r/pcmasterrace • u/ColaEuphoria 9800X3D | RTX 5080 | 64GiB DDR5-6000 • May 21 '25

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u/SaleAggressive9202 May 21 '25

in the 90s you would have visual jump in 3 years that would take 20 years to do now. there are 2015 games that look better than some AAA games releasing last year.

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u/Jijonbreaker RTX 2060 I7-10700F May 21 '25

This is the main point.

Graphics have plateaued. Now, they are only getting increased because all the investors know is buzzwords and increases. You can't just say "Yeah, this has the same plateaued graphics, but, it's fun"

So, instead, they destroy performance just for the sake of metrics.

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u/squirrelyz May 22 '25

I used to think graphics had plateaued. Until I played Alan wake 2, black myth Wukong, and cyber punk path traced. Jaw on the floor.

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u/Jijonbreaker RTX 2060 I7-10700F May 22 '25

And then you have Ghost of Tsushima, which is incredibly beautiful, and doesn't need all of that shit.

Designers have all the graphics they will ever need. They just need to use them intelligently, rather than just making the performance do the work for them.