I need suggestions for a build (using AMD GPU) that will run AAA titles at about 60fps but at high or ultra graphics quality and I am not interested in playing at 1440p at 144hz, although I would like to if I could.

I consider that the only drawback is that I am interested in playing PS3 and Switch games emulated, so, I need a good CPU and that will increase the price although I would prefer to have a bottleneck by the CPU than by the GPU.

Thanks and sorry if details are missing but I had written a much longer post but there was a blackout and everything was deleted, and I’m too lazy to write it again.

Considering in some parts I have seen the Ryzen 9 5900X and 6700XT 10GB as good options.

  • graveyardchickenhunt@lemmy.world
    6·
    9 months ago

    What does long term mean to you? Because that is a whole problem of its own.

    Generally, bang for buck, the x3d AMD processors are going to provide likely long term high gaming performance. On that end, if you’re really looking long term, you’ll likely want to go with a 7xxx chip and ddr5.

    A good SSD, pcie4, should be in there for also your game storage. Don’t grab the cheapest SSD possible. It makes a huge difference. Motherboard, PSU, cooling will follow your other parts.

    Graphics cards are going to be really the budget smasher. I’m personally finding my rtx3070 still plenty good, but again, what you consider long term and which AAA games are on your radar vastly influences your options.

    take the time to review the recent round ups by gamer’s nexus. Go to their website, as it has the graphs and everything and you don’t have to sit through long videos to grab the info.

    I’m not on the US market, so I definitely won’t give it a parts list, but pcpartpicker is apparently pretty good for this from what I heard. Even just to get guidance and then grab stuff somewhere else for possibly cheaper.

    • Rose@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 months ago

      I don’t think you can max out the latest AAA games, including Alan Wake 2, and have no drops below 60 on a 3070 though. Am I wrong?

      • graveyardchickenhunt@lemmy.world
        1·
        9 months ago

        I don’t think you’re wrong. Yet OP mentioned the 6700xt, which I believe is slower than the 3070…

        Kinda why I recommend looking at the gamers nexus articles, because that should give them a good idea of what the current AAA performance of the cards is and would allow some extrapolation based on what they think is relevant to them.

        Unless OP goes for flagship GPUs, there’s going to be AAA titles in 2-3 years that won’t run at 60fps 1080p Ultra settings. Especially if they want it to be all big budget games.