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My point exactly. This particular rig was built the year the PS5 came out. It was the current generation at the time and it cost twice as much as the PS5 despite having a GPU that was, in your words “inferior to the GPU in a PS5 by a looooooooong shot”.
You’re literally comparing your 2070 to the PS5 saying it’s “just as powerful” as a PS5 despite the fact that the cost of the 2070 alone is the exact same price as the entire ps5. Including the controller.
Despite my 1660 TI rig’s cost being twice that of a PS5, the 1660 as you mentioned struggles to play modern games unless the graphics are turned way, way, down and even then you’re often times shit out of luck. My PS5 that is the same age packs one hell of a punch still and plays any new game that comes out with fantastic graphics and a solid 60fps.
The PC is a great platform if you have fuck you money and have $2000 for a GPU alone. That’ll get you a machine that lasts. But the “pandemic/bitcoin” era never ended. Prices have come down, but the days of affordability and value are gone and aren’t coming back.
Yes the crux of the issue is that it’s currently a bad time to buy PCs and a great time to buy consoles.
I think your issue is that you’re more than a little out of touch with reality. You can’t even get a 2070 for $200 or less, how would you get something better lmao.
A 960 only satisfies the minimum requirements for Hogwarts Legacy and it doesn’t even meet the minimum requirements for TLOUP2. So the “modern came that came out you don’t know about” came out 4 years ago my dude.
The way to fix the performance of a 1660 ti is to replace it with a better card, that will cost hundreds of dollars. Or I can just buy the same games in the PS5 that will run them flawlessly and continue to do so for a number of years with the money I already spent. Once again it’s a no brainer.
But it doesn’t run much newer games well at all. You listed two games as examples and one of them it doesn’t even meet the minimum requirements. The other one it barely meets. You’ve literally proved yourself wrong. The current recommendation for VRAM when playing modern games has been 8gb for a couple years now and it’s trending more towards 12gb now. The 1660ti only has 6. The card is just lacking, there’s nothing to be fixed.
They are still very expensive here in the US, and they don’t drop much in price after they age. If I go on Newegg right now and filter GPUs to $200 or less the best Nvidia card on offer is a 3050. A generation newer but two models below the 2070. You’re just making things up to prove your point but everything you say is just verifiably false lol. It’s like you’ve been thawed out of a block of ice after being frozen for 6 years and you’re not adapting well to your new reality.
And yes, it’s objectively not worth it unless you specifically want a gaming PC. If you’re in a position where you’re comparing a gaming PC and a console though, dollar for dollar, console wins. It’s just basic math, I don’t get what’s it’s so hard for you to understand.