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Re:32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to sq... by ahartmetz on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @03:43PM (#48388907)
>There's nothing wrong with 1080p gaming though

Yeah. 4K is nice for text, but doesn't seem like a great deal for gaming given the 4x hardware requirement and/or weirdo interpolation technologies that may or may not work on AMD + Linux anyway.

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Re:32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to sq... by jansommer on Thursday June 04, 2026 @09:06AM (#48398111)
4k is really nice for text. Always annoyed by 1080p screens for work. But yeah gaming - 1080p is fine. I have a 9060 XT and I play games at 4k like Mortal Kombat X, Fallout 4, Evil Within 2, Dead Space Remastered and Wolfenstein: The New Colossus. All 60+ fps on Linux and an ancient cpu.

Doom: The Dark Ages is 1440p and still looks great.

Total waste of money paying so much more for a gpu unless you want local ai, and those weirdo interpolation technologies are a pain in the a* to get working.

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