What GPUs could run 95% of all pc games of the last 15 years at a consistant 60fps+?

3 months ago by BlackTea to c/pcgaming

At 1080p resolution with all the effects on and running with maximum quality settings turned on.

Eeyore_Syndrome 16 points 3 months ago

My 5700xt and 6900xt can both do that.

AMD also painless on Linux.

Nvidia drivers can be a tossup. Nevermind Wayland support.

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utjebe 2 points 3 months ago

9070 (XT) is currently pretty reasonably priced on some models. Quite a surprise it's around 550-600 EUR.

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Nomad 2 points 3 months ago

I can confirm that. Have the RX6800XT and that does all the games and all the inference i need without any major problems in Linux. Using Wayland too...

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frongt -1 points 3 months ago

I use ubuntu-wayland-nvidia at work, and debian-wayland-nvidia at home. It's very easy. If it was difficult in the past, it isn't now.

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tal 13 points 3 months ago

Probably a lot of GPUs, because I'd bet that the "95%" in the "95% of all pc games" bit is doing a lot of lifting (not to mention "last 15 years", which is a long time). Most games, if you go through Steam, just aren't very GPU-heavy. It's a pretty small number of mostly AAA titles that are really going to hit the GPU hard.

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Die4Ever 6 points 3 months ago

Yeah I think the question as phrased could technically be satisfied by an iGPU/APU

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slazer2au 5 points 3 months ago

Depends where you draw the line at 95% but every game I play apart from stalker 2 has been at 1080p/60 with my 3070

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Evotech 3 points 3 months ago

At 1080p? Or 4k

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BlackTea 0 points 3 months ago

1080p

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Dnb 2 points 3 months ago

If you don't care about ray tracing pretty much any current gem card and anything mid range or higher from last two gens should do it great.

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FlashMobOfOne 2 points 3 months ago

I have an Acer Nitro 5 (though I've maxed out the RAM to 32gb) that runs about 90% of my library. The two titles it struggled with the most are Crimson Desert and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, if that helps.

Unfortunately if you want a true gaming laptop you're in for an expensive purchase, thanks to the techbros monopolizing components.

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Die4Ever 1 point 3 months ago

Maximum quality settings are a trap, high settings look 99% as good and run quite a bit better. Even if I can get 60fps at max, I'd rather do high and get 80+ fps. Check out "optimized settings" from people like Digital Foundry

AMD's RX 9600 XT seems to be a good value GPU that's still really powerful, if you're buying new that's probably what I would suggest

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