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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
4K needs realy damn good GPU and GPU prices are... yeah.
gpt
By sticking to 1080p, my 3060ti will be able to play games on max or near-max settings for years to come, and for modern games I can play at a high framerate which I have become accustomed to. Since getting a 144hz monitor I find anything under about 70fps to be too choppy to enjoy, even for single player games.

IMO 1080p makes gaming a really _really_ cheap hobby. As soon as you even move up to 1440p you are almost doubling the number of pixels. DLSS somewhat takes the pressure off of the increasingly high res of monitors, but if I run DLSS quality I can run RDR2 on ultra at 100fps average in 1080p.

1080p to me is worth it because it means low cost, high fps, and hardware longevity.