i have a pretty good GPU now.
besides crysis, what old games can i go back and play on ultra-super-max settings and would still give my GPU a good workout?
or what games looked really good on ultra at the time but struggled to deliver fps, and would now be a joke for a modern high end GPU?
In addition to all the suggestions - check out modding databases like nexusmods or whatever. Many older games that would not fit your definition have graphical mods that will make your GPU work.
Personally I’ve played modded stalker, fallout, elder scrolls. Hell, you can make Minecraft look absolutely amazing, but it’s a pain to set up properly. You’ve mentioned you’re not into horror games, some games also have total conversions available that do a some genre bending too.
Cyberpunk is not that old, but it’s one of the best looking games ever made IMHO.
Witcher 3, also potentially with mods.
PSA Se7enSins has helped me find some really obscure and cool mods in the past, they’ve been around for decades. Worth keeping an eye on relevant forums.
Minecraft with rtx + texture pack + shaders
That shit still will bring a 5090 to its knees.
Total War games, like Shogun 2, Rome 2, Three Kingdoms or any of the newer Warhammer TW. It sucks that blood is a fucking dlc on those games
Titanfall 2
Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal
Monster Hunter World (currently on sale, too)
Max Payne 3
Metal Gear Solid 5
Oh damn, that’s a good one! i never got to watch a battle in total war with max number of troops
Isn’t doom optimised to work on a toaster? The others I agree with
I think they mean for high/max settings.
Mechwarrior 2 had a Titanium Edition that really stepped up the gfx.
The Division is almost 10 years old and the environment is one of the best ever created.
Thanks for the reminder. That was on my wishlist for a while. Totally forgot
I had the bright idea to run Carmageddon many, many years after I got a “proper” video card!
…It was still just 256 colours VGA pixelation central. Didn’t use the video card at all. 😂 Still fun though!
Classic openGL software rendering… kids these days dont know what they’re missing
Age of Empires, Definitive Edition is honestly amazing to look at. Cities Skylines with mods and all DLC. Fallout NV with mods can get insanely good looking. Just cause 2 and Just Cause 3 are both beautiful at ultra settings. Star Wars The Old Republic gets fairly pretty for an MMO. Obligatory EvE Online, just don’t try to play the game. Took me 16 years to win EvE.
Cities in Motion 1 with the free look and largest size maps mods. Even at 1440p (not to mention 4K) it will bring a modern CPU to its knees in the mid to late game if you completely disable fog.
Maybe Uncharted 4?
not that old (2019) but Control with RT and Ultra quality will probably stress it some, looks really nice too!
