Are games really requiring a GTX 970 to run them?

[Captain Murphy The Villian]

Are games really becoming that demaning they require a $300+ GPU to run them at 1080p? I am just wondering is this what the future of PC gaming is going to become AAA games recommending this GPU or do you think its just a marketting technique? I have two 970s in SLI but not everyone that plays PC games has the money to drop on a $300+GPU.

I really hope that not all of the AAA titles coming out this year I will see on the recommended requirements GTX 970 etc.

[Weissbrot]

I have no idea how i found that post, but from a 2025 perspective it's hilarious, nowdays you need a 1000€ GPU to run games on native resolutions on playable framerates

[Prinzip]

Publicado originalmente por Weissbrot:

I have no idea how i found that post, but from a 2025 perspective it's hilarious, nowdays you need a 1000€ GPU to run games on native resolutions on playable framerates

Wirth's law

[Tonepoet]

Publicado originalmente por Weissbrot:

I have no idea how i found that post, but from a 2025 perspective it's hilarious, nowdays you need a 1000€ GPU to run games on native resolutions on playable framerates

To be fair, you're thinking about something very different. You only need something along the lines of a thousand dollar graphics card if you're trying to push Ultra. Doesn't seem like that's what these people are talking about

Game of the year in 2016 was Dark Souls 3, which has an GTX 970 as the G.P.U. listed under recommended settings.

If we're talking about demanding games today, we're probably exemplifying Alan Wake 2 then the recommended card is an RTX 3060, which was around $265 last I checked.

Plus if Intel can fix the driver overhead problem or you're looking to play at 1440p, we're probably saying the Arc B580 outperforms an RTX 3060 by a significant margin and it's just $250.

Maybe we use Indiana Jones and the Great Circle or Monster Hunter Wild but we're saying the recommended system setting for those games are the 7700 XT or the RTX 4060. The recommended card for Assassin's Creed Shadows only requires a 6700 XT, and up until recently we were probably saying the 4060 and the 6700 XT were $300 cards.

The 7700 XT is more than $300 but we're saying relatively recently it was under $392 so it still beats the rate of inflation since 2016 (30.7%), although. not by much.

Recommended settings usually target 1080p 60 medium settings. You only need a thousand+ dollar graphics card if you're thinking of trying to push 4k ultra presets.

[Painkilleruk]

system requirements = paperweight GPU lol

just buy a new card no worries

[Start_Running]

Publicado originalmente por Weissbrot:

I have no idea how i found that post, but from a 2025 perspective it's hilarious, nowdays you need a 1000€ GPU to run games on native resolutions on playable framerates

Playable framerates, and Native resolution, are the key load bearing phrases there. You can enjoy gaming quite a bit with a $55 card.

[eram]

Publicado originalmente por Weissbrot:

I have no idea how i found that post, but from a 2025 perspective it's hilarious, nowdays you need a 1000€ GPU to run games on native resolutions on playable framerates

you didnt need a 4k monitor then

[L1qu1dator]

Publicado originalmente por Midori:

Can someone remind me why we're still paying pandemic part-shortage era prices for GPUs in 2025

Because prices are always raised, never lowered.

[Start_Running]

Publicado originalmente por L1qu1dator:

Publicado originalmente por Midori:

Can someone remind me why we're still paying pandemic part-shortage era prices for GPUs in 2025

Because prices are always raised, never lowered.

Only as long as demand remains.

Publicado originalmente por Midori:

Can someone remind me why we're still paying pandemic part-shortage era prices for GPUs in 2025

Because the pandamic really didn't have much to do with it. The prices weren't cheap before the pandemic. The reason is that there's artificial scarcity.

[Coinkydink]

Publicado originalmente por Midori:

Can someone remind me why we're still paying pandemic part-shortage era prices for GPUs in 2025

Probably because those cheaper prices earlier were not sustainable, and it will get worse as resources get depleted and the problems of outsourcing manufacturiung to China become apparent. People who still assume a continuous, endless ramping up of tech are in for some rude awakenings.

Also the criminal and wrong lockdowns created inflation, the consequences of which are only starting to show now.