The PC gaming press is BROKEN. All I want to know is if a graphics card is good enough to play the latest games with an approachable explanation (Think Wirecutter style). If I see one more FPS chart or worse, YOUTUBER flashing a chart on the screen and complaining about 2 FPS, I will lose my shit!
@nl37tgt I'm still looking hard at the Arc. The price is right and it sounds like the issues with older games can be solved with some driver updates. I'm way more average joe so I'm willing to take some risk.
@Redcarpet for reference, i'm running a full AMD system. ryzen 5600x and an rx6800 card. most things run at 100+ fps on high settings at 1440p resolution. even stuff like cyberpunk 2077.
@nl37tgt Thats good to know, going by the press and youtube they make it seem like everything is terrible and will run at 30 fps unless you buy a 3090 or better. I've been out of PC gaming for a LONG time (consoles were good enough, got tired of tinkering with Windows) and want to get back in but am frustrated with what the press has become.
@Redcarpet I've run into a similar problem as a systems builder myself. I have a few thoughts on the matter, as well, but I will say a couple of those won't be very popular, lol. But generally, I'm runnning a GT 1030Ti (ASUS made) and 16GB RAM, and haven't had many issues. Something I have found over time, though, is that if I take the game dev recommended hdwe specs and multiply by 1.5, that gets me in the ballpark easily in most cases. YMMV, of course.
@Redcarpet short answer, 30 series nvidia is fine, 40 series has some issues with the power connector. AMD stuff is ok, but the raytracing is less mature. intel probably bit off more than they can chew.