing themselves to maintain those overclocks too.

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u/2Critical7-Stein1 285K 96GB 8800 RTX5070 Aug 11 '26

Chips self destructing was an issue with 13th as well, it was a moderate gain, a small one, same as 7000 to 9000 cpus 10% at best gain