1 yr. ago • 92%

what sort of budget do I need to run 1440p @120+fps for the next five years

I've had my current laptop (dell g5 15, 9th gen i7, 1660ti, 16gb RAM) for 6 years now, and its great for running every game aside from cp2077 at med-high graphics, 60fps smoothly. its on its on its way out though (mostly the issue is cp2077, brings it to its knees, 50fps on low at best)

either way, looking to build something that can do the same as this thing did but at 1440p 120+ fps. what sort of budget will I need for that?

tldr: how much would it cost to build a PC that can run 1440p 120+ fps high settings for the next 5 or so years. ty all :)

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That's simply not available without more details. If you want max settings (which isn't always the best idea) no GPU can do 1440p 120 fps in all games (for example Cyberpunk with path tracing).

But the closest you can get right now is a RTX 4090 if you have to buy immediately. So you're looking at a minimum budget of $2600, but with better specs besides the GPU probably more towards $3000.

And even that won't last you 5 years when we consider advances in path tracing :-/

Outside of RT though a 4090 might get you 120+ fps in most games for that time frame.

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- don't need max, just high. rt doesn't matter. are you saying that a cheaper card like a 7800xt couldn't do 1440p 120? or is the issue more with longevity, that it won't be able to maintain this kind of performance for the next 5 years due to games being more demanding
  
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  Longevity, you said you want ~5 years out of it or so at that performance.
  
  But a 7800 XT already can't hold 1440p 120 fps in a lot of games, it's pretty high to aim for GPU wise depending on the type of games you like. For what you're asking a 4090 is pretty much the only option. Or a lesser card now and then an earlier upgrade with the saved money (But even a 4080 is way too expensive, might as well go higher then). 4070 is again too slow, I have a 3080 right now at 1440p and in GPU heavy games reaching 120 fps can be tough.
  
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I might not be the best person to help you with this, but here it goes.

Performance on upcoming games will depend if developers keep fucking up the optimization.

With that said! I would say a combo of 7800X3D and RX 7800XT would put you close to 2k€ (price based in Portugal).

This is assuming the following parts:

Any X670 mobo (around 300€)

2TB nvme (150€)

Good PSU (150€)

32GB DDR5 CL30 (180€)

Case (120€)

I know this is not an Nvidia build, and the reason is, AMD is promising FSR to work even with older games.

Hope this helps.
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- rather have an and build anyways. can save some money since I've already got an ssd. is 16gb of ram not enough anymore?
  
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  16gb is just enough, but it's worth it to go to 32 considering the price.
  
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  Drives are currently cheap and ideally you want NVME for at least your boot drive, the increased transfer speeds can noticeably improve startup time. If money is tight you can always add one later too, just make sure to reinstall your OS onto it for maximum performance improvement.
  
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  16GB of RAM is very close to NOT being enough.
  
  For a 32GB kit you don't pay double, but you get to "future proof" your PC. And you get more RAM in case you want to run VM's. Just my 2 cents.
  
  FYI: I have built a desktop (5600x and 6700xt) with 32GB, because my previous PC had 8GB and I ended up upgrading to 16GB because I was running out of RAM in many occasions.
  
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- Agreed. A 2k€ budget for 1440p(16:9) should be able achieve the fps target for current maybe next year games.
  But 5 years is way too long for any tech and would probably be eclipsed by some new toy 3 years later.
  
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