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 :)
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.
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
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.
guess imma just have to lower my expectations then. don’t have 1500 to spend on a GPU. thats the max I’d wanna spend on the whole thing. guess I was just aiming too high. thanks for ur help :)
I mean I’m talking GPU heavy games (latest releases) at very high / ultra settings. If you are willing to fiddle with settings you can get away with less :)
For example even on my 3080 I often pull down shadows to high (or even medium in more competitive games), you can use DLSS Quality for another boost (Balanced can be too blurry on 1440p, but sometimes it works) and there’s more ways to get higher fps.
You’ll be plenty happy with that kind of performance, especially coming from a laptop.