Lately we’ve been talking about games not performing well enough on current hardware. It’s had me wondering just what we should be asking for. I think the basic principle is that components from the last 5 years should be adequate to play current-generation titles at 1080p60. Not at max settings, of course, but certainly playable without resorting to DLSS and FSR.
It makes me wonder: is it really so much to ask? There are games from 10+ years ago that still look great or at least acceptable. Should we expect new games like Starfield to be configurable to be as demanding as an older game like Portal 2 or CS:GO. If the gameplay is what really matters, and games of the 2010s looked good then, why can’t we expect current games to be configurable that low?
From what I’ve seen, users of the GTX 1070 need to play Starfield at 720p with FSR to get 60fps. What’s better? Getting 60fps by playing at 720p with FSR, or playing at 1080p with reduced texture resolution and model detail?
It shouldn’t even be that hard to pull off. It should be possible to automatically create lower detail models and textures, and other details can just be turned off.
You said you want to play games on a 5 year old hardware. Fair enough! But then you mention GTX 1070 which is a 6 year old product. I mean it’s definitely out of date even by YOUR standards. Don’t expect anything to run on it.
This is not true. Until a couple of months ago, I ran a 10 year old rig with a gtx960. It could handle Elden Ring to name one without problems.
What exactly is not true?
To not expect anything to run on that setup. The gtx1070 was a phenomenal card back in the day and I’m sure it can handle a lot of newer games still.
Did you read the post? Did you read my comment?