Hi guys was hoping to hit high settings on 1080p, my cpus a little under spec a i7 7700k but its pretty close, i have the 16 gigs of ram, and i believe my GTX1080ti is actually better than a RTX 2060, so im guessing i should be alright on high , you guys agree ?
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You should be fine, as long as you have an SSD, even though I think the experience won’t be consistent across all the game and in every location (and, more importantly, across all future updates to the game). Diablo is notoriously CPU intensive and being on a lower CPU than what requested might be problematic. If they say the game requires an i7 8700K and not a 7700k there is a reason. They’re not “pretty close”, the 8700 has 2 more CPU cores and can handle 4 more threads with an average of +19% in performance, which is a lot for just the CPU.
Also, the 1080Ti is generally a little bit faster than the RTX 2060 with an exception: Diablo IV will support ray tracing, and between the two, the only card that support it is the RTX 2060. So when the ray tracing will be enabled, you won’t be able to play it at “high”.
Generally speaking, I think playing Diablo IV on such low spec system is just a waste. But this is only my worthless opinion. I mean, even my cell phone can do better than 1080p nowadays.
Honestly, playing on high settings doesn’t matter as much as people think it does.
Many games are better off played on low or medium settings and will give you a better experience. People are biased to believe that high = better. This isn’t really true and speaks to human ego more than anything else.
Most people running games at 4k are doing it out of ego rather than what’s best. The hardware just isn’t there yet for games to be played on 4k.
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I have a 1080, and an AMD 5800x. I ran on max settings at 1440p and never hit below 60fps.
So 1080p will be sweet as a nut.
8 days to go… 
You are wrong. It is not a waste, simply turning off a post processing setting that uses the CPU, to free up resources. Not even notice the loss of 1% fidelity and gain 20% performance.
Ray tracing is a gimmick, turning it on just gimps performance for a over the top unrealistic light bouncing effect…
With a 1080ti at 1080p you can have everything on max, no RT, and for the CPU, either overclock it or turn down the few settings that use it, like post processing and background apps/tasks.
Most likely the CPU recommend isnfor world boss fights where your CPU will be managing the network data of all members of the fight.
Similar to how in solo play a CPU is fine, but in multiplayer mode suddenly you get lag. That’s the most likely CPU bottleneck, it might also simply be blizzard being conservative.
My laptop ran it fine with dips to 45fps on high with a 1060, still completely playable frames for an arpg.
NIDCLXVI: Ray tracing is a real thing and it’s fantastic. You just can’t afford it. This doesn’t mean it is a gimmick. RT games are WAY BEYOND the previous generation games. WAY BEYOND. You just can’t afford it. Live with it.
LOL. You’ve never seen a game playing on an high end system? Games that are better on low settings than Ultra… Guys, with this the human being has reached the top idiocy level.
StRaItJaCkEt, do us a favour: shut up.
My current PC’s from 2013 (going to get a new one before June), and it’s able to play the game on medium-high settings with a consistent ~60+ fps.
The cope is real in this one.
Considering I can afford it, and have evaluated it for myself in various games. It is a gimmick. Hopefully with unreal engine 5 we may see better alternatives. But as for being able to afford, my home is worth more than the average US worker makes in 20 years. I am all set, kiddo.
I’ll cope just fine, got my Ashava trophy today, missus made a slow cooked brisket, I have a bottle of Blanton’s going down nicely… I do love a beautiful bottle of £50 bourbon “copium”. 
Someone has to do it.
You’re so set that games are better on low than ultra settings. So set that the next rendering tech used for years on movies and in the whole entertainment industry is a gimmick. LOL. Drink less wine and definitely stop drinking whiskey.
I dont know what any of that has to do with a post on a diablo 4 forum? bit odd that you need to I guess try and reenforce you are not crying? Try and think before posting - that was really odd.
He assumed that because I don’t rate ray tracing that I am poor, when I am indeed the opposite. I mean I have a few grand in drones to play with, you know… “outside”.
What I am not is gullible, the ROI of ray tracing is terrible. Every other lighting technology is superior as regards overhead and quality at present.
Me advising correctly that the OP could avoid it and save a lot of money, as opposed to being fished in my buzzwords and seeing an increase in fidelity of 10% for a drop in performance by 60%. Not sure why he associates intelligence with being poor. Guess he is “rich”. 
I have a gtx 1080, and a g-sync 30" dell at 1440p. I played on maximum settings and the lighting and shadows were awesome. I never dropped below 70ish frames. So my advice stands, a 2070 would run this flawlessly at 1440p or lower. Ray tracing is a gimmick that sabotages performance over a tiny increase in fidelity over prebaked raytracing technology.
Wealth and wisdom are 2 very different things. A fool is often parted with his wealth.
No, that games without ray tracing on are better as regards the return on investment for I.Q. Vs Performance loss.
Keep up.
He owns a GTX 1080. Raytracing is bad. He plays at 1440p. Ultra settings are worse than low/mid settings. He is rich. LOL. Is this a bullshit show?
Raytracing is better because it implements the physic of light. It’s phisically accurate. All the rest are just fake effects. Your opinion doesn’t worth a penny. Because raytracing is not an opinion. It’s pure science.
Dude, I repeat. Less whiskey.
Unless you constantly stare at lights instead of actually playing, the difference between whatever setting and whatever setting plus RT is often not worth the performance drop.
I literally spent the first two hours after the prologue in Hogwarts Legacy to play with all graphics settings and honestly I couldn’t see THOSE differences with RT on. It looked better in SOME situations but the performance drop vastly defeated the slightly better look.
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Poor old guy, can’t quite grasp “modern technology”. Sees “bigger numbers” and “higher price” therefore “must be good”.
Meanwhile, those of us with technological acumen can see the gtx1080/gtx 2070 which fall in line with console GPUs, present the most efficient performance.
Sometimes fools like to showboat about the money they spend while the educated enjoy their value for money.
So, all evidence in, Ray tracing is a gimmick so that the fools that got “fished in” can turn it on, “claim to see the benefits” and feel good about buying overpriced , Putin Fueled , American greed products. 
yeah RT is crap 99% of the time ppl not even notice it as they are focused on the cross in the middle of the screen, or where is the next mob to trash. in reality, in fast passed games RT is useless in 99% of the content.
sure there is adventure games where RT shines, where u can and will admire the world constantly while exploring.
but diablo 4 is hard to put on the adventure shelf its more like serious sem in isometric world, blood everywhere and I like it
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To be honest, I don’t find ray tracing a gimmick. I will admit, you won’t see any difference in most games, if you don’t know where to look.
But when I talk about Metro Exodus and especially Cyberpunk 2077, it’s a world of difference. The new path tracing technoloy is even more impressive. Lighting bounces on objects, everything cast shadows now, everything looks more real and believable. The overdrive settings = path tracing. Everything is explained how everything works, more in detailed.
I got myself myself a Geforce Now ultimate package. I’m very impressed how good it rurns, and yes i’m getting this kind of details just like in the video in 4k, without any delay.
I’m very impressed how good CD Projekt Red make use of ray tracing and especially path tracing.
Games like Elder Ring, you barely see any difference. But when we talk about Diablo 4, I don’t know if ray tracing or path tracing is worth it.
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