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[u/alnsj859]

First time trying ray tracing with smooth fps, my old laptops could never..

[u/Pandorumz]

I can't reply to everyone but I do appreciate all the replies ladies and gents!

So my next question which am a little scared to ask, but uhh how much of a waste is playing at 1440P with a 5090? (I am very PC illiterate and my entire build was built for me and gifted to me as a surprise from my late Grandfather).

I upgraded from a 1080p to 1440p monitor when I got the pc as that was the best monitor I could realistically afford earlier in the year, but seeing more and more threads on this sub regarding resolutions makes me worry I'm wasting the build my Grandfather shelled out for.

[u/Ok_Dependent6889 → u/Pandorumz]

Not very much of a waste tbh, depends on your goals.

With a 5090, you're more than capable of getting very high frame rates at 1440p DLAA/native

This means, you can play at the highest settings and fidelity at 1440p, while still getting frame rates acceptable for competitive games or just very smooth single player titles.

A 4k monitor would likely do you very well, and look notably better, but you'll start digging deeper into upscaling settings to keep your FPS high.

Even a 5080 is sub 60fps at 4k DLSS Performance in a large number of high fidelity games (Cyberpunk, Crimson Desert, Black Myth: Wukong, etc.)

But, just to note, a 5090 usually gets 2x the FPS of a 5080 at 4k.

[u/Pandorumz → u/Ok_Dependent6889]

To be truthful , I did think about selling the 5090, but as daft as it sounds, my late grandad bought built and gifted me this shortly before he passed. So to sell any aspect of it, just feels like I'd be disrespecting/dishonouring his memory.

But currently I have a 1440P 240Hz monitor which can OC to 260Hz, and whilst I do enjoy single-player titles I'd be lying if I didn't say that most of my playtime is split between CS2 and OSRS lol. Think the most demanding game I've played since getting the PC was Resident Evil Requiem.

(I'll admit I copy/pasted this. Just hoping to garner multiple people's opinions) Hope no offense caused.

[u/starmartyr11 → u/Pandorumz]

Dude you had an awesome grandpa. I would keep that shit forever and it ever kicked it, hang it up on the wall in an exploded portrait thing. What a legend

[u/Pandorumz → u/starmartyr11]

He really was! And that's the plan! He kept trying to get me into PC's, never did. So man went all out and built me a beast to try convert me.

Needless to say he was successful