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/ZorbaTHut Linux Aug 11 '26

Do you really think that this year is when suddenly the entire field of technology stops advancing? 'Cause I don't buy it.

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u/zgillet i7 12700K ~ PNY RTX 5070 12GB OC ~ 32 GB DDR5 RAM Aug 11 '26

No, I don't. That happened years ago.

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u/Possible-Fudge-2217 Aug 11 '26

Oh boy i got news for you... moores law may be a thing but we havent reached that point yet. There have been many major strides in tech - hence the whole ai thingie.

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u/zgillet i7 12700K ~ PNY RTX 5070 12GB OC ~ 32 GB DDR5 RAM Aug 11 '26

AI has been around way longer than people think, we just didn't have the RAM to make it global: The Computer Chronicles - Artificial Intelligence (1984)

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u/Possible-Fudge-2217 Aug 12 '26

I know the whole story, thing is, it wasnt used much until recently. Not just due to speed, but compute limitations as well.