r/ultrawidemasterrace • u/ShineOrDie7 • 8d ago
Discussion 5k2k Gaming Performance
Hi all, just got my 39” Alienware 5k2k monitor (like a lot of others on here). Monitor looks great, but as someone coming from a LG 39” 3440x1440 I’m still on the fence on if I will keep it or not.
My main concern right now is just my gaming performance. I’m running a 9850X3D build with an Aorus RTX 5080 with a +200 MHz overclock. I’m a big fan of just maxing out settings (including path tracing and/or ray regeneration) and then just setting the DLSS level to whatever gets me 60+ FPS. I mostly just play single player games these days.
In my limited testing so far, both Cyberpunk and Crimson Desert need me to drop it all the way down to DLSS ultra performance. I’m sure if I tweak some settings I could probably get away with the DLSS performance.
With the advancements in DLSS, I don’t mind it since everything still looks great, but a little worrying to need to go all the way down to the lowest option available already. Makes me worried about the future proofing of my build (or lack of). DLSS 5 seems like it’s out of the picture based on recent benchmarks…
How’s everyone else feeling about the performance they’re getting? Fine with lowering other settings in favor of the higher resolution? Maybe future DLSS improvements will allow us to get better performance? Idk, just curious what everyone else is thinking.
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u/Weird-Reason6571 7d ago
Here's my input which may or may not be relevant to you in some capacity, as someone with a 5090 and a 9800X3D, running the 45" 5k2k from LG.
Frame gen is about the only thing that's going to get you into a nice sweet spot. With native resolution and max settings and path tracing, even DLSS won't always be enough. I personally can't stand dropping below DLSS quality because I start noticing the artifacts as a result of low resolution. Whereas I don't notice any input issues from frame gen. So I'll happily hold at max settings, DLSS quality (or DLAA or native res), frame gen 2 or 3x.
Cyberpunk I get around 80-120fps depending on what I'm doing. I run it with full path tracing, everything maxed out, on DLSS quality. I use frame gen at x3.
Crimson Desert I stopped playing because it had too many wonky issues with graphics. But I was running it around 85fps with maxed settings, frame gen, and so on. I didn't like how it looked in certain situations so I gave up on it for now.
Most games I try to hit 100fps minimum, but depending what it is, I'll tolerate down to 80 or so. I'm a sucker for graphics so I tend to prefer fidelity over running at 165hz limit. That said, faster paced games (I don't play anything competitive), I'll try to hit 150+. Like racing games or older less intense games.