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The original post: /r/pcmasterrace by /u/SlaKer440 on 2024-12-02 10:38:42.

As the title states, I feel like a few years ago most triple A titles were meant to be played at native resolution and ran accordingly. Nowadays, every single game that comes out DEMANDS people to use DLSS or FSR to achieve playable framerates. Playing these games on native resolutions is next to impossible even with top of the line hardware. DLSS is a great feature and an amazing option to have but it should be just that, an option. Relying on these technologies as a crutch to mask horrible performance and forcing people to play games at a lower visual fidelity is just heinous and unfortunately seems to be the standard now. I'm mostly ranting about the new Stalker 2 game. The game itself is amazing and looks amazing don't get me wrong but it runs like absolute shit with DLSS on on a 14700k / 4070 ti. My hardware is not top of the line by any means but I feel like I should atleast have the option of playing it natively on low? Although this game was made me write this post, this sort of performance inflation is common in almost all triple A games nowadays.