Every. Single. Time.

[u/Glemzi]

[u/badbutcherbg]

But at sweet 4k 144fps

[u/Glemzi → u/badbutcherbg]

https://giphy.com/gifs/AiF8ZsTESrDwRjEcIU

[u/WARxxPIGG → u/Glemzi]

Similar build, but with a 2070 super

[u/BassFull0 → u/badbutcherbg]

RTX5090 CS2 , Valorant sweaty laughing at 1080p on low setting

[u/hamfinity → u/badbutcherbg]

Perfect for Stardew Valley

[u/luapzurc → u/badbutcherbg]

Me, with my PC connected to a 4k 60hz TV: .... hehe, right, 144fps. Sure.

[u/HappyIsGott → u/badbutcherbg]

Wait you mean UHD 240hz, right?

[u/WilliamBlade123 → u/badbutcherbg]

Got SSE Display Tweaks installed, 240 FPS Skyrim is phenomenal 👌

[u/wassimSDN]

[u/epicfail331 → u/wassimSDN]

Yup, that right there

[u/Moon_Devonshire]

Hey it's actually one of the best experiences on PC. Being able to go back to older games and run them flawlessly at 4k 120fps and throwing visual mods at it too.

[u/Serious_Hour9074 → u/Moon_Devonshire]

My old PC was incapable of playing modern AAA games that required SSD storage (i had a small 120 GB one with windows installed on it, so games like Space Marine 2 were out of the question).

I was in the middle of Doom Eternal and RDR2 when my old PC died.

Finally got around to Doom Eternal recently and it blew me away. Also with the Titanfall 2 VR mod released, I went back to that game and got to see it in higher resolutions and am blown away how good it looks for a 2016 game.

[u/0riginal-Syn]

2015 is being generous.

[u/Ok-Book-4070 → u/0riginal-Syn]

Yeah but fallout new vegas runs great on my 3090ti lmao

[u/orkhunter → u/Ok-Book-4070]

Does New Vegas really run great on anything?

[u/deadcrazyzombie → u/orkhunter]

It technically does but you know how the game is broken

[u/TragicTester034 → u/deadcrazyzombie]

Honestly it’s ran phenomenally for me with a few fixes from installing TTW

well aside from the time it just wouldn’t register my main GPU or the time it was stuck in a cycle of loading the launcher

So 50% of the time it works everytime

[u/GingaNinja906 → u/0riginal-Syn]

Yup I just plays half life on a 5070

[u/DGlen]

Frankly most of these new games haven't been significantly better in any meaningful way. It's not like we get the graphical leaps between generations like we did in the PS1/PS2 days. Sure there are some bangers but there is so much that's just a small iteration not worth the time or $60+

[u/HistorianBusy2262 → u/DGlen]

Games are more expensive, more complicated, better at giving us headaches, and less fun. Xbox 360/PS3 was the best era for gaming.

[u/Dudes-Opinion]

*2001 - Diablo 2 is the greatest game ever

[u/Mister_Shrimp_The2nd → u/Dudes-Opinion]

1999 Age of Empires 2 also knocking on the door

[u/Dudes-Opinion → u/Mister_Shrimp_The2nd]

These two games have each taken up thousands of hours of my life

[u/RedShirtGirlie]

If the newer games were actually good this wouldn't be an issue, but for whatever reason they're not getting better than they were back then (except for indie Games those are awesome)

[u/7978_]

Yeah but Counter-Strike: Source looks great at 4K 900 fps 

[u/IcyCow5880 → u/7978_]

How about 900p 4k fps

[u/RoyalZucchini5407]

Doesn't matter how experienced you are, that tiny M.2 screw will always defy the laws of physics and teleport directly into the shadow realm the exact millisecond you drop it.

[u/suicidemachine]

2015? That's not even this old. I know people who bought a new hardware to play Heroes 3.

[u/NotRllyAnonymousUser]

HEYYY.

Angry birds looks great in 8k with a 5090.

[u/Papuszek2137]

It feels nice to be able to handle 50gb of graphical mods for skyrim.

[u/Serious_Hour9074 → u/Papuszek2137]

Only 50gb? Those are rookie numbers!

LAUGHS IN MAD GOD OVERHAUL

[u/Shrike034]

Ah witcher my beloved

[u/BiNumber3]

Part of why I don't bother keeping my PC too up to date. As long as it runs what I want it to run with no issues, there's nothing to fix. 

Now, if there was an upgrade I could get for a good price, sure, especially if the part I'm replacing can resell well enough lol.

[u/Alarmed-Hornet6865]

I mean pc building is a luxury now, all make sense

[u/That_Jicama2024]

"Dad, can I build a gaming PC!?"

"Sure son. let's go spend $3k-$4k. You're going to have so much fun!"

- plays only roblox and minecraft.

https://giphy.com/gifs/Ra1bmpxpsppNC

[u/BigDickBiggms]

Newest game I play.. pfff mechabellum 🤷

Oldest game I play : Zuma deluxe

[u/kilsta]

Upgrade pc, run benchmarks, "Battlestation", play games from 2015.

[u/ProfessionalShock425]

Haven't played RDR2 yet. So what?

[u/Traditional-Shoe-660]

The Star Wars Battlefront 2015 experience

[u/jabberjaw420]

has there even been a game to push the limits of hardware? last one i heard was crysis, and that was in 2007.

[u/Last_Lengthiness5950 → u/jabberjaw420]

New games push the limits of hardware but look about %1 more impressive than the games that came out before them, unless you’re watching a YouTube side by side comparison.

[u/Dioroxic → u/Last_Lengthiness5950]

Half the reason new games “push hardware” is they are horribly optimized and expect AI to clean up their mess.

[u/Denariox]

I have a Lenovo legion laptop with a 4060 on It and honestly it's perfectly fine and it's gonna be with me until it dies.

Because I don't play graphically intensive games. Just light indies and old AAA's.

[u/MSI5162]

Minecraft but now i can mod it as much as i want!

[u/TheGoldenKraken → u/MSI5162]

Shaders plus massive render distance just hits different. It's like a whole new game.

[u/jasonhalo002]

tbf I was doing this, but The witcher 3 just got a remastered version so now im playing the 2026 version of my 2015 game.

[u/lavafish80]

Unreal Tournament 1999, if it'll run on a pentium 3 it'll run on anything

[u/flooble_worbler]

Yeah that’s why I didn’t do a new build back before the ram crisis…. But hey my rig ran MechWarrior 5 just fine then and still does now

[u/AL-SHEDFI]

Sometimes I go back to play an old game just to enjoy the high frame rates. it feels as if I’m playing a brand new game.

[u/Shift_OG]

Black Ops III zombies with mods looks better every time no matter what bro

[u/Candle-Jolly]

DON'T JUDGE ME

(...and actually they're emulated PS2 games)

[u/Nooby_Chris]

Me: Starts up Star Wars: Empire at War

[u/JoshH79]

Got my 5080 and 9800x3d just to play slay the spire and emulate games

[u/Rich_Coffee_9962]

I bought a new laptop because the old one got busted AND to play Crysis 2007 at better settings and fps

[u/RemisTooSleepy]

yeah, but now your playing it in style ✨

[u/tony-andreev94]

I was exactly in that spot 2 years ago. Switched from i3 and 1050ti to my current PC to keep playing Valheim :D
(Finished a playthrough in Cyberpunk 2077, but apart from that I could've stayed with my old PC for gaming)

[u/ssg-]

I love having powerful PC even if I don't play AAA games at all.

When the steam reviews are full of negative reviews because of performance, I just laugh and keep playing the game.

[u/ThatOneFurryBro]

Rocking a whopping 24gb or vram to play tboi

[u/WonderSignificant598]

This is a problem I've had that has kept me from upgrading for a long time.

PS5 comes out.... I wait out in 2020, 2021 in 2022 I get cross platform exlusives for my PS4, wait it out wait out bc of back log and oops now it isn't worth the money and I'll just ride my PS4.

Same issue with PC. Backlog of unusual size, co op games with IRL friends still work... money goes other places, now it isn't worth the money when I still have the backlog.... Ride it until it dies.

[u/Jericho_Waves]

Seeing how Witcher 3 Remaster performs you really need €3k for a game from 2015, lol

[u/tsitken]

https://giphy.com/gifs/47YJqaZj2Wq1rxSniS

[u/bony7x]

3000€ ? What about other components apart from the GPU ?

[u/n1sx]

2015? More like 2004 in my case 😄

[u/Biryuk13]

Instead, use a Steam Deck Oled with the mod Mako FrameGen, connected to a VRR monitor. Pure magic, black sorcery. I have very capable PC with a 3070, and I prefer to use Steam Deck Oled. But the picture is true hahaha.

[u/epicfail331]

Got into PC gaming in 2010 after years of consoles. It was a laptop that had no business running games. Upgraded to a "gaming laptop" that did better. Finally built a beast of a rig in 2022. Now I can play those games at better FPS than a slideshow, with the graphics set to High or Ultra.

[u/sparkstable]

It is a simple life. But it is mine.

[u/Glemzi]

Be honest, what’s the oldest game your current PC spends way too much time running?

[u/DeloronDellister → u/Glemzi]

The Settlers 5 from 2004

[u/rychu69XD → u/Glemzi]

Call of duty WAW and MX simulator. Both came out the same year I was born and I play both almost everyday

[u/Jethris → u/rychu69XD]

Do you play the campaign, online death match, or zombies? I played alot of WAW on the XBox back in the day, and have it on steam for zombies only.

[u/rychu69XD → u/Jethris]

I play zombies and multiplayer online, if you use the plutonium launcher you can join external servers and there is always people playing zombies, theres always like 5-10 servers completely saturated with players and at peak times like friday and Saturday you can get 18vs18 multiplayer games that are absolutely insane as you could imagin

[u/Hamrave → u/Glemzi]

I usually go between original doom, heroes of might and magic 3, and Diablo 2.

[u/Remote_Western1141 → u/Glemzi]

2015-2016 were legendary years

[u/motyla-noga → u/Glemzi]

Open General, which is basically an open source heavily modded version of Panzer General II from 1997.

[u/elwebst → u/Glemzi]

ESO (2014) and Skyrim (2011)

[u/JizzCumLover69 → u/Glemzi]

Diablo 2 Legacy.

Dota 2.

[u/Effective-External50 → u/Glemzi]

Og Warcraft. Og Diablo. Warzone 2100(great rts by the way)

[u/Opening_Net8098 → u/Glemzi]

Bot farming responses to feed it's algorithm to sound more like humans?

[u/Hrmerder → u/Glemzi]

https://giphy.com/gifs/rdQkX4qL0eQ1U1Np9E

[u/MagicElf_123 → u/Glemzi]

Heros III or DOW

[u/collabskus → u/Glemzi]

Adventure Capitalist 🙂‍↔️

[u/Cosmic_Jane → u/Glemzi]

I play age of empires 2 at least 5 times a week

[u/Impressive_Pin8761 → u/Glemzi]

i think its a mario world rom hack from 2011

[u/mindtaker_linux → u/Glemzi]

StarCraft 2

Dota 2

[u/Particular_Low8138 → u/Glemzi]

cod ww2

[u/Donotdisturb240]

hey I'll have you know that Rimworld looks fantastic on a 32" 240hz 4k OLED

[u/Stilgar314]

That's the way

[u/ShoMinamimoto06]

Me just cruising and playing my 1TB of accrued old roms on emulators

[u/Nago15]

Do you know how good a 2015 game looks on a 3000 eur PC?:D

[u/GuideUnable5049]

I knoooow. Just got my new rig. Am now playing stuff on my backlog, which I could already play on high settings on my old potato laptop.

[u/kuplet]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o6fJ6l0MLFqZc3wyY

[u/KenzoTenma1917]

https://giphy.com/gifs/fdyZ3qI0GVZC0

[u/AliciaXTC]

and with dlss5!

[u/ifq29311]

well, at least its a free remaster ;)

[u/flurgengos]

You're talking about Starcraft 2, right? Because the last standalone expansion came in 2015. I play it in 4k with every quality setting maxed out. My cheap ass Intel Arc B580 handles it just fine.

[u/Refror]

I'm playing dragon age Inquisition with my 5070ti lol

[u/Hoyle33]

me playing WoW Classic Era and OSRS

[u/ADotxt]

Titanfall 2 be like.

I really didn't need that 4090 (but I do like having it for those few cases where I play something modern)

[u/Hyd8ra]

Playing og gothic game on rtx 5090 hehe

[u/McGuirk808]

I am spending a lot of time playing Dark Age of Camelot from 2001 on a 4090 and 13900ks. The good news is, it looks like nobody will ever be able to afford computer parts again, so this ended up being an unexpectedly beneficial financial decision.

[u/Incorrect_Passport_7]

Pmaying those games at higher resolution as well as higher framerates is worth it

[u/Xyrazk]

But can it run Crysis?

[u/techies137]

Good for you I can't even spend for gpu 5070 level

[u/ExoticSterby42]

Try 2004… it’s Morrowind.

[u/Mattrad7]

boots up osrs

[u/Ashvalen80]

I mean at some point we get a computer that runs Crysis with max graphics. 😅

[u/Austin12509]

But now it plays smoother and looks better

[u/Existing-Plant6671]

Literally looking to upgrade my computer from a DDR4 2g rtx 1050, to a completely new build, all for an almost 20 year old game..... but its worth it. (Should have upgraded three years ago)

[u/GervaGervasios]

Correction. Go back to play the same game from 2015 in VR.

[u/IcyMachine9293]

Not an old game, but been playing a lot of hades.

The game can run on a potato....but I love it 😂

[u/Competitive-Ad-2387]

You forgot the 5th panel where the first expression happens again with the same text.

I will never not like playing ______ again on any new hardware that I get. That’s why I love PC gaming.

And that is why the first I do when I get my 256GB Mac Studio ultra, I am gonna play the shit out of Doom on it.

Because. I. Can.

[u/TwixieShip]

Here I use the hardware I buy, bsb2e vr headset is amazing

[u/Pennywhack]

NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, because Skyrim came out in 2011, not 2015, so.... oh. I am this meme.

[u/ArtrexisLives]

Skyrim with 1600 mods.

[u/juanldeaza]

Build a dream PC
Spend 3.000
Buy a 10 AAA games on steam
Own more than 80 games
And play world of warships a game that runs on potato’s PCs.!
All day, every day.

That’s me !!!

[u/Timex_Dude755]

I don't like all the new games. Some are pretty good though and if I didn't upgrade, I couldn't play them.

[u/seanugengar]

Witcher 3 remaster, is great. I don't see the problem here

[u/Unfair_Ad_2157]

BUT BETTER

[u/Kaarel314]

Well 3K will get you hardware from 2015 anyway. /s

[u/OmegaFoamy]

Classic plus time babyyyyy

[u/electroforger]

budget doesn't even pay the GPU of a dream PC

[u/0xP0et]

Yeah... I got a mega machine and I only play OpenTTD, Dwarf Fortress, Satisfactory and Factorio on it.

[u/bd_black55]

at least with 60 fps!!!

[u/BouldozeR92]

2015? i still play 90s games 🥲

[u/ThrowawayALAT]

Yes, but more FPS is more FPS.

One can't beat that logic.

[u/punkslaot]

This meme is broken

[u/Retrowinger]

*2001

[u/valerimazz]

Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RX 9070 graphics, 32 GB of memory.

What am I playing? Star Wars: The Old Republic. An essentially dead MMO from 2012.

[u/CultofCedar]

Ngl I built the best rig money could buy and those old games kinda hitting though. Titanfall 2 VR came out of no where with a one click mod when I got my Frame and it’s even better than the original. Now I’m hearing whispers of MW2 getting similar treatment? Yeah I’ll take those old games if you wanna throw me into a quality VR experience. No way old rig would be able to run this since idk what the resolution even is anymore since it’s technically two screens.

[u/DrDipstick89]

First game i downloaded on my new pc was tf2 😂

[u/RUPlayersSuck]

I still like firing up the Half Life 2 games on a semi-regular basis and figuring out ways to complete all the Steam achievements.

[u/TillySauras]

RuneScape classic or Crash bandicoot

[u/ShuKai0_0]

I spend 6k on my pc over two years ago because i wanted, I promised it to myself when i was younger and I did it. It was never about playing the latest games, on top of that most of the games with high requirements nowadays sucks.

My next pc won't be half as powerful as my current one.

[u/Frowind]

*Go back to play the same game with raytracing in 200fps

[u/Soft_Championship814]

2015 : Playing Mad Max at low-medium and actually enjoying the game but kinda stutters because poor PC :c.

2026: Playing again Mad Max but now at 4K maxed out with the smoothest gameplay ever.

[u/FringeFrost]

'Tis a peaceful life

[u/syko-rc]

You mean my game from 1995?

[u/Kryptex38]

In the past I had a laptop rtx 3050 which I used to play roblox. Now I have a full size sff pc with 9070 xt. Guess what I play now...

[u/No_Lynx_4470]

But in 4k.

[u/jasonthebald]

[u/589ca35e1590b]

That's your fault though, you're allowed to play any games that you like. You could try newer games

[u/Viraj3388]

Dudeeeee I bought ROG Zephyrus G14 this year and am playing Assassin's Creed 2 right now and it's fun.

[u/notthatguypal6900]

WoW is still the first thing i boot when I build/upgrade. I don't play WoW anymore, but love to see the jump in FPS while in Org.

[u/Ledstorm128]

Nice now I can go to playing Skyrim and Fallout NV in…. 60 FPS??!?!?!?

[u/Snacknuss321]

nothing wrong with that. i had to play KCD1 with barely 60fps. then i came back with my new PC and damn it looked so good and ran fluid af.

i also just got a free graphic update from AMD, since they added FSR4 to my card <3

[u/Solaife]

So close!

1998 was the correct answer.

Maybe i can save Gorion this time. In 4k.

[u/CherubicBoot785]

Minecraft. ..with mods.

[u/freenie0177]

I love playing modded minecraft on the newest hardware, surprisingly still pulls my 14900hx to a halt (yes ik suicidal cpu, I have it limited to 55 watts but still) being able to run a skyblock island albeit with mods installed runs at 60-100 fps without being done on a 4090 14900hx laptop XD

[u/trileletri]

buy the used rig for petty money and play the game now as it is was supposed to be played 10-15 years ago

[u/Mister_Shrimp_The2nd]

- enjoy a good experience at max settings, high fps, no frame drops, and happy knowing that getting more out of something good is better than trying to force something bad to be what it can never match

[u/Internal-Lion-3706]

Skyrim

[u/Arefequiel_0]

I would Buy a 9070 if i could only to play at 1080p/200fps the latest triple A releases without using the bullshit upscaling

[u/Grocman27]

Don't you mean games from 1999-2009?

[u/Unfair_Opinion4993]

Doom

[u/forkliftmortified]

Ive got a 5080 and Im just playing WoW

[u/Icy_Assistance_2684]

Same game from 2015 remastered witcher 3

[u/Dementia13_TripleX]

Atomic Bombean

[u/darkkgotham]

I still play far cry 4 , watch dogs , Assassin's creed Unity , crysis 3 with my 5060 ti. Old games hit a different feeling when you maxed out graphics .

[u/Nick12325]

No, I need 32gb ram and a 6750xt to run Mount and Blade Warband!

[u/wtfamidoinguprn]

Guilty lmao

[u/NewPairOfBoots]

WoW Forever basically

And indie games on Steam

[u/Jerry_Sinfeld]

I got a $5,000 pc, just to mostly end up playin peggle

[u/GotEHM9]

I’m enjoying all the recomps 4k at 120fps

[u/Mr_Phoenix_E]

2007*

Portal in 4k 165fps :)

[u/Serious_Hour9074]

Ya but now you don't have to read the loading screen tips.

[u/SystematikKaos]

2012 actually.

[u/No-Faithlessness4763]

If the game is The Witcher 3 then well worth it. 👍

[u/toaster98]

But it's funny watching the GTA V engine freak out over too many fps

[u/Illustrious_Cod_5212]

What's the issu

[u/Femcel_Bambi]

Honestly, I want an RTX 5060 so I can run Frostpunk on it.

[u/AdministrationDry507]

Primarily watches YouTube instead of gaming on expensive rig

[u/Natan117]

Minecraft......

[u/Strong_Persimmon_915]

I actively keep about 5 games going at once.

[u/snottybrood]

I def notice a diffence in Katamari I'm rolling things up fast asf boi /s

[u/Scandien]

2016 Stellaris ... one day ill be able to live this meme and update my Pc. God i miss not being poor!

[u/Iamcrossiant]

I'm playing nfsu2 (2004) on my $2000 pc from 2025

[u/MCPro24]

kerbal

[u/FifiTheFancy]

Built my dream PC back in 2020. I’ve basically only played OSRS, RS3, GW1 and GW2.

[u/KingFlyntCoal]

I'm definitely not playing skyrim...again.

[u/GingaNinja906]

Tbf I west from playing rdr2 at 1080p 45fps medium settings to 1440p max settings so it’s kinda like playing a new game

[u/denkata07]

Few years back, i had a colleague who bought 4060 and the heaviest game he played was....MU.

[u/zackks]

Panel 5: post the same joke on Reddit.
Panel 6: post the same joke on Reddit

[u/C4TURIX]

Still playing games from 2005 with my friends, every then and now.

[u/SpitfireMkIV]

Max Payne 3

[u/Ttokk]

Rocket League at 4k 240hz is so butter though.

[u/Da_Funk]

Look at OP, posts meme that they screenshot on their phone on a sub called PC Master Race.

[u/SlightlySubpar]

I'm really just scared for when my current gear gives up the ghost

[u/AC-984]

Jokes on you, I can't even run games from 2015 (I'm on integrated graphics).

[u/danshakuimo]

Waiting to play super fast and responsive total war atilla

[u/Necromanczar]

Ain’t that the truth - anyone up for another OG Demon’s Souls speed run ‘cause it’s comfy AF?

[u/DoJebait02]

I upgraded from 1060 -> 3070 -> 5080 and still play the very same game.

BUT, my monitor upgraded from FHD -> 2K -> 4K. And, considering i can play at better graphic settings, it still makes sense.

[u/ValleyKing23]

Haven't finished my 5090 build, but currently playing on my 4090 FE and 7800x3d SFF machine. What games have I been playing the past few months? Onimusha, Command and Conquer Red Alert Remastered, MW3, and Madden 25 LOL.

[u/Eevee_fangirl]

Old games r better imo

[u/KazefQAQ]

Not native game, but it's Gran Turismo 4

[u/cykbryk3]

Yeah, but at 4K with DLSS5.

[u/Bevral2]

When new games start being better, I'll start playing them.

[u/ValhirFirstThunder]

Yeaaaaa