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EDIT: This was mean't for the graphics card section, sorry for the miss post.
It bothers me a touch when I see someone ask a simple question such as "is 1080 or 1080ti" good enough for 1080p and the replies are "Overkill, go much lower". Why does it bother me? Because only 2 years ago (if that) were people saying the 980ti is overkill for 1080p and now those same people recommend it!
Fact is, not even the 1080ti can handle above 100 fps in ALL games on ULTRA settings, just to name a few:
These games, while run very very decent and well above 60fps in MOST instances these games can STILL choke even the best cards such as 1080 and 1080ti when theres a lot of action going on screen at the most ultra settings, let alone 144fps.
I guess what i'm getting at here is there are games out there right now, and many more to come that will and do struggle to run games at ultra settings at high fps 100% of the time, even if it just means the odd drops every now and then. So to call a graphics card overkill for 1080p resolution I think is ignorant. I guarantee you this time next year there will be people saying that the latest and greatest is overkill and the 1080ti is sufficient for 1080p.
I am sorry for this rant, I just think if someone requests to run games at 144hz fps in 1080p and wants to know if x card will do that, I don't think its fair for us to say that's overkill and you should drop down, because at the end of the day it simply isn't true. 144hz 1080p is extremely difficult to hit in modern games at 1080p, nothing is overkill.
It bothers me a touch when I see someone ask a simple question such as "is 1080 or 1080ti" good enough for 1080p and the replies are "Overkill, go much lower". Why does it bother me? Because only 2 years ago (if that) were people saying the 980ti is overkill for 1080p and now those same people recommend it!
Fact is, not even the 1080ti can handle above 100 fps in ALL games on ULTRA settings, just to name a few:
- Ghost Recon Wildlands
- Shadow of War
- Destiny 2
These games, while run very very decent and well above 60fps in MOST instances these games can STILL choke even the best cards such as 1080 and 1080ti when theres a lot of action going on screen at the most ultra settings, let alone 144fps.
I guess what i'm getting at here is there are games out there right now, and many more to come that will and do struggle to run games at ultra settings at high fps 100% of the time, even if it just means the odd drops every now and then. So to call a graphics card overkill for 1080p resolution I think is ignorant. I guarantee you this time next year there will be people saying that the latest and greatest is overkill and the 1080ti is sufficient for 1080p.
I am sorry for this rant, I just think if someone requests to run games at 144hz fps in 1080p and wants to know if x card will do that, I don't think its fair for us to say that's overkill and you should drop down, because at the end of the day it simply isn't true. 144hz 1080p is extremely difficult to hit in modern games at 1080p, nothing is overkill.