I didn’t say you “need a 5090 enjoy the other 5% of games,” the implication is performance. And no, I highly doubt your 3060 is not doing that. With lowered settings and no ray tracing on some games, sure. When we’re talking about flagship GPUs, the idea is that people buy them to be able to run at 1440p/4k, higher graphics settings, and maintain at least stable 60+fps.

There’s games right now that even a 4090 struggles to run on maxed settings at 4k and stay above 60fps at all times. However, DLSS 3+ and similar tech saves the day with frame gen and upscaling. Developers just need to optimize their shit.

And if you don’t care about graphics at all, then of course this is all irrelevant and participating in this discussion is completely pointless.

Ah, gotcha. I haven’t been looking for GPUs for a few years now, so I was low-key excited that there was actually a deal that good.

But yeah, I agree that the last couple gens of flagship GPUs are vastly overkill for 95% of games.

Out of curiosity, what GPU is getting 85% of a 5080’s performance at $250? Genuine question.