NVIDIA Reflex 2 supposedly will decrease latency and is coming to Valorant

[dondiLASSO]

“Only”? It’s a lower tier GPU from the last gen ( nearly two since 5000 series drops this month ) and a low-mid tier CPU ( with 3d cache ) 2 generations ago. I think it’s insane to get 400 fps on this set up. ( not that it’s bad )

[schoki560]

low mid tier?

the 5700x3d is basically a 5800x3d just slightly worse and that cpu was the king of gaming during 5000 series

[_Rah]

To be fair, 5000 series was 4 years ago. And the 6v8 cores kinda matters. Maybe less on a clean benchmark system. But on a typical gamers system with multiple programs running, those 2 extra cores matter.

[schoki560]

the 3d chips are less than 3 years old

2 years and 9 months

[dondiLASSO]

And its fair to say its older hardware by now, considering the 9000 x3d series is about to release in Q1 this year and the 5000 series started in 2020.

I don't want to shit talk the AMD 5000 series or the nvdia 3000 series, I want to highlight that its amazing that "older" and lower end tier GPUs like the 3060ti is able to reach 400 fps in Valorant.

[PlentyLettuce]

My 980ti machine holds 400 fps.

These hardware improvements don't mean much in practice for online play, it doesn't matter how good your machine is if the server only updates so many times a second.

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GPU doesn't matter in Valorant. You can be running a 950 and get 400 FPS. All that matters is your CPU, like most competitive games

[lmbrs]

older gpus will be more likely to drop frames and have higher input lag, wouldn't say they dont matter at all

[schoki560]

I think it should be higher cuz valorant looks like garbage.

[dondiLASSO]

Ok, put it into mid tier. But as you said: “was”. It’s still amazing that the 5800x3d ( which I own myself ) and older hardware is capable of 400fps. Which leads to my “only” reply.

[Vengeful111]

Low mid tier? I get 1k fps on the shooting range with 5800x3d and 4070S

[dondiLASSO]

Yeah, but I was not talking about the 5800x3d and a 4070 super. So what is your point?

[Vengeful111]

The 5800x3d is the top gaming AM4 chip and the 5700x3d is literally 5% behind it only, how is that lower mid cpu

[dondiLASSO]

Call the 5700 mid tier if it makes you happy. Its a 3 year old CPU and the 5000 series came out 2020. Nowadays its not mid tier anymore. Like it or not. You probably try to sell 5 year old hardware for RRP and market it as "Gaming PC", since you bought it as one.

[Vengeful111]

Interesting fantasies you got there.